sOLVER IS STUCK FOR EXPLICIT DYNAMICS

- August 3, 2018 at 6:02 am
  
  KumarVaibhav
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  i WAS TRYING TO PERFORM A HELMET IMPACT TEST ONTO A CONCRETE BLOCK IN EXPLICIT DYNAMICS BUT IT IS STUCK SOLVING.wHAT SHOULD I DO?pLS SEE THE SCREENSHOT
- August 3, 2018 at 11:27 am
  
  peteroznewman
  Subscriber
  
  Kumar,
  
  Why do you say it is "stuck"? It looks to me like it is solving. Click on the Solution Information folder in the Outline. If you see the cycle count increasing, then it is not stuck, it is solving.
  
  You may not understand how long an Explicit solution can take. It puts an estimate in the Solution Output, but that estimate can underestimate the actual solution time by a lot, like a factor of 2 or more. Don't be surprised to see an estimate of tens (or hundreds) of hours.
  
  I recommend you stop working in Explicit and instead try Transient Dynamics, which may solve in less than 24 hours.
  
  Regards,
  
  Peter

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