[hollylui]

Dear All,

I ran a TCT in workbench with total 14 steps. The simulation stops at step 9 without any error showed. Last few lines from solve.out are showed below. I tried to restart at Load Step 9 Substep 4. ANSYS asked me to start at time 0. I tried to assign more memory to the model but still doesn't work. Is there any reason why it stops the simulation without error?

FORCE CONVERGENCE VALUE = 0.1914E+05 CRITERION= 0.1335E+05
DISP CONVERGENCE VALUE = 0.5570E-03 CRITERION= 0.1555 <<< CONVERGED
EQUIL ITER 1 COMPLETED. NEW TRIANG MATRIX. MAX DOF INC= -0.5570E-03
DISP CONVERGENCE VALUE = 0.5570E-03 CRITERION= 0.1555 <<< CONVERGED
LINE SEARCH PARAMETER = 1.000 SCALED MAX DOF INC = -0.5570E-03
FORCE CONVERGENCE VALUE = 2906. CRITERION= 0.1335E+05 <<< CONVERGED
>>> SOLUTION CONVERGED AFTER EQUILIBRIUM ITERATION 1
*** LOAD STEP 9 SUBSTEP 2 COMPLETED. CUM ITER = 111
*** TIME = 5744.38 TIME INC = 71.3905
*** MAX PLASTIC STRAIN STEP = 0.4524E-03 CRITERION = 0.1500
*** AUTO TIME STEP: NEXT TIME INC = 107.09 INCREASED (FACTOR = 1.5000)

FORCE CONVERGENCE VALUE = 0.2997E+05 CRITERION= 0.1335E+05
DISP CONVERGENCE VALUE = 0.1700E-02 CRITERION= 0.1555 <<< CONVERGED
EQUIL ITER 1 COMPLETED. NEW TRIANG MATRIX. MAX DOF INC= -0.1700E-02
DISP CONVERGENCE VALUE = 0.1700E-02 CRITERION= 0.1555 <<< CONVERGED
LINE SEARCH PARAMETER = 1.000 SCALED MAX DOF INC = -0.1700E-02
FORCE CONVERGENCE VALUE = 9504. CRITERION= 0.1335E+05 <<< CONVERGED
>>> SOLUTION CONVERGED AFTER EQUILIBRIUM ITERATION 1
*** LOAD STEP 9 SUBSTEP 3 COMPLETED. CUM ITER = 112
*** TIME = 5851.47 TIME INC = 107.086
*** MAX PLASTIC STRAIN STEP = 0.5941E-03 CRITERION = 0.1500
*** AUTO TIME STEP: NEXT TIME INC = 160.63 INCREASED (FACTOR = 1.5000)

FORCE CONVERGENCE VALUE = 0.3366E+05 CRITERION= 0.1335E+05
DISP CONVERGENCE VALUE = 0.2419E-02 CRITERION= 0.1555 <<< CONVERGED
EQUIL ITER 1 COMPLETED. NEW TRIANG MATRIX. MAX DOF INC= -0.2419E-02
DISP CONVERGENCE VALUE = 0.2419E-02 CRITERION= 0.1555 <<< CONVERGED
LINE SEARCH PARAMETER = 1.000 SCALED MAX DOF INC = -0.2419E-02
FORCE CONVERGENCE VALUE = 0.1533E+05 CRITERION= 0.1335E+05
EQUIL ITER 2 COMPLETED. NEW TRIANG MATRIX. MAX DOF INC= -0.1271E-02
DISP CONVERGENCE VALUE = 0.1271E-02 CRITERION= 0.1555 <<< CONVERGED
LINE SEARCH PARAMETER = 1.000 SCALED MAX DOF INC = -0.1271E-02
FORCE CONVERGENCE VALUE = 9755. CRITERION= 0.1335E+05 <<< CONVERGED
>>> SOLUTION CONVERGED AFTER EQUILIBRIUM ITERATION 2
*** LOAD STEP 9 SUBSTEP 4 COMPLETED. CUM ITER = 114
*** TIME = 6012.10 TIME INC = 160.629
*** MAX PLASTIC STRAIN STEP = 0.5720E-03 CRITERION = 0.1500
*** AUTO TIME STEP: NEXT TIME INC = 240.94 INCREASED (FACTOR = 1.5000)

FORCE CONVERGENCE VALUE = 0.2597E+05 CRITERION= 0.1334E+05