Hi,
I am a new learner of SolidWorks and like the immense capabilities it offers. I am performing static stress analysis of an assembly. It consists of 3 simple solid cylinders and two hollow cylinders. The area of interest for me is the stress at the junction of the top cylinder with the inner cylinder in the assembly.
I have performed the basic steps of simulation as per the online tutorial. However despite numerous efforts (mesh control, applying fillets, trial of automated h and p-adaptive methods, review of contacts/restraints) I am unable to get some sensible convergence of the max von Mises stress at the area of interest. I wondered if I any experienced member in the SolidWorks community can guide me on how I can improve my simulation of this assembly to obtain convergence.
I remember having read that with simulation it is as much art as it is skill - I am trying to pick up both at the moment!
With many thanks
DSA
Are the displacements converged?
If not, deal with that first.
From there, ask yourself if convergence is really possible. At sharp corners there will be singularities that will not converge.
Start there and then post some screenshots of your model and where you are seeing problems.