How to save intermediate results in contact analysises

NorbertS

In a contact analysis I want to save the intermediate results of converged time steps. I can use the value ARCHIVAGE in STAT_NON_LINE. But how I write them to a file?
When I start a calculation with as_run all temporary files are deleted after the calculation finished and also when the calculation does not converged or I quit the calculation. How can I save these temporary data?

Thank for the help!

Norbert

jeanpierreaubry

NorbertS
it would help if you shard the .comm file
there are so many ways for that to happen

NorbertS

Hello Jean pierre,

please find attachted the .comm file.

re-slvw12167-051.txt

26kB

jeanpierreaubry

NorbertS
what a complicated study!
this the first time i see a study needing to read 24 meshes!
how many elements in the whole assembly do you have?

also it seems you forget to print the results in a text file

ARCHIVAGE tells what is saved in the base not what is printed in the resut files
you specified to print only at INST=(1.0, ),

NorbertS

It depends on the component itself, the neighbouring components (there are a few) and the geometrical boundary conditions.
One of the 'problems' is, that I can only assembly two meshes in one ASSE_MAILLAGE. It would be much easier to do the assembly of the meshes in one step. It the hole model there are round about 91000 elements.
I only print the reaction forces, in order to check the validity of the model. The other results are viewed in the post-processor.
I set ARCHIVAGE with INST=(1.0, ) to see where the results are go. But when the calculation is finished every temporary files are deleted. In which file the data from ARCHIVAGE are going and how can I save this file and maybe more files (for additional post-processing) after the calculation is finished?

jeanpierreaubry

NorbertS

I set ARCHIVAGE with INST=(1.0, )

no !
as i can read in the .comm file ARCHIVAGE=_F(LIST_INST=listr),
nevertheless how to set, save and use a base is explained in my book in chapter 12 and 13
to save the base a line like this one should be set in the export file

R base $study_path/$base_name RC 0

then you can use this base within a further .comm with POURSUITE

one question: what the CREA_CHAMP commands around line 450 supposed to do?