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• Hi Victor. It is the deformation scale factor. Irrespective of the factor, shouldn't the pile contact face deform similarly and be in contact? Whilst this is exaggerated doesn't it show there isn't correct contact behaviour?

  in Tube Lifted on Slings using Contact Comment by SlapDash January 2020
• Hi, here is my latest model below. Excluding results as just too big. I halved it per Sergio's comment (cheers). Run time is still very long kicking off with small time step. I should have stayed with a simple constant wall thickness tube until be…

  in Tube Lifted on Slings using Contact Comment by SlapDash January 2020
• Hi and thanks everyone for your great inputs. I'm just getting back to this today and taking all the comments on board. The common theme I take is, create the model using solids instead of shells. I've created a model with hex20 from the start,…

  in Tube Lifted on Slings using Contact Comment by SlapDash January 2020