[CIG-SHORT] the error 'Number of dofs in reference cell (3) is not compatible with number of edges (4) in cohesive 93720 for fault 'fault'

[Matthew Knepley]

On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 5:55 AM, LMD <lmdofls at 126.com> wrote:

> Hi Brand and Charles:
>     When i tried to set up a 3d subduction model, the error 'Number of
> dofs in reference cell (3) is not compatible with number of edges (4) in
> cohesive 93720 for fault 'fault' 'always occurred. Different methods have
> been tried to specify slip/velocity to the fault,  but they were useless.
>  I meshed the geometry with Cubit, the commands i used as following: volume
> all size 3000; mesh volume all.  Would you give me a hand? Thanks a lot.
>

What this says is that there are 4 edges across in one of your cohesive
cells, so something is definitely wrong in the mesh. I would
advise making a much smaller problem so that you can easily see all the
cells, and then scale up.

   Matt


> Regards
>
> Mingdong
>
>
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