[CIG-SHORT] PyLith: Stresses not transmitted throughout the domain from Drichlet BCs on CUBIT Mesh

Mamun Miah mmiah at go.olemiss.edu
Tue Oct 20 16:35:45 PDT 2015


Sure, will gladly do that. Thanks!

On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 4:31 PM, Matthew Knepley <knepley at mcs.anl.gov>
wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 5:53 PM, Mamun Miah <mmiah at go.olemiss.edu> wrote:
>
>> Thanks a lot. I really appreciate all of your cooperation.
>>
>
> Would you mind sending your thesis when you are finished? This coupling
> with TOUGH2 is very interesting.
>
>   Thanks,
>
>     Matt
>
>
>> On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 3:33 PM, Brad Aagaard <baagaard at usgs.gov> wrote:
>>
>>> On 10/20/2015 03:29 PM, Mamun Miah wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks, Matt and Brad. Actually, I am using a fault similar to what has
>>>> been demonstrated in the PyLith tutorial problems (step**.cfg) for
>>>> hexahedral elements.
>>>> Brad, I have tried with various combination of tolerances by keeping in
>>>> mind that zero_tolerance be greater than the KSP atol and less than the
>>>> SNES atol but did not get convergence.
>>>>
>>>> FYI, we at the LBNL have linked PyLith with a fluid flow simulation code
>>>> TOUGH2 in order to simulate induced earthquakes from fluid injection.
>>>> The
>>>> coupled simulator is working fine. I am at the final stage of my PhD
>>>> and in
>>>> need of showing an application using this coupled approach. What would
>>>> be
>>>> the simplest way of modeling a fault in PyLith considering the
>>>> convergence
>>>> issue?
>>>>
>>>
>>> A reasonable application is a fault embedded within a domain, but
>>> extending to the surface. The friction solve will converge much more
>>> rapidly for this more realistic geometry.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Brad
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Any suggestion would be appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Mamun
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 3:05 PM, Matthew Knepley <knepley at mcs.anl.gov>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 4:54 PM, Matthew Knepley <knepley at mcs.anl.gov>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 1:35 PM, Mamun Miah <mmiah at go.olemiss.edu>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please find attached.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can you rerun without the -snes_view (and -ksp_view if you have it).
>>>>>> That
>>>>>> is a lot of noise here.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It looks like the friction solver is not converging. That is pretty
>>>>>> tricky and we have no theory for
>>>>>> when it should work and fail. I will have to talk to Brad about this
>>>>>> one.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Okay, it looks like this is a through-going fault with friction. This
>>>>> can
>>>>> be very very slow to converge
>>>>> with our old formulation. We have an improved formulation with the next
>>>>> release of PyLith. This
>>>>> will have a better solution method.
>>>>>
>>>>>    Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>>       Matt
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>    Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>      Matt
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> Mamun
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 11:14 AM, Matthew Knepley <
>>>>>>> knepley at mcs.anl.gov>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 12:29 PM, Mamun Miah <mmiah at go.olemiss.edu>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hello Brad et al,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Following your tips I was able to run my simulation smoothly for 10
>>>>>>>>> years. Now when I increased the same problem for a simulation time
>>>>>>>>> of 100
>>>>>>>>> years, I am getting SNESSolve convergence error: 'Nonlinear solve
>>>>>>>>> did not
>>>>>>>>> converge due to DIVERGED_MAX_IT iterations 100.' After searching
>>>>>>>>> the log
>>>>>>>>> file I have found the following; not sure if that's the root of
>>>>>>>>> this issue.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "Line search: Cubic step no good, shrinking lambda, current gnorm
>>>>>>>>> 9.815191568334e-05 lambda=1.3655042609323631e-01"
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> For any convergence question I need to see the output from
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>    -snes_view -snes_monitor -ksp_monitor_true_residual
>>>>>>>> -snes_converged_reason -ksp_converged_reason
>>>>>>>> -snes_linesearch_monitor
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>    Thanks,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>      Matt
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have tried your tips in the following threads:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> http://lists.geodynamics.org/pipermail/cig-short/2012-September/001129.html
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> http://lists.geodynamics.org/pipermail/cig-short/2014-October/001881.html
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> http://lists.geodynamics.org/pipermail/cig-short/2015-July/002174.html
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Also, like Matt suggested in this link:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> http://lists.geodynamics.org/pipermail/cig-short/2013-December/001555.html
>>>>>>>>> ,
>>>>>>>>> that using a
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> fs_fieldsplit_0_pc_factor_shift_type nonzero
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> for Lagrange multipliers weakens the preconditioner. Could it be an
>>>>>>>>> issue?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Finally, I have tried various PETSc options from 2015 tutorial but
>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>> vain. I end up with the same SNESSolve error. I would really
>>>>>>>>> appreciate any
>>>>>>>>> hints or suggestions in this regard.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Attached are the relevant files.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 5:14 PM, Mamun Miah <mmiah at go.olemiss.edu>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks, Matt for the clarification of the zero pivots related to
>>>>>>>>>> fault. Yep, setting fieldslpit option along with pc_type = lu
>>>>>>>>>> results in
>>>>>>>>>> the convergence of the solution. Will make use of the 2015
>>>>>>>>>> tutorial like
>>>>>>>>>> you suggested. Really appreciate Charles's, Matt's, and your help.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 4:48 PM, Brad Aagaard <baagaard at usgs.gov>
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> If you tried to use lu with a fault, you will get zero pivots
>>>>>>>>>>> because the Lagrange multiplier constraints have zero entries on
>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>> diagonal. Using the fieldsplit settings (see
>>>>>>>>>>> examples/3d/tet4/step04.cfg)
>>>>>>>>>>> will remedy this problem.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I strongly recommend that you make use of the PyLith tutorial
>>>>>>>>>>> information posted at
>>>>>>>>>>> https://wiki.geodynamics.org/software:pylith:start. We have a
>>>>>>>>>>> lot
>>>>>>>>>>> of hints on how to check your solution and debug. From the 2015
>>>>>>>>>>> tutorial,
>>>>>>>>>>> you will likely find the slides from Session I and the
>>>>>>>>>>> presentations for
>>>>>>>>>>> Sessions III and IV most useful.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>> Brad
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 10/15/2015 04:35 PM, Matthew Knepley wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 6:07 PM, Mamun Miah <
>>>>>>>>>>>> mmiah at go.olemiss.edu>
>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Dear Matt,
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have tried with pc_type = lu, which shows zero pivots in the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> matrices.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Did not realize that before setting pc_type = lu. Thanks a lot
>>>>>>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>>>>>>> telling
>>>>>>>>>>>>> me that. Then I have tried with pc_type = cholesky, which
>>>>>>>>>>>>> seems to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>>>>>>> working now resulting in convergence of my problem.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks to you and Charles again for guiding me in the right
>>>>>>>>>>>>> direction to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> investigate the problem further.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you have zero pivots, that means your problem is
>>>>>>>>>>>> under-constrained, and
>>>>>>>>>>>> you need to fix the model.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>     Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>        Matt
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 3:11 PM, Matthew Knepley <
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> knepley at mcs.anl.gov>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 4:26 PM, Mamun Miah <
>>>>>>>>>>>>> mmiah at go.olemiss.edu>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Charles,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks again for your suggestion. I have reproduced the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> geometry
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> improved the mesh quality by checking with 'Allmetrics' in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cubit
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (attached
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> below). Condition number is below 2 (1.606) and maximum
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> aspect
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ratio is 3.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Still I am getting the same convergence errors. I have also
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> tried the tips
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> found in the threads that Brad answered in the CIG-SHORT:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Run with LU until you understand the system:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --petsc.pc_type=lu
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> There is an entire tutorial on the solvers which tells you to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> do
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> this
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> first.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>     Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>       Matt
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://lists.geodynamics.org/pipermail/cig-short/2014-October/001885.html
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://lists.geodynamics.org/pipermail/cig-short/2012-September/001129.html
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hex quality, 810 elements:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Function Name  Average  Std Dev   Minimum (id)    Maximum
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (id)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -----------------     ---------   ---------
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --------------
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -------------
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Aspect Ratio 1.222e+00 6.289e-01 1.000e+00 (1) 3.000e+00
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (724)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Skew 8.104e-16 8.536e-16 0.000e+00 (10) 6.821e-15 (733)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Taper 8.561e-16 8.748e-16 0.000e+00 (3) 6.845e-15 (736)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Element Volume 2.500e+07 5.660e+06 9.000e+06 (733) 2.700e+07
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (505)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Stretch 9.330e-01 1.895e-01 3.974e-01 (782) 1.000e+00 (10)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Diagonal Ratio 1.000e+00 4.591e-08 1.000e+00 (372) 1.000e+00
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (10)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dimension 1.640e+02 2.602e+01 9.045e+01 (809) 1.732e+02 (315)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Condition No. 1.067e+00 1.907e-01 1.000e+00 (3) 1.606e+00
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (737)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jacobian 2.500e+07 5.660e+06 9.000e+06 (763) 2.700e+07 (315)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Scaled Jacobian 1.000e+00 0.000e+00 1.000e+00 (248)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1.000e+00 (1)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Shear 1.000e+00 0.000e+00 1.000e+00 (248) 1.000e+00 (1)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Shape 9.648e-01 9.963e-02 6.832e-01 (737) 1.000e+00 (1)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Relative Size 7.765e-01 2.288e-01 1.296e-01 (733) 8.573e-01
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (487)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Shear And Size 7.765e-01 2.288e-01 1.296e-01 (733) 8.573e-01
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (487)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Shape And Size 7.719e-01 2.418e-01 8.854e-02 (733) 8.573e-01
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (487)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Distortion 1.000e+00 5.167e-08 1.000e+00 (367) 1.000e+00 (11)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Not sure what else I should try next. Please also see the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> attached files.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mamun
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 11:11 AM, Charles Williams <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> willic3 at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dear Mamun,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Your linear convergence looks very slow.  You could increase
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the number
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of iterations, but I’m not sure if that would solve your
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> problem.  I would
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> start with a higher quality mesh.  Ideally, you would like
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> have a mesh
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> where the condition number quality measure is less than 2
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the entire
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mesh, particularly for problems involving fault friction.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> this is too
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> difficult to achieve using hexahedral elements, you might
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> need
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to try
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> tetrahedral elements.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Charles
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 15/10/2015, at 6:09 am, Mamun Miah <mmiah at go.olemiss.edu
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks, Charles. Your comments are very helpful. I have been
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> going
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> through each of your comments and discovered that both
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> KSPSolve
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> SNESSolve do not converge when I uncommented corresponding
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> flag
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> options. So
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I figured the problem is with the mesh creation. Also set
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> normalizer according to the smallest mesh dimension.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Attached
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> here is the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> log file in case you want to see.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks again,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mamun
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 12:37 PM, Charles Williams <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> willic3 at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dear Mamun,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It is a bit difficult to diagnose your problem without more
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> information.  However, here are several potential problems:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1.  First of all, the mesh you’re using is not of very high
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> quality.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The method you’ve used for refinement is pretty crude, and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> will never
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> result in high quality elements. Trelis/Cubit has a number
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> more powerful
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> methods for creating a high quality mesh, and I would take
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> advantage of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> those.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2.  It is unclear why you have set the normalization length
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> scale to 1
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> m, since I believe this is much smaller than your smallest
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> element.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 3.  There is no indication of whether the linear and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> nonlinear
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> solutions are converging, since you have turned off all the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> solution
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> monitoring options, including the journal options.  You
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> should
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> never do
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> this, as there is then no way to tell what has happened
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> your solution.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You should try running your problem again with all the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> solution
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> monitoring options turned back on, and save the results to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> log file.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This will help us diagnose your problem further.  I would
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> also
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> try
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> improving your mesh quality and selecting a normalization
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> length scale that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is appropriate for your mesh (~equal to the smallest cell
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> dimension).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Charles
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 14/10/2015, at 6:26 am, Mamun Miah <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mmiah at go.olemiss.edu>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hello Developers,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have created the attached geometry (5kmx5kmx4.1km) in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> CUBIT.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It has
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> three layer of materials (2000m+100m+200m) and a vertical
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> fault (along Z
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> axis) 1000m to the left from the positive X-plane boundary.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The exported
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Exodus mesh is then used to run a PyLith simulation with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dirichlet
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> displacement and displacement rate BCs (e.g. PyLith
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tutorial
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 'step12.cfg')
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> on +x and -x sides. The simulation runs fine but even after
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> running for 100
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> years I don't see any stress being transmitted to the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> interior
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> domain. All
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I can see is the stress changes in the boundary elements
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> where
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dirichlet BCs are applied. I am not sure if it is caused by
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> improper
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> meshing or boundary conditions.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Attached also are the .cfg files, geometry journal file,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> stress
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> output file from simulation. I would highly appreciate any
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> help.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks & Best Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mamun Miah
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Graduate Research Assistant
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Department of Civil Engineering
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The University of Mississippi
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Oxford, MS 38655
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Phone: (662)-801-1904
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Website:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.linkedin.com/pub/mamun-miah-eit/21/53/339
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <geometry.jpg><application.cfg><pylithapp.cfg><visit0000.png>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks & Best Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mamun Miah
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Graduate Research Assistant
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Department of Civil Engineering
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The University of Mississippi
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Oxford, MS 38655
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Phone: (662)-801-1904
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Website:
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PO Box 30368
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Lower Hutt  5040
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks & Best Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mamun Miah
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Graduate Research Assistant
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Department of Civil Engineering
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The University of Mississippi
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Oxford, MS 38655
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Phone: (662)-801-1904
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Website:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.linkedin.com/pub/mamun-miah-eit/21/53/339
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> What most experimenters take for granted before they begin
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> their
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> which their
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> experiments lead.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -- Norbert Wiener
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks & Best Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mamun Miah
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Graduate Research Assistant
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Department of Civil Engineering
>>>>>>>>>>>>> The University of Mississippi
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Oxford, MS 38655
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Phone: (662)-801-1904
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Website: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/mamun-miah-eit/21/53/339
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks & Best Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Mamun Miah
>>>>>>>>>> Graduate Research Assistant
>>>>>>>>>> Department of Civil Engineering
>>>>>>>>>> The University of Mississippi
>>>>>>>>>> Oxford, MS 38655
>>>>>>>>>> Phone: (662)-801-1904
>>>>>>>>>> Website: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/mamun-miah-eit/21/53/339
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Thanks & Best Regards,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Mamun Miah
>>>>>>>>> Graduate Research Assistant
>>>>>>>>> Department of Civil Engineering
>>>>>>>>> The University of Mississippi
>>>>>>>>> Oxford, MS 38655
>>>>>>>>> Phone: (662)-801-1904
>>>>>>>>> Website: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/mamun-miah-eit/21/53/339
>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>> experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to
>>>>>>>> which their
>>>>>>>> experiments lead.
>>>>>>>> -- Norbert Wiener
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Thanks & Best Regards,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Mamun Miah
>>>>>>> Graduate Research Assistant
>>>>>>> Department of Civil Engineering
>>>>>>> The University of Mississippi
>>>>>>> Oxford, MS 38655
>>>>>>> Phone: (662)-801-1904
>>>>>>> Website: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/mamun-miah-eit/21/53/339
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their
>>>>>> experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which
>>>>>> their
>>>>>> experiments lead.
>>>>>> -- Norbert Wiener
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their
>>>>> experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which
>>>>> their
>>>>> experiments lead.
>>>>> -- Norbert Wiener
>>>>>
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Department of Civil Engineering
The University of Mississippi
Oxford, MS 38655
Phone: (662)-801-1904
Website: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/mamun-miah-eit/21/53/339
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