I have a model consisting of solid bodies meshed with tetrahedral elements. I intended to use glue connections between the bodies, and run a series of linear static analyses with the resulting model. I get a fatal error when attempting to run the model.
I get the following error message, and no amount of changing the connection parameters seem to address it:
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 5 (CNX_BOUDRY)
Quadratic elements in contact can only be used in combination with BCPARA and IBSEP=1,2,3 or 4
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4 (MCNTINI)
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE An error is encountered in Contact subroutine, cnx_boudry (The return error code is 5)
Do I have to coat the tet elements with shells or use parabolic elements only?
