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Problems with 3D contact/contact status

Submitted by Andreas.Ferber on

hi all,

I have some problems with contact elements in ANSYS.

My model is a cube of matrx containing two fibres with periodic boundary conditions. The interface between Matrix and Fibre is modeled with contact elements and cohesive zone law. 

In 2-D everything works out just fine when bringing up displacement in x-direction. Here is a movie I made of the Contact Status over the loadsteps: