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ABAQUS Explicit - defining boundary conditions and imposed displacement on rigid bodies

Submitted by pirs on

Hello there,

 I am currently trying to model a cold-formed steel beam experiment, where load is applied through displacement control. I thought using ABAQUS/Explicit and perform a quasi-static analysis would be a good idea.

 However, I have found an error I have not yet been able to overcome, and the results are not as I expected.

Here's the warning message: