Run the Simulation and Analyze the Results

Run the simulation to generate the contact energy history output.

By default, the simulation runs on your local machine, using an embedded license. Depending on your configuration, you may need to choose to run the simulation on a remote machine.

  1. Run the simulation.
    When the simulation completes, the results appear in the tree, and Physics Results Explorer displays a contour plot of the von Mises stress.
  2. Step through each frame, and review how the von Mises stress changes as the arrowhead is inserted in the wall and snaps back into position.

    The figure below shows the intermediate position (Time≈0.781) with the arrowhead visibly bent when it passes through the opening in the wall.

  3. Step to the end of the simulation (Time=1.0).
    The figure below shows the final position at the end of the simulation, which should be free of stresses and strains.