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No rating yet Subject: Re: Stress concentrations Author: Rick Fischer Date: 1999-01-12 10:03:00Evan is of course right. Those of us out here in cyberspace have at best a fleeting glimpse of the problem, and dont know what the final goal of the analysis is. The advice some of us have given is good, accurate stuff, but may not be appropriate for the actual context of the problem. I personally have a nagging tendency to be seduced by the darkside of nonlinear FEA. As a reality check, consider whether your model represents a new design or existing hardware. If it exists, how does it perform? If the performance is acceptable, then the high stress may be (cant say for sure without seeing the model) an artifact of your FEA model.