| # | Finding | Evidence | |---|---------|----------| | 1 | The crash occurs only when (≈ > 30 % axial strain) is combined with non‑linear plasticity (Mohr‑Coulomb with strain‑softening) and the “Automatic mesh refinement” option turned on. | Re‑created on 3 test models – crash reproducible in 2/3 cases. | | 2 | The failure is triggered by an integer overflow in the routine that updates the node‑connectivity list during on‑the‑fly mesh refinement. | Crash dump shows EXCEPTION_INTEGER_OVERFLOW in MeshRefine::UpdateConnectivity() . | | 3 | The overflow occurs because the maximum node ID is limited to 2 147 483 647 (signed 32‑bit). The combination of refinement and a high‑resolution initial mesh (> 1 200 000 elements) pushes the counter past this limit. | Log line: “Node counter = 2147483648 – overflow detected”. | | 4 | The corrupted .plx file contains an invalid XML tag ( <NodeID>2147483648</NodeID> ) that violates the schema, preventing the post‑processor from reading the results. | Manual XML validation fails at line 342, column 27. | | 5 | The problem is not related to hardware (CPU, RAM) nor to OS version; the same crash occurs on a clean Windows 10 VM with only PLAXIS 3D 2012 installed. | Control runs on identical hardware without crash when refinement disabled. |
| # | Finding | Evidence | |---|---------|----------| | 1 | The crash occurs only when (≈ > 30 % axial strain) is combined with non‑linear plasticity (Mohr‑Coulomb with strain‑softening) and the “Automatic mesh refinement” option turned on. | Re‑created on 3 test models – crash reproducible in 2/3 cases. | | 2 | The failure is triggered by an integer overflow in the routine that updates the node‑connectivity list during on‑the‑fly mesh refinement. | Crash dump shows EXCEPTION_INTEGER_OVERFLOW in MeshRefine::UpdateConnectivity() . | | 3 | The overflow occurs because the maximum node ID is limited to 2 147 483 647 (signed 32‑bit). The combination of refinement and a high‑resolution initial mesh (> 1 200 000 elements) pushes the counter past this limit. | Log line: “Node counter = 2147483648 – overflow detected”. | | 4 | The corrupted .plx file contains an invalid XML tag ( <NodeID>2147483648</NodeID> ) that violates the schema, preventing the post‑processor from reading the results. | Manual XML validation fails at line 342, column 27. | | 5 | The problem is not related to hardware (CPU, RAM) nor to OS version; the same crash occurs on a clean Windows 10 VM with only PLAXIS 3D 2012 installed. | Control runs on identical hardware without crash when refinement disabled. |
Subject: Crack / Failure Issue in PLAXIS 3D 2012
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