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Hi, I was trying to find a non-linear solution but I get convergence errors for the program attached. Can someone help me out?

Program:

fini
/clear
/CWD,D:\ansys\C100T2B50_1
/filnam,C100T2B50_1
/title,C100T2B50-1NL

/prep7
et,1,shell181

r,1,2
mp,ex,1,1.85e5
mp,nuxy,1,0.3

TB,MISO,1,1,13, ! Create a table of 14 data points
! to map the stress-strain curve
TBPT,,.001,185
! Data points
TBPT,,.06,186
TBPT,,.08,205
TBPT,,.1,244
TBPT,,.12,295
TBPT,,.14,314
TBPT,,.16,317
TBPT,,.18,342
TBPT,,.2,348
TBPT,,.4,370
TBPT,,.6,370
TBPT,,.8,375
TBPT,,1.0,383

type,1
mat,1
real,1

k,1,48,14,0
k,2,48,0,0
k,3,0,0,0
k,4,0,98,0
k,5,48,98,0
k,6,48,84,0
k,7,0,0,2500

l,1,2
l,2,3
l,3,4
l,4,5
l,5,6
l,3,7

adrag,1,2,3,4,5,,6,,,,,,

afillt,1,2,4
afillt,8,3,4
afillt,9,4,4
afillt,10,5,4

save,model

local,11,1,0,11.5,20,,,90
k,35,5,0
k,36,5,90
k,37,5,180
k,38,5,270
a,35,36,37,38
asba,3,5

local,12,1,0,86.5,20,,,90
k,39,5,0
k,40,5,90
k,41,5,180
k,42,5,270
a,39,40,41,42
asba,10,3

local,13,1,0,86.5,2480,,,90
k,43,5,0
k,44,5,90
k,45,5,180
k,46,5,270
a,43,44,45,46
asba,5,3

local,14,1,0,11.5,2480,,,90
k,47,5,0
k,48,5,90
k,49,5,180
k,50,5,270
a,47,48,49,50
asba,10,3

csys,0

esize,5
amesh,all,,,
allsel

csys,0
local,100,0,49,0,0
arsym,x,all

csys,0
ASEL,S,,,9
NSLA,S,1
CM,ND_1,NODE

ASEL,S,,,17
NSLA,S,1
CM,ND_2,NODE

CMSEL,S,ND_1
CMSEL,A,ND_2

CP,ND_1,ALL,ALL

ASEL,S,,,15
NSLA,S,1
CM,ND_3,NODE

ASEL,S,,,7
NSLA,S,1
CM,ND_4,NODE

CMSEL,S,ND_3
CMSEL,A,ND_4

CP,ND_3,ALL,ALL

lsel,s,,,38
lsel,a,,,39
lsel,a,,,42
lsel,a,,,41
nsll,s,1
d,all,all,0

lsel,s,,,13
lsel,a,,,14
lsel,a,,,15
lsel,a,,,16
nsll,s,1
d,all,all,0

lsel,s,,,10
lsel,a,,,11
lsel,a,,,12
lsel,a,,,5
nsll,s,1
d,all,all,0

lsel,s,,,20
lsel,a,,,21
lsel,a,,,22
lsel,a,,,23
nsll,s,1
d,all,all,0

lsel,s,,,72
lsel,a,,,73
lsel,a,,,74
lsel,a,,,75
nsll,s,1
d,all,all,0

lsel,s,,,68
lsel,a,,,69
lsel,a,,,70
lsel,a,,,71
nsll,s,1
d,all,all,0

lsel,s,,,60
lsel,a,,,61
lsel,a,,,62
lsel,a,,,63
nsll,s,1
d,all,all,0

lsel,s,,,64
lsel,a,,,65
lsel,a,,,66
lsel,a,,,67
nsll,s,1
d,all,all,0

nsel,s,loc,x,0,98
nsel,r,loc,y,0,0
nplot
nsel,r,loc,z,0,50
cm,N1,node
cmsel,s,N1
d,all,uy,0
allsel

nsel,s,loc,x,0,98
nsel,r,loc,y,0,0
nplot
nsel,r,loc,z,2450,2500
cm,N2,node
cmsel,s,N2
d,all,uy,0
allsel

nsel,s,loc,x,0,0
nsel,r,loc,y,0,98
nplot
nsel,r,loc,z,0,50
cm,N3,node
cmsel,s,N3
d,all,ux,0
allsel

nsel,s,loc,x,0,0
nsel,r,loc,y,0,98
nplot
nsel,r,loc,z,2450,2500
cm,N4,node
cmsel,s,N4
d,all,ux,0
allsel

nsel,s,loc,x,0,0
nsel,r,loc,y,0,98
nplot
nsel,r,loc,z,0,50
cm,N5,node
cmsel,s,N5
d,all,uY,0
allsel

nsel,s,loc,x,0,0
nsel,r,loc,y,0,98
nplot
nsel,r,loc,z,2450,2500
cm,N6,node
cmsel,s,N6
d,all,uY,0
allsel

nsel,s,loc,x,98,98
nsel,r,loc,y,0,98
nplot
nsel,r,loc,z,0,50
cm,N7,node
cmsel,s,N7
d,all,ux,0
allsel

nsel,s,loc,x,98,98
nsel,r,loc,y,0,98
nplot
nsel,r,loc,z,2450,2500
cm,N8,node
cmsel,s,N8
d,all,ux,0
allsel

nsel,s,loc,x,98,98
nsel,r,loc,y,0,98
nplot
nsel,r,loc,z,0,50
cm,N9,node
cmsel,s,N9
d,all,uY,0
allsel

nsel,s,loc,x,98,98
nsel,r,loc,y,0,98
nplot
nsel,r,loc,z,2450,2500
cm,N10,node
cmsel,s,N10
d,all,uY,0
allsel

nsel,s,loc,x,0,98
nsel,r,loc,y,98,98
nplot
nsel,r,loc,z,849,851
cm,N11,node
cmsel,s,N11,node
f,N11,fy,-19794
allsel

nsel,s,loc,x,0,98
nsel,r,loc,y,98,98
nplot
nsel,r,loc,z,1649,1651
cm,N12,node
cmsel,s,N12,node
f,N12,fy,-19794
allsel

/solu
antype,static
KBC,0 ! Run static analysis
nlgeom,on
NEQIT,25
nsubst,100,100,10,on
arclen,on,10,0.0001
arctrm,u,30,1765,uy
rescontrol,define,all,1 ! Write all files for multiframe restart
outres,all,all ! Write all solution items to the database
solve
finish