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Hello,

I am currently trying to simulate the deformation in a component with a force applied to its top surface whilst held at the bottom, for this I used the solidDisplacementFoam. When I simulate this it looks like only the top section of the geometry is being simulated:

https://imageshack.com/i/gok0r2p

My blockMeshDict and my boundary condition (D) is shown below (only things changed from original playeHole tutorial).

Code:
/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*/ 
 
// File was generated by SwiftBlock, a Blender 3D addon. 
 
FoamFile 
{ 
    version     2.0; 
    format      ascii; 
    class       dictionary; 
    object      blockMeshDict; 
} 
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * // 
 
convertToMeters 0.001; 
 
vertices 
( 
    (16.10484504699707 12.70164966583252 0.0) 
    (14.10484504699707 10.70164966583252 0.0) 
    (9.85484504699707 11.70164966583252 0.0) 
    (10.85484504699707 10.70164966583252 0.0) 
    (16.10484504699707 29.681650161743164 0.0) 
    (13.154845237731934 23.201648712158203 0.0) 
    (16.10484504699707 18.401649475097656 0.0) 
    (13.154845237731934 18.401649475097656 0.0) 
    (16.10484504699707 23.201648712158203 0.0) 
    (14.35484504699707 29.681650161743164 0.0) 
    (14.35484504699707 34.061649322509766 0.0) 
    (9.85484504699707 18.401649475097656 0.0) 
    (9.85484504699707 23.201648712158203 0.0) 
    (9.85484504699707 29.681650161743164 0.0) 
    (9.85484504699707 34.061649322509766 0.0) 
    (16.10484504699707 12.70164966583252 1.0) 
    (14.10484504699707 10.70164966583252 1.0) 
    (9.85484504699707 11.70164966583252 1.0) 
    (10.85484504699707 10.70164966583252 1.0) 
    (16.10484504699707 29.681650161743164 1.0) 
    (13.154845237731934 23.201648712158203 1.0) 
    (16.10484504699707 18.401649475097656 1.0) 
    (13.154845237731934 18.401649475097656 1.0) 
    (16.10484504699707 23.201648712158203 1.0) 
    (14.35484504699707 29.681650161743164 1.0) 
    (14.35484504699707 34.061649322509766 1.0) 
    (9.85484504699707 18.401649475097656 1.0) 
    (9.85484504699707 23.201648712158203 1.0) 
    (9.85484504699707 29.681650161743164 1.0) 
    (9.85484504699707 34.061649322509766 1.0) 
); 
blocks 
( 
    hex (15 16 18 17 0 1 3 2)  (2 5 1) edgeGrading ( 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1.0 1.0) 
    hex (0 6 11 2 15 21 26 17)  (6 5 1) edgeGrading ( 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1.0 1 1.0 1) 
    hex (19 23 27 28 4 8 12 13)  (6 6 1) edgeGrading ( 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1.0 1) 
    hex (20 22 26 27 5 7 11 12)  (5 3 1) edgeGrading ( 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 1.0 1 1.0) 
    hex (9 10 14 13 24 25 29 28)  (4 4 1) edgeGrading ( 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1.0) 
); 
 
boundary 
( 
       walls 
    { 
        type patch; 
        faces 
        ( 
        (5 12 27 20) 
        (11 6 21 26) 
        (9 10 25 24) 
        (13 12 27 28) 
        (2 11 26 17) 
        (13 9 24 28) 
        (8 4 19 23) 
        (12 8 23 27) 
        (11 7 22 26) 
        (14 13 28 29) 
        (12 11 26 27) 
        (6 0 15 21) 
        (4 13 28 19) 
        (7 5 20 22) 
    ); 
} 
frontAndBack 
    { 
        type empty; 
        faces 
        ( 
        (1 0 2 3) 
        (6 11 2 0) 
        (5 7 11 12) 
        (4 8 12 13) 
        (10 9 13 14) 
        (16 18 17 15) 
        (21 15 17 26) 
        (20 27 26 22) 
        (19 28 27 23) 
        (25 29 28 24) 
    ); 
} 
    bottom 
    { 
        type patch; 
        faces 
        ( 
        (1 3 18 16) 
        (3 2 17 18) 
        (0 1 16 15) 
    ); 
} 
       top 
    { 
        type patch; 
        faces 
        ( 
        (10 14 29 25) 
    ); 
} 
); 
 
edges 
( 
); 
 
mergePatchPairs 
( 
);
Code:
dimensions      [0 1 0 0 0 0 0];

internalField   uniform (0 0 0);

boundaryField
{

    top
    {
        type            tractionDisplacement;
        traction        uniform ( 0 -10000 0 );
        pressure        uniform 0;
        value           uniform (0 0 0);
    }
    walls
    {
        type            tractionDisplacement;
        traction        uniform ( 0 0 0 );
        pressure        uniform 0;
        value           uniform (0 0 0);
    }
    bottom
    {
        type            fixedValue;
        value           uniform (0 0 0);
    }
    frontAndBack
    {
        type            empty;
    }
}
Could someone please explain to me what I am doing wrong? All I want to do is see where the largest displacements are and how the stress is distributed.

Thank you
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