** WARNING ** A STIFF MATERIAL WITH 1.108E+01 TIMES THE STIFFNESS OF STEEL ENTERED. PLEASE CHECK.

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Hello All, 
 I got a ** WARNING ** A STIFF MATERIAL WITH 1.108E+01 TIMES THE STIFFNESS OF STEEL ENTERED. PLEASE CHECK. 
 What does it mean? How to clear this warning? 
 Thanks in advance.

Suvadeep Acharjee · Accepted Answer

During analysis the program checks whether the E value for the defined material varies widely from the E values for standard materials like Concrete or Steel and generates such warnings when it is so. The intention is to make the user aware of such discrepancies in case it is caused by error in input. Typically such warnings may be generated when the values used for E are inconsistent with the units. 
 Sometimes users intentionally define stiff or soft materials and assign these to members/elements to model certain structural entities/connections/boundary conditions in which case such warnings would also be generated but in such cases these may be ignored.

WARNING A STIFF MATERIAL WITH 1.108E+01 TIMES THE STIFFNESS OF STEEL ENTERED. PLEASE CHECK.

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