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In the Details of “Convergence”, enter 1% for the Allowable Change field.
In the Details of “Solution (A6)”, set Max Refinement Loops as 10, and
Refinement Depth as 1. The refinement depth controls the aggressiveness of
the mesh refinement; it has a range from 0 to 3 with a larger number indicating
more aggressive refinement.

Insert an Equivalent Stress item by right-clicking on Solution (A6) in the Outline
tree.
Right-click on Solution (A6) in the Outline tree and choose Solve. The program
will start to iterate the solution until the difference between two consecutive
iterations is less than 1% or the maximum number of mesh refinement loops
reaches 10. After completion, click on Convergence in the Outline to review
the convergence curve. The resulting maximum deformations at different
mesh iterations are also recorded in the table below the curve.