Time step too small error in explicit dynamics?

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Can any one help with this error in ANSYS explicit dynamics?

I am striking a bullet with velocity 800 m/s on a kevlar plate 1cm thick. I am calculating time by dividing 0.01 m with 800m/s.

Manish Kumar Dubey

https://www.researchgate.net/post/How_fix_time_step_is_too_small_error_in_ansys_explicit_dynamics

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