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IntroductiontoANSYS Meshing
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LocalMeshControls
Whatyouwilllearnfromthispresentation
Variouslocalmeshsettings(Meshsizing,Refinement,Match
control,Inflation,etc) Howtoapplylocalcontrols? Effectoflocalcontrolsonmesh
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Preprocessing Workflow
GeometryCreation OR GeometryImport Geometry Operations Meshing Solver
3D Operations
Boolean, Body Operations, Split, etc
Meshing Methods
Hybrid Mesh: Tet, Prisms, Pyramids
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MeshingProcessinANSYSMeshing
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LocalMeshControls
Controlthemeshlocally
DependsontheMeshMethodused
LocalMeshControlsare:
Sizing
ForVertex,Edge,FaceandBody
ContactSizing
ForEdgeandface
Refinement
ForVertex,EdgeandFace
MappedFaceMeshing
ForFace
MatchControl
ForEdgeandFace
Pinch
ForVertexandEdge
Inflation
ForEdgeandFace
The latest control added on a particular entity overrides any prior controls
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Sizing
Recommendedforlocallydefiningthemeshsizes Youcanonlyscopesizingtoonegeometryentitytypeatatime
Forexample:youcanapplysizingtoanumberofedgesoranumberoffaces,butnotamixof
edgesandfaces.
FourTypesofSizingoption
Sizingoptionsvarydependingontheentitytypechosen
Entity/Option Element Size Number of Divisions Body of Influence Sphere of Influence Vertices x Edges x x x Faces x x Bodies x x x
Only Element Size type is available for CutCell meshing
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Sizing:Edges
SizingType:
ElementSize
SizingType: NumberofDivisions
Edge meshed with 10 elements The Curvature Normal Angle and/or the Growth Rate maybe not displayed depending on the ASF used
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Sizing:Edges(Contd)
BiasTypeandBiasFactor
Specifythegradingschemeandfactor BiasType:gradingofelementstowardsoneend,bothends,orthecenter
BiasFactor:istheratioofthelargestelementtothesmallestelement
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Sizing:Edges(Contd)
Behavior
Soft:Sizingwillbeinfluencedbyglobalsizingfunctionssuchasthosebasedon proximityand/orcurvatureaswellaslocalmeshcontrols Hard:Sizecontrolisstrictlyadheredto
Transition between hard edges (or any edge with bias) and adjacent edge and face meshes may be abrupt Hard edges or edges with bias will override Max Face Size and Max Size properties
Soft
Hard
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Sizing:Faces
ElementSize
Definesthemaximumelementsizeontheface
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Sizing:Body(volume)
ElementSize
DefinesthemaximumcellsizeontheBody
Tetrahedron patch conforming mesh CutCell mesh
Sizing:SphereofInfluence
SphereofInfluence:onVertex
AvailablewithorwithoutAdvancedSizeFunctions Setstheaverageelementsizearoundtheselectedvertex Inputs:
SphereradiusandElementsize Centerofthesphereisdefinedbyamodelvertex
Good resolution at the vertex The element size will be applied to all entities connected to the selected vertex
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Sizing:SphereofInfluence
SphereofInfluence:onBodies
AvailablewithorwithoutAdvancedSizeFunctions Constantelementsizeisappliedwithintheconfines ofasphere Usecoordinatesystemtodefinethecenterofthe Sphere
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Sizing:BodiesofInfluence
Bodiesofinfluence(BOI)
Lines,surfacesandsolidbodiescanbeusedtorefine themesh AccessiblewhenASFisOn NotavailableforCutCell meshing
Line BOIs
Surface BOI
Solid BOI
MappedFaceMeshing
Createsstructuredmeshesonselectedmappable surfaces MappedFaceMeshingwithadvancedcontrolissupportedfor
Sweep,PatchConforming,Hexa Dominant QuadDominantandTriangles
MappedFaceMeshingwithbasiccontrolissupportedfor
MultiZone UniformQuad/TriandUniformQuad
If Mapped Face Meshing fails, ( ) icon appears adjacent to corresponding object in the Tree outline. The mesh will still be created but will ignore this control.
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MappedFaceMeshing:VertexType
Side,CornerandEndcontrolsforvertices,todefinestrategyfor Mapping
IntersectingGridLines 0 1 2
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MappedFaceMeshing:Example
E E E E E E E E S E
E S E EE
E E
Vertex type is dependant to the attached face => the mesh can be individually controlled on all faces
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MappedFaceMeshing:RadialNo.ofDivisions
Iffaceisdefinedbytwoloops,thentheRadialNumberofDivisions fieldisactivated Specifythenumberofdivisionsacrosstheannularregion Usefulforcreatingnumberoflayersacrossanannulus
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MatchControl
Defineperiodicityonfaces(3D)oredges(2D)
Thetwofacesoredgesshouldbetopologicallyandgeometricallythesame Amatchcontrolcanonlybeassignedtooneuniqueface/edgepair MatchcontrolsarenotsupportedwithPostInflationAlgorithm MatchControlwithPatchIndependenttetrahedronsnotsupportedyet
Twotypesofmatchcontrolsavailable:
Cyclicand Arbitrary
NotavailableforCutCell meshing
If Match Control fails, ( ) icon appears adjacent to corresponding object in the outline Tree, however the mesh is created ignoring it
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MatchControl:Cyclic
DefineRotationalperiodic
Full Model Cut Boundaries Periodic Model
MatchControl:Arbitrary
Twofacesoredgestobematched,canbearbitrarilylocated
Full Model : Tube Banks Symmetric + Periodic Model Face Mesh before Match Control
Model extracted through Slice operation in DM Face Mesh after Match Control
Pinch
ToimprovequalityPinchcontrolremovessmallfeatures(edges ornarrowregions)atthemeshlevel ThePinchfeatureissupportedforthefollowingmeshmethods:
PatchConformingTetrahedrons ThinSolidSweeps HexDominantmeshing QuadDominantSurfaceMeshing TrianglesSurfacemeshing
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Inflation
Usedtogenerateprismlayers(asexplainedinGlobalsettingschapter) Inflationlayercanbeappliedtofacesorbodiesusingrespectivelyedgesor facesastheboundary
Inflation layer grown on edge boundary (red)
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Workshop4 LocalMeshControls
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Appendix
Contents
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Edge,FaceandBodySizingOptions
CurvatureNormalAngle
Maximumallowableanglethatoneelementedgeisallowedtospan AvailableonlywhenUseAdvancedSizeFunctionissettoeitherOn:ProximityandCurvature orOn:Curvature Youcanspecifyavaluefrom0to180degreesoracceptthedefault.(Avalueof0resetsthe optiontoitsdefault.) ThedefaultiscalculatedbasedonthevaluesoftheRelevanceandSpanAngleCenteroptions GrowthRate Representstheincreaseinelementedgelengthwitheachsucceedinglayerofelements.(For example,agrowthrateof1.2resultsina20%increaseinelementedgelengthwitheach succeedinglayerofelements.) AvailablewhenUseAdvancedSizeFunctionison Specifyavaluefrom1to5oracceptthedefault ThedefaultiscalculatedbasedonthevaluesoftheRelevanceandTransitionoptions Mustbealwayslowerorequaltheglobalgrowthrate
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Sizing:SphereofInfluence
SphereofInfluence:onEdges
AvailableonlyifAdvancedSizeFunctionisOFF UsecoordinatesystemtodefinethecenteroftheSphere
Mesh on the entity and other proximity entities that lies within the sphere of influence is affected
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Sizing:SphereofInfluence
SphereofInfluence:onFaces
AvailableonlyifAdvancedSizeFunctionisOFF Elementswithinthespherewillhavegivenaverageelementsize Usecoordinatesystemtodefinethecenterofthesphere
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ContactSizing
Generatessimilarsizedelementsoncontactfacesbetweenparts Twooptions
ElementSize.Thesizeoftheelementsoncontactfacesrespectsthevalue ofElementSizespecified Relevance.Thesizeoftheelementsoncontactfacesaredetermined internallybyspheresofinfluencewithautomaticdeterminationofradius andsizedependingonthevalueofspecifiedRelevance
NotavailableforCutCell Meshing
ContactSizing
Note that the mesh is still non-conformal across the contact region To insert a Contact Sizing in the Mesh tree select the contact region from Contacts list and drag it to Mesh object, or use RMB on the Mesh
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Refinement
Validforonlyforfacesoredges
NotavailableforPatchIndependentTetrahedrons,CutCell,UniformQuad/Tri UniformQuadmeshingmethods
Inflation
Transition Ratio: Attempts to match the size of last prism layer with that of next Tet cell Growth Rate: It determines the relative thickness of adjacent inflation layers
Transition Ratio: 0.5 Growth Rate: 1.2 Defaults: Transition Ratio: 0.272 Growth Rate: 1.2 Transition Ratio: 0.8 Growth Rate: 1.2