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Combined Meshing CAEA PDF
Combined Meshing CAEA PDF
Techniques in
ANSYS Workbench
Presented by:
Eric Stamper
4/21/2015
2015 CAE Associates
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Agenda
Previous e-Learning:
https://caeai.com/resources/combiningdifferent-mesh-types-workbench-ansyse-learning
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Conformal
Meshing Options
Solid
Shell
Beam
Solid
Yes
Shell
No1
Yes
Beam
No1
Yes2
Yes
1 Shared topology not supported but can use node merge with v16.0
(to merge nodes on solid face, not within body)
2 Potentially use Mesh Connections instead or Pinch
Nodes
Merged
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Mesh Connections:
Mesh connections use the concept of master and slave geometry to control
how the connection is made:
Master: indicates the geometry/topology onto which other geometry is projected.
Slave: indicates the geometry that will be projected onto the master geometry.
Connection options:
Slave
Master
Projection
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Node Merge:
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Conformal Mesh:
Line Bodies
Beam Modeling
SpaceClaim: can also be used to define beams, and cross sections and
directly extract beams from solid geometry.
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Conformal Mesh:
Surface Bodies
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Mesh Connections
DM
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Mechanical
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Mesh Connections
In Mechanical
Even though all surfaces are formed into a part, not all surfaces are meshed
continuous
Visualized with Single edges
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Mesh Connections
Use automatic mesh connections to find and connect all necessary edges
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Mesh Connections
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Mesh Connections
Mesh connections can be viewed on the geometry with the option shown
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Combining Beams
and Shells
DM Shared Topology:
Vertices to edges
Edges to edges
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Joint handling:
Tools > Joint
Select both surface(s) and line(s) to form joints (locations to be meshed continuous).
Conformal Mesh
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Example:
Joint
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Example:
Once the geometry is imported into mechanical, only the 1 edge of the line
body is meshed continuous with the edge of the surface.
1 shared edge
(conformal mesh)
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2 separate edges
(independently meshed)
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A continuous mesh can be formed between the ends of beams and shells
with a Pinch meshing control in Mechanical
DM joints and shared topology do not connect beams ends to shell surfaces.
However; you can use: Projection > Points On Face to create coincident vertices
that Shared Topology will merge
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Mesh Connections
Face to vertices
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Mesh Connections
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Node Merge
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THANK YOU!
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