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ANSYS Meshing Application Introduction: Meshing Methods For 3D Geometries
ANSYS Meshing Application Introduction: Meshing Methods For 3D Geometries
ANSYS Meshing Application Introduction: Meshing Methods For 3D Geometries
Meshing Methods
for 3D Geometries
ANSYS Meshing
Application Introduction
• Geometry Requirements
• Meshing Methods
– Tetrahedrons
• Patch Conforming
• Patch Independent (ICEM CFD Tetra)
– Swept Mesh
– Automatic
– MultiZone
– CFX-Mesh
• Workshop 3.1
– Combining Sweep and Tetrahedral Methods for a Multibody Part
– Inflating Tetrahedral and Sweep Methods
• Advantages
– An arbitrary volume can always be filled with tetrahedra
– Can be generated quickly, automatically, and for
complicated geometry
– Can be easily combined with curvature and proximity
size functions to automatically refine the mesh in critical regions
– Can be combined with inflation to refine the mesh near solid walls
(boundary layer resolution)
• Disadvantages
– Element and node counts are higher than for a hex mesh with a
similar mesh density
– Generally not possible to align the cells with a flow direction
– Not well suited for thin solids or annuli due to non-isotropy
of geometry and nature of element
• Common Parameters
– Minimum and Maximum Sizes
– Face and Body Sizes
– Advanced Size Functions (Curvature and/or Proximity)
– Growth Rate (gradual variation for CFD, avoid sudden jumps)
– Smoothing (helps achieve a more uniformly sized mesh)
– Statistics
– Mesh Metrics
Resolution of
Circular Hole
• Geometry with a single source and target face can be swept with a
bias in the sweep direction