Meshing a thin flat plate
I'm working on a 3D conduction solution of a spot heater on a thin flat plate with dimensions 61cm x 30.5 cm x 0.635 cm. This aspect ratio is challenging to mesh in a way that does not produce errors....
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Hi First of all you have forgotten the attachment ! Second for me such a plate could be meshed straightforward with a surface mapped mesh and then a sweep with 2-3 elements in the thickness, no ? This...
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My mistake on the attachment. My spot is quite small (0.3175 cm diameter). I'm working through creating a mapped mesh. Would you recommend creating a cylinder for the spot, a cylinder of something like...
View ArticleRe: Meshing a thin flat plate
Hi I ment not necessarily a cylinder, if you use mapped mesh (quads) use rather rectangles or cubes. if yo have a large ratio of size try using the "russian doll" principle, add a few cubes/rectangles...
View ArticleRe: Meshing a thin flat plate
We're on the same path. Maybe a larger cylinder makes the transition smoother? I've attached a new model with mapped mesh. This model is fairly resource intensive, so I'm going to investigate reducing...
View ArticleRe: Meshing a thin flat plate
Hi indeed it gets heavy, I would suggest to try (but this depends on how much more you want to add on the model) to use 1/4 with symmetry BC's, then you could also simulate the plate thickness as an...
View ArticleMeshing a thin flat plate
I'm working on a 3D conduction solution of a spot heater on a thin flat plate with dimensions 61cm x 30.5 cm x 0.635 cm. This aspect ratio is challenging to mesh in a way that does not produce errors....
View ArticleRe: Meshing a thin flat plate
Hi First of all you have forgotten the attachment ! Second for me such a plate could be meshed straightforward with a surface mapped mesh and then a sweep with 2-3 elements in the thickness, no ? This...
View ArticleRe: Meshing a thin flat plate
My mistake on the attachment. My spot is quite small (0.3175 cm diameter). I'm working through creating a mapped mesh. Would you recommend creating a cylinder for the spot, a cylinder of something like...
View ArticleRe: Meshing a thin flat plate
Hi I ment not necessarily a cylinder, if you use mapped mesh (quads) use rather rectangles or cubes. if yo have a large ratio of size try using the "russian doll" principle, add a few cubes/rectangles...
View ArticleRe: Meshing a thin flat plate
We're on the same path. Maybe a larger cylinder makes the transition smoother? I've attached a new model with mapped mesh. This model is fairly resource intensive, so I'm going to investigate reducing...
View ArticleRe: Meshing a thin flat plate
Hi indeed it gets heavy, I would suggest to try (but this depends on how much more you want to add on the model) to use 1/4 with symmetry BC's, then you could also simulate the plate thickness as an...
View ArticleMeshing a thin flat plate
I'm working on a 3D conduction solution of a spot heater on a thin flat plate with dimensions 61cm x 30.5 cm x 0.635 cm. This aspect ratio is challenging to mesh in a way that does not produce errors....
View ArticleRe: Meshing a thin flat plate
Hi First of all you have forgotten the attachment ! Second for me such a plate could be meshed straightforward with a surface mapped mesh and then a sweep with 2-3 elements in the thickness, no ? This...
View ArticleRe: Meshing a thin flat plate
My mistake on the attachment. My spot is quite small (0.3175 cm diameter). I'm working through creating a mapped mesh. Would you recommend creating a cylinder for the spot, a cylinder of something like...
View ArticleRe: Meshing a thin flat plate
Hi I ment not necessarily a cylinder, if you use mapped mesh (quads) use rather rectangles or cubes. if yo have a large ratio of size try using the "russian doll" principle, add a few cubes/rectangles...
View ArticleRe: Meshing a thin flat plate
We're on the same path. Maybe a larger cylinder makes the transition smoother? I've attached a new model with mapped mesh. This model is fairly resource intensive, so I'm going to investigate reducing...
View ArticleRe: Meshing a thin flat plate
Hi indeed it gets heavy, I would suggest to try (but this depends on how much more you want to add on the model) to use 1/4 with symmetry BC's, then you could also simulate the plate thickness as an...
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