Lecture6 LocalMeshControls

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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

Sketches and Planes 3D Operations

Extrude, Revolve, Sweep, etc

3D Operations
Boolean, Body Operations, Split, etc

Meshing Methods
Hybrid Mesh: Tet, Prisms, Pyramids

Geometry Import Options

Direct CAD/BiDirectional CAD

Geometry Cleanup and Repair

Automatic Cleanup Merge, Connect, Projection, Flow Volume Extraction, etc

Hexa Dominant, Sweep meshing Assembly Meshing

Global Mesh Settings Local Mesh Settings

Sizing, Body/Sphere of Influence, Match Control, etc

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MeshingProcessinANSYSMeshing

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LocalMeshControls
Controlthemeshlocally

DependsontheMeshMethodused
LocalMeshControlsare:

Non-CutCell meshing local controls

Sizing
ForVertex,Edge,FaceandBody

ContactSizing
ForEdgeandface

Refinement
ForVertex,EdgeandFace

MappedFaceMeshing
ForFace

MatchControl
ForEdgeandFace

CutCell meshing local controls

Pinch
ForVertexandEdge

Inflation
ForEdgeandFace

OnlySizingandInflationlocalcontrolsare availableforCutCell meshing

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The latest control added on a particular entity overrides any prior controls
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Sizing
Recommendedforlocallydefiningthemeshsizes Youcanonlyscopesizingtoonegeometryentitytypeatatime
Forexample:youcanapplysizingtoanumberofedgesoranumberoffaces,butnotamixof
edgesandfaces.

FourTypesofSizingoption

ElementSizespecifiesaverageelementedgelengthonbodies,facesoredges NumberofDivisionsspecifiesnumberofelementsonedge(s) BodyofInfluencespecifiesaverageelementsizewithinabody SphereofInfluencespecifiesaverageelementsizewithinthesphere

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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Requires a Coordinate system for the sphere

Advanced Size Function in Global settings should be disabled

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Sizing:Edges
SizingType:

ElementSize

Edge meshed with constant element size of 60mm

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

Influenced by global Proximity advanced size function.

Hard
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No influence from other global settings

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Sizing:Faces
ElementSize
Definesthemaximumelementsizeontheface

Face meshed with constant element size

Edge curvature is resolved

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Sizing:Body(volume)
ElementSize
DefinesthemaximumcellsizeontheBody
Tetrahedron patch conforming mesh CutCell mesh

Without body sizing

Without body sizing

With body sizing

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Body meshed with max cell size defined

With body sizing

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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

Without BOIs The Body of Influence itself will not be meshed

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MappedFaceMeshing
Createsstructuredmeshesonselectedmappable surfaces MappedFaceMeshingwithadvancedcontrolissupportedfor
Sweep,PatchConforming,Hexa Dominant QuadDominantandTriangles

MappedFaceMeshingwithbasiccontrolissupportedfor
MultiZone UniformQuad/TriandUniformQuad

RMBonMeshandShow/Mappable Facestodisplayall mappable faces

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

VertexType End Side Corner

IntersectingGridLines 0 1 2

AngleBetweenEdges 0 135 136 224 225 314

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MappedFaceMeshing:Example
E E E E E E E E S E

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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

Mapped face is swept to create pure hex mesh

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MatchControl
Defineperiodicityonfaces(3D)oredges(2D)
Thetwofacesoredgesshouldbetopologicallyandgeometricallythesame Amatchcontrolcanonlybeassignedtooneuniqueface/edgepair MatchcontrolsarenotsupportedwithPostInflationAlgorithm MatchControlwithPatchIndependenttetrahedronsnotsupportedyet

Twotypesofmatchcontrolsavailable:
Cyclicand Arbitrary

NotavailableforCutCell meshing

Matching face mesh

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

Model is symmetrical at 90 so slice the body along dotted lines in DesignModeler

Selected Faces for Match control Matching face mesh

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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

Coordinate systems need to be suitably defined at the faces to be matched

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Matching face mesh

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Pinch
ToimprovequalityPinchcontrolremovessmallfeatures(edges ornarrowregions)atthemeshlevel ThePinchfeatureissupportedforthefollowingmeshmethods:
PatchConformingTetrahedrons ThinSolidSweeps HexDominantmeshing QuadDominantSurfaceMeshing TrianglesSurfacemeshing

NotsupportedforCutCell meshing Moredetailsinlecture5meshquality

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Inflation
Usedtogenerateprismlayers(asexplainedinGlobalsettingschapter) Inflationlayercanbeappliedtofacesorbodiesusingrespectivelyedgesor facesastheboundary
Inflation layer grown on edge boundary (red)

Inflation layer grown on face boundary (red)

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Workshop4 LocalMeshControls

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Appendix
Contents

Edge,Face&BodySizingOptions Sizing:SphereofInfluence ContactSizing Refinement Inflation

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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

Mesh without Contact Sizing

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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

Refinementisappliedafterthecreationofmeshwithrestofthe settings Refinementlevelcanvaryfrom1(minimal)to3(maximum) Arefinementlevelof1breaksuptheedgesoftheelementsintohalf TheRefinementcontrolmaybeautomaticallysuppressedwhenuseinflation dependingonhowtheinflation/refinementisused.SeetheusersGuidefordetails

Resultant mesh may be of poor quality

Only the selected face is affected and rest is almost unchanged

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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

Transition Ratio: 0.27 Growth Rate: 1.1

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