ASSIGNMENT NO.

02

TITLE : STUDY OF A MESHING –TYPES OF ELEMENT,TYPES OF MESHING-

AUTOMATIC, MAPPED,MESHING IN CRITICAL AREAS.
Name :Dhanashree Ramdas More

Roll No:10

Class :BE Div :B

INTRODUCTION TO MESHING:

The basic idea of FEA is to make calculations at only limited (Finite) number of points and then
interpolate the results for the entire domain (surface or volume). Any continuous object has
Finite degrees of freedom and it’s just not possible to solve the problem in this format. Finite
Element Method reduces the degrees of freedom from FInite to Finite with the help of
discretization or meshing (nodes and elements).

TYPES OF MESHING ELEMENT:

1D (ONE DIAMENSIONAL)

One of the dimensions is very large in comparison to the other two. Element
shape – line . Additional data from
user - remaining two dimensions i.e. area of cross section . Element type – rod, bar,
beam, pipe, axisymmetric shell, etc Practical applications - Long shafts,
beams, pin joint, connection elements, etc
2D (TWO DIAMENSIONAL)

Two of the dimensions are very large in comparison to the third one Element shape
– quad, tria Additional data from user - remaining
dimension i.e. thickness Element type – thin shell, plate,
membrane, plane stress, plane strain, , axisymmetric solid, etc.
Practical applications - Sheet metal parts, plastic components like an instrument panel etc.

3D (THREE DIAMENSIONAL) All dimensions are comparable

Element shape – tetra, penta, hex, pyramid
Additional data from user – none Element type
– solid Practical applications -
Transmission casing, engine block, crankshaft, etc.

OTHER ELEMENT:

Mass – Point element, concentrated mass at the center of gravity of the component. Spring –
translational and rotational stiffness . Damper - damping
coefficient . Gap – Gap distance,
stiffness, friction Rigid – RBE2, RBE3. Weld.

TYPES OF MESHING:
AUTOMATIC MESHING:
Automatic Meshing Method, If you select the automatic method control, the body will be
swept if possible. Otherwise, Tetrahedrons (Patch Conforming) is used.
The global Element Midside Nodes option allows you to control whether meshes are to be
created with midside nodes (quadratic elements/second order) or without midside nodes (linear
elements/first order). Reducing the number of midside nodes reduces the number of degrees of
freedom. Choices for the global Element Midside Nodes option include Program Controlled,
Dropped, and Kept.

Program Controlled is the default. For surface bodies and beam models, Program Controlled is
identical to the Dropped option described below. For solid bodies and 2-D models, Program
Controlled is identical to the Kept option described below.
The Dropped option removes midside nodes on all elements. Examples shown below are for a
solid body.

The Kept option retains midside nodes on elements created in the part or body. All elements will
have midside nodes.

Mapped Meshing
Mapped meshing can be used for an entire model or for certain parts of a model, in which case
free (unstructured) meshing is used for the remaining parts of the model.

Combined Mapped and Free Meshing

In general, an original solid part will not have the simple shape required for mapped meshing.
However, it may be necessary or desirable to use mapped meshing on a certain area of the part.
The ability to combine mapped mesh with free mesh on a part makes this possible. A certain
portion can be "carved" out of the original part for mapped meshing. Free meshing is then used
on the rest of the part with compati
Element Types
• Brick or tetrahedral elements can be generated using mapped meshing
• Only tetrahedral elements can be generated using free meshin

MESHING IN CRITICAL AREAS :

Critical areas are locations where high stress locations will occur. Dense meshing and structured
mesh (no trias / pentas) is recommended in these regions. Areas away from the critical area are
general areas. Geometry simpli"cation and coarse mesh in general areas are recommended (to
reduce the total DOFs and solution time).