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3-1 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary ? 2009 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. April 28, 2009 Inventory #002645 Chapter 3 Meshing Methods for 3D Geometries ANSYS Meshing Application Introduction Meshing Methods for 3D Geometries 3-2 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary ? 2009 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. April 28, 2009 Inventory #002645 Training ManualOverview ? 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 Meshing Methods for 3D Geometries 3-3 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary ? 2009 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. April 28, 2009 Inventory #002645 Training ManualGeometry Requirements ? All the 3D meshing methods require that the geometry consist of solid bodies ? If an imported geometry consists of surface bodies, additional steps would be required to convert it to a 3D solid if a 3D mesh is to be generated in the ANSYS Meshing Application (although surface bodies can be meshed with surface meshing algorithms) Meshing Methods for 3D Geometries 3-4 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary ? 2009 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. April 28, 2009 Inventory #002645 Training ManualTetrahedral Meshes ? 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 Meshing Methods for 3D Geometries 3-5 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary