ANSYS ICEM资料--B1-Tetra.ppt

6/18/04 ANSYS ICEM Training 6/18/04 Tetra Meshingand Mesh Extrusion ICEMCFD/AI*Environment 5.0 How Octree Tetra WorksIt’s Not a Paver! Most commercial Tet mesh generators First generate a Tri surface mesh surface-by-surface Every edge of every surface must be resolved sensitive to sliver surfaces, bad surface parameterization surface connectivity (gaps) If the surface mesh is complete volume mesh is generated from surface mesh How Octree Tetra WorksIt’s Not a Paver! Using Points and Curves Imported Surface Model Geometry Requirements for Octree Tetra Tetra requires an enclosed surface model Display surfaces as solid look for missing surfaces look for holes or gaps Tetra can tolerate gaps smaller then the local element size Recommend points and curves at key features Recommend Material points to define volumes For simple models, Tetra will create a material point if none exists Set Global and/or surface and/or curve entity Parameters Mesh size information Detailed on following slides Global Mesh Size Global Mesh Sizing: Scale Factor: Multiplied by other size settings to give actual sizes Example: entity Maximum size set to 4 units scale factor is set to 3.5 Actual entity max element size; 4 x 3.5 = 14.0 units Ratchet the mesh size globally Global Element Seed Size: multiplied by the Scale factor“ largest possible element size in the model. The “Display” check box will show a sample sized element symbol Global Mesh Size Natural Size: Curvature based refinement Natural size will automatically subdivide to create elements that are smaller than the prescribed entity size in order to capture finer features of the geometry Value entered is multiplied by the Scale Factor and is a lower limit for the automatic subdivision Natural Si