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VirtualGeometryOperationsona

WheelRimGeometry

Introduction

CADgeometries,especiallythoseimportedfromCADdesignsoftware,maycontain

smallfeatures,suchasfacesoredges,thatcouldsignificantlyincreasethenumberof

meshelementsinthemodel.Anefficientmodelingapproachistoavoidsuchsmall

featuresbyusingvirtualgeometryoperationsto“hide”themfromthemesher.A

benefitofusingvirtualgeometryoperationsisalsothatthecurvatureofthegeometry

ispreserved,whichcouldbeimportantforcertainphysicsapplications,suchasstress

analysis.

Inthistutorialyouprepareawheelrimgeometryforstressanalysisbydefeaturingit

usingvirtualgeometryoperations.Thestressanalysisisdescribedinthemodel

“SubmodelofaWheelRim”thatyoucanfindinthemodellibraryoftheStructural

Mechanicsmodule.

ModelDefinition

Thegeometrytobemeshedisofaten-spokerimdesign,showninFigure1.

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Figure1:Wheelrimgeometry.

Toprovideaccurateresultsforthestiffnessoftherimcreateameshfortheanalysis

usingthedefaultnormalpredefinedmeshsettings.Applyvirtualgeometryoperations

toreducethenumberofelementsinthemesh.

ResultsandDiscussion

Themeshgeneratedwiththeoriginalgeometryconsistsofabout290,000tetrahedral

elements,seeFigure2below.

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