ANSYS Meshing 12.0

ANSYS Meshing 12.
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ANSYS Meshing 12.0 12 0 Introduction
Meshing Overview
ANSYS Workbench process automation Physics-aware meshing Meshing in batch P Parametric/Persistent meshing t i /P i t t hi Adding controls for meshing flexibility mesh type/method mesh sizing mesh a g e t es alignment mesh quality mesh feature capturing
Process Automation
Meshing co es as a cell of a Workbench Analysis es g comes ce o o be c a ys s System (Mesh/Model) Or as its own Component System.
Regardless of what System the Mesh/Model cell is invoked from the meshing tools are the same However, the meshing defaults are based on the physics preference of the system The mesh is provided to any downstream system Downstream systems can be linked to the Mesh cell of any system
Physics-Aware Meshing
There are four physics p p y preferences in the Meshing g application, each using appropriate defaults for that physics
Meshing in Batch
Because the meshing is highly automated, the meshing application can be run in batch and a user can essentially skip the meshing step. For example:
Use Update to generate the mesh in batch. The Progress monitor gives progress. After updating the mesh you can Edit it to view the mesh or add additional control. dditi l t l
Parametric/Persistent Meshing
In the following slides, we will see how mesh methods and mesh controls can be inserted to control the properties of the mesh. These controls persist with any geometry changes changes. The process of updating the mesh is the same as in the batch meshing Added controls continue to apply Well controlled mesh is automated for subsequent design iterations in batch This makes parametric/persistent meshing inherent to the p process
Adding Controls for Flexibility

As demonstrated, Meshing in Workbench is designed to be invisible to the user However, since a well controlled mesh is often required for higher solution accuracy and efficiency there is a efficiency, great deal of flexibility to control: mesh type/method mesh sizing mesh alignment mesh quality mesh feature capturing
Adding Mesh Controls

Lets look at an assembly model:
Contact is automatically defined between parts Mesh object:
additional controls can be inserted
Global controls:
Physics preferences, sizings, inflation etc sizings inflation, etc.
You can see in this case that Workbench automatically assigns: Physics based sizing Interfaces between parts User can go into these defaults and adjust as they see fit.

Mesh Methods:
Parts are meshed as appropriate, h where i t hex h possible, else tets User can insert mesh methods to override the defaults.
Some parts are meshed with patch conforming tetrahedral method
Some parts are meshed with general sweep
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Mesh Controls (Virtual Topology):
Geometry and mesh defeaturing tools are available to reduce the element/cell count in non noncritical regions Manual virtual topologies help user control which features to capture
Virtual Topologies can be created automatically, or manually as shown here.
Lets see how we can coarsen mesh in non-critical regions
Mesh is refined to respect each face

Mesh walks over details

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Mesh Controls (Auto VT):
Automatic virtual topologies can be created and then user can edit these manually for optimum control
Mesh without Virtual Topogies
Automatic Virtual Topologies

Mesh after automatic Virtual Topologies
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Mesh Controls (Sizing):
Sizing controls are available at the body, face, edge, and vertex level Other sizing controls include: Sphere of influence p Body of influence Curvature/Proximity sizing
Now lets apply a body sizing to improve uniformity of mesh
Insert body sizing, cross hatch represents size
Resulting mesh
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Mesh Controls (Pinch):
If Virtual Topologies (VTs) arent enough for geometry simplification, simplification pinch features can further simplify the model The pinch controls use mesh p based defeaturing and can be applied manually or automatically like VTs.
Notice bad mesh in areas
Insert manual pinch controls to remove unwanted features

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Manual pinch feature removes features at mesh level allowing for easier simplification than geometry level for some configurations. Like Automatic Virtual Topologies, there is Automatic Pinch

Mesh Control (Mapped Face):
The face Th f mesh structure can be Select changed face(s) adding by to have a mapped mapped face mesh controls
Since the face has a cutout, sub-mapping is done to get a mapped mesh
Face is meshed with mapped quads split to tris
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Mesh Methods and Controls:
This example shows how a variety of mesh controls and methods can combine to provide great flexibility
Default tet mesh Hex mesh would improve solution accuracy
Add Virtual Faces to aid in hex meshing
Add MultiZone method for pure hex mesh
Pure hex mesh is able t b bl to be generated
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Mesh Methods and Controls:
There is an extensive list of additional mesh methods/controls, but this gives a general overview of the use of these controls.
Apply body sizing with smaller mesh size
Refined hex mesh for better accuracy
Section plane of hex mesh
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Adding Controls for Flexibility

The controls that were added are stored as objects in the mesh folder
These controls persist to design changes If a new design makes it impossible to update controls from a previous design, the software puts a ? to indicate a control that has become invalid and should be inspected by the user.
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ANSYS Meshing 12.0 g Feature Update
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ANSYS 12.0 Meshing Goals Next generation solution for GAMBIT and CFXMesh customers: Follows Workbench guiding principles: Parametric, Persistent Highly-Automated, Parametric Persistent, Highly Automated Flexible, Physics-aware, Adaptive Architecture Integration of TGrid and ANSYS ICEM CFD meshing methods to increase power and flexibility of Workbench meshing solution Further evolution of meshing tools and technologies for Mechanical, ANSYS Emag, Explicit and CFD meshing
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Mesh Controls
Physics-based mesh controls Support for CAD instances Arbitrary mesh matching Mapped mesh controls
Corner controls to help define mapping strategy
Pinch feature Ad Advanced Si F d Size Functions i Interface/contact handling between parts Contact sizing Arbitrary mesh matching Patch independent option: Match mesh where possible ibl
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Fluids Physics-based Mesh Controls ANSYS 12.0 is the first release targeting CFD needs using our proven GAMBIT and TGrid meshing technology Better CFD meshing defaults
Automated CFD meshing process
CFD/Fl CFD/Fluent shape check controls t h h k t l
Support for FLUENT boundary conditions, mesh size functions, etc. , Improved inflation controls
Program controlled inflation S Smooth t th transition controls iti t l
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CFD Meshing Automated CFD meshing process

CFX/FLUENT solver preference added to tailor mesh based off solver Add d appropriate d f lt Added i t defaults Added Skewness quality metric for FLUENT
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CFD Meshing 3D Bodies (Zones) Solid/Fluid

CAD parts can be marked in DM as Air/Fluid
Display of Solid/Fluid indicates type FLUENT will use this for 3D Zone creation
2D Zones
Named Selections (for Boundary Conditions) pass through Workflow (CAD Geometry Meshing FLUENT)
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Improved CFD Inflation

Program Controlled Inflation
Will inflate off all faces that are not in a named selection Or user can inflate off a named selection, or insert inflation control
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Structural Physics-Based Mesh Controls Efficient meshing for physics Rigid body contact meshing
Edges/Faces in contact area are only things meshed Centroid defined for mass
G k t meshing Gasket hi
Quadratic edges/faces on top and bottom Linear edges/faces on side
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Rigid Body Meshing (3D)

Only faces of rigid body in contact get meshed
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Rigid Body Meshing (2D)

Only edges of rigid sheet in contact get meshed
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Gasket Elements
More automated way of meshing gaskets
Quadratic faces on source/target
Linear faces on sides

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Support for CAD Instances Instances defined in Pro/E, Solidworks, etc. are used in meshing (geometry/mesh is copied)
Geometry transfer/meshing speedup
Selection by instance
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Meshing of Instances
Meshing speed improvement

58% time reduction in meshing
Instance selection:
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Meshing of Instances
Overall speed improvements

Geometry transfer: 77% time reduction Meshing speedup: 55% time reduction Total i T t l import and meshing of thi model reduced f t d hi f this d l d d from 533 to 192 seconds (64% time reduction)
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Arbitrary Mesh Matching Match control to copy mesh to similar topologies based off 2 coordinate systems
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Improved Mapped Control Support for side/corner controls to define strategy for submapping
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Pinch Feature
Mesh pinch out feature added for defeaturing at mesh level p g Automated based off shell thickness or user defined tolerance Works in conjunction with Virtual Topologies to simplify meshing constraints
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Automatic Pinch Generation With automatic pinch generation user can pinch features under a defined size and remove small features from the mesh
Use shell thickness, or define a tolerance
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Manual Pinch Feature
With Auto-pinch, software figures out basic areas to pinch User can then add additional manual pinch controls
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Shell Example
w/out pinch feature
w/pinch feature
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Shell Example
w/out pinch feature
w/pinch feature
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Solid Example w/out pinch feature w/pinch feature
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Advanced Size Function Incorporate FLUENT size function Curvature based sizing controls y g Proximity based sizing controls Body/Face/Edge sizing Improve consistency of controls across mesh methods
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Advanced Size Function Advanced size functions added for explicit control for:
Curvature Normal Angle Number of cells in a thin gap Minimum Size Maximum Face Size Maximum Tet Size Growth Rate
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Advanced Size Function Standard Size Function Advanced Size Function
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Advanced Size Function

With curvature
With curvature and proximity (5 cells i gap) t d i it ll in )
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Scoped Sizes
Scoped size controls:

Edge Face Body
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Body of Influence
Bodies can be used to define a region of influence
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Interface/Contact Modeling of Parts
There are several techniques to model the common faces between parts As parts As multibody part with common nodes As multibody part with duplicated nodes
Shared/matched face(s) Shared/matched edge(s)
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There are several techniques to model the q common faces between parts 2 faces As parts p As multibody part with common nodes 1 face As multibody part with duplicated nodes 2 faces
Shared/matched face(s) Shared/matched edge(s)
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As Parts: 2 Faces at contact region Parts meshed separately
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As Multibody part: No contacts, since parts contacts share common face Multibody part meshed as a whole
DM Attribute
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As Multibody p ( y part (w/Imprints): p ) Contacts, since each body has a face Multibody part meshed as a whole
DM Attribute
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Depending on how the user wants the interface p g modeled/meshed between two bodies, user can choose appropriate option U i th i Using the imprint option i a multibody part i t ti in ltib d t ensures a common interface between 2 parts option, If using Imprint option there are a few controls to keep in mind: Contact sizing g Match control: Arbitrary Patch independent option: Match mesh where possible
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Contact Sizing
Drag and Drop Contact Region into Mesh folder Influences the mesh sizing between parts
Mesh isnt always coincident

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Match Control: Arbitrary y Enforces same node spacing based off common topology between p p gy parts Undesired penetration of individual parts Desired coincident nodes with multi-body part using IMPRINT method and Match M h control l
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Patch Independent option: Match mesh where p p possible If yes software will try to enforce common y y nodes between common faces of a multibody(imprint) part If no software will not try to enforce common nodes between common faces of b t f f a multibody(imprint) part
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Meshing Improvements
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Surface Meshing Improved surface mesh quality

Eliminate poor-quality mesh clusters Improved curvature based refinement controls
2D inflation controls
2D Planar models Shell models
Respect new sizing controls Improved auto-blocker robustness/consistency
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Meshing Update
More uniform surface mesh:

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Meshing Update

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Meshing Update
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2D Inflation Controls 2D planar model
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2D Inflation Controls 2D shell model
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Tetrahedral Meshing Mix and Match Tetrahedral and Sweep methods TGrid Tetra AFT meshing method for CFD p patch independent robustness p Improved p Improved consistency of controls
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Combination of Methods
Mapped bodies
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Tetrahedral Meshing
ANSYS 11.0
ANSYS 12.0
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Inflation
Multibody part handling Smooth transition Collision avoidance
St i t Stair-stepping i Layer compression Examples
Preview inflation Pre vs. post inflation S Sweeping

Pure hex or wedge
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Inflation: Multibody Parts

Mapped bodies
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Smooth Transition
Smooth transition option added to provide layer by layer smoothing to achieve good transition to tet mesh Transition ratio controls inflation to tet transition
CFX Default FLUENT Default
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Inflation: Stair-stepping vs. Compression p
Layer Compression
Stair-stepping
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Inflation: Stair-stepping vs. Compression p
Layer Compression
Stair-stepping
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Examples of Inflation
There are situations when stair-stepping is locally taking place, although compression was req ested place altho gh as requested
Between multi-body parts
Local stair-stepping
Resolve by adding inflation on interior faces

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Examples of Inflation
There are situations when stair-stepping is locally taking place, although compression was req ested place altho gh as requested
In Sharp Corners
Local stair-stepping
Resolve by rounding the sharp edge

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Preview Inflation
Inflation preview added to help identify possible problems with inflation
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Inflation on Swept Bodies

Swept method requirements for inflation The swept method must be assigned to the body
Similar bodies can be assigned in one control
Source face has to be assigned to the swept body Inflation The inflation is assigned to a Face with corresponding g p g edges as Boundaries The Face must be the source face of the swept method First and Total height algorithms are available
Smooth transition is not available
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Inflation on Swept Bodies
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Hex Meshing In Workbench there are several methods for hex meshing: Default Sweep Thin Sweep Hex Dominant MultiZone
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Hex Meshing Improvements ANSYS 12.0 brings the following improvements Default Sweep
Improved inflation More control over mesh type: quad, quad/tri, tri
Thin Sweep
Support for body level (multibody parts) Multiple elements through thickness for parts
MultiZone
New option that extends all hex or hex dominant meshing to more complex parts
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Sweep: Inflation Inflation with sweeping generates a hex mesh
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Sweep: Face Mesh Type Option for free face mesh type in sweep
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Thin Solid Sweep Meshing
Improved robustness p Works at body level with other methods

Thin Sweep
General Sweep
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Multiple elements through thickness for i l body f single b d parts t
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Multibody part meshing
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Swept Meshing: MultiZone
MultiZone sweep meshing p g

Automatic geometry decomposition Multiple/single source/target Mapped/Free meshing Inflation
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MultiZone Automatic geometry decomposition

With the sweep method, this part would have to be sliced into 5 bodies to get a pure hex mesh
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MultiZone Automatic geometry decomposition

With MultiZone, this can be meshed with pure hex mesh without any geometry decomposition.
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MultiZone Multiple source imprinting

Imprints from multiple sources and cross sections can be swept
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MultiZone Multi-source/multi-directional imprinting
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MultiZone Multibody part handling

Multiple parts are meshed with conformal mesh at shared interface.
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MultiZone: Multiple Zones Free decomposition

Face topology is used to construct solid regions or blocks. Each block can be swept independently provided the mesh is conformal. conformal
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MultiZone: Free Decomposition

Using Free Mesh Type, MultiZone can be used to get a hex mesh where possible, and free mesh everywhere else, without slicing.
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MultiZone: Free Decomposition

MultiZone unstructured/free regions can be filled with:
Free Mesh Type = Tetra Free Mesh Type = Hexa Dominant Free Mesh Type = Hexa Core
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MultiZone with Inflation MultiZone with inflation
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MultiZone with Inflation MultiZone with inflation and free blocks
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Mesh Metrics Mesh metrics added

Mesh level, part level and body level
W t element display Worst l t di l
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Performance & Data-Integration Improvements p
Performance Improvements
Multibody part mesh memory utilization & speed improved G General memory reduction and speed i l d ti d d improvements t
Improved Data-Integration
Named S l ti N d Selections stored t ACMO f use i CFX P t d to for in CFX-Pre Fluent output improved CGNS output added Write ICEM CFD Files option for easier transfer to ANSYS ICEM CFD
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