Hi all,
I'm new to this forum and using GID 10.0.9 recently.
I'm working on a model regarding a structure with spherical voids. Now i'm wondering if there's a way to mesh parts of this model with a structured mesh. see the following figure and the attached GID file ,
According to what I have read til now, spheres can be meshed by tetrahedra's only. My goal is to create a mesh aproaching the given mesh in the following figure (created with another FEM package) where a structured mesh is used outside the area with the spherical voids .
Kind regards
Laurens
Sphere meshing
Moderator: GiD Team
Re: Sphere meshing
Hello,
you can mesh volumes with hexahedra using structured or semi-structured mesh. Structured volume meshes must correspond to 6-faces volumes, and semi-structured meshes must be applied to topologically prismatic volumes, this is, a volume where it can be recognized two 'top surfaces', and lateral surfaces going from one top to the other.
To reach this requirements, you may work a little bit on your geometry, splitting some volume so as all the volumes can fit into structured or semi-structured mesh.
you can mesh volumes with hexahedra using structured or semi-structured mesh. Structured volume meshes must correspond to 6-faces volumes, and semi-structured meshes must be applied to topologically prismatic volumes, this is, a volume where it can be recognized two 'top surfaces', and lateral surfaces going from one top to the other.
To reach this requirements, you may work a little bit on your geometry, splitting some volume so as all the volumes can fit into structured or semi-structured mesh.
Re: Sphere meshing
Hi, thanks for the quick response. I'm still wondering how the connection between the 'unstructured' part with spherical voids can be made with the structured or semi-structured part with hexahedra elements. In the attached image the two volumes (4 and 5) are given wherein surface '2' is shared. When the hexahedra type is choses for the prismatic part (volume 5) an error, regarding incompatibility is given.
Thanks, LaurensRe: Sphere meshing
It is possible to create and mesh with GiD a geometry like your first image, but split the volume around the sphere hole into structured (6 faces block-like) could be hard to do.
I attach the zipped GiD example of this picture (some hexas were deleted to see the interior)
But it is not possible to do the same for the model of your second image.
This is because structured meshes are not used for complicated geometries. Unstructured meshes of triangles/tetrahedra are much powerful.
I attach the zipped GiD example of this picture (some hexas were deleted to see the interior)
But it is not possible to do the same for the model of your second image.
This is because structured meshes are not used for complicated geometries. Unstructured meshes of triangles/tetrahedra are much powerful.
Re: Sphere meshing
About your last questions, GiD doesn't allow to create the mixed mesh of unstructured tetras and structured hexas because as you pointed are not compatibles in the shared surface (one has triangular faces and another quadrilaterals!!).
You can do all unstructured, or at least force the structured mesh to be automatically splitted in tetrahedra.
Mesh->Element type->Tetrahedra
and select the structured volume.
Then the whole mesh will be of tetrahedra.
You can do all unstructured, or at least force the structured mesh to be automatically splitted in tetrahedra.
Mesh->Element type->Tetrahedra
and select the structured volume.
Then the whole mesh will be of tetrahedra.
Re: Sphere meshing
Just another way of splitting your geometry to reach hexas:
Kind regards,
Kind regards,
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