Mesh

In this step, we'll discretize or chop up the domain to create a mesh containing many "elements". During the numerical solution, ANSYS will obtain a discrete version of our boundary value problem on this mesh. We will generate a regular face mesh with 200 elements. The horizontal edges will have 10 divisions and the vertical edges will have 20 divisions.

Launch ANSYS Mechanical

ANSYS Mechanical is the application where we'll generate a mesh, apply the material properties and boundary conditions, and obtain a numerical solution to our boundary value problem. In order to start ANSYS Mechanical (Double Click) Model, Image Removed. When Mechanical opens, make sure that the units are properly defined to be in metric. Do this by clicking on Units, in the top toolbar, and selecting Metric (m, kg, N, s, V, A). 

Create a Regular Mesh

We will create a nice, regular mesh which is done using the "mapped face meshing" option. A mapped face mesh is a mesh that can be mapped to a rectangular domain, hence the name. Our domain is already rectangular, thus mapped faced meshing will yield a rectangular grid as the mesh.

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Edge Sizing

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This completes the meshing process for this problem.

Save

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Go to Step 4: Physics Setup

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