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Mesh
In this section the geometry will be meshed with 18,432 elements. The geometry will be given 192 circumferential divisions and 96 radial divisions. Mapped face meshing will be used and biasing will be used in order to significantly increase the number of elements located close to the cylinder.
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Create Named Selections
In this section the various parts of the geometry will be named according to the image below.
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3. Mesh
In the early stages of this tutorial, we ask you to download the mesh and geometry files. In the future the meshing and geometry steps will be fleshed out. Download the necessary files by clicking here. Download the "zip" file, then extract the files to your working directory. In order to load the necessary files, go to the Workbench Project Page, then (Click) File > Open > "Cylinder.wbpj". Lastly, click here to skip ahead to Step 4 of the tutorial.
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Launch Mesher
(Double Click) Mesh
Mapped Face Meshing
(Right Click) Mesh > Insert > Mapped Face Meshing
Set Geometry to both portions of the surface body. You will have to hold down control in the selection process in order to highlight both halves. Click Update.
Circumferential Edge Sizing
(Right Click) Mesh > Insert > Sizing
Set Geometry to both edges of the surface body. You will have to use the edge selection filter and you will have to hold down control in the selection process in order to highlight both halves. Set Type to Number of Divisions, set Number of Divisions to 96 and set Behavior to Hard. Click Update to generate the new mesh.
Radial Edge Sizing 1 (Top Half)
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Radial Edge Sizing 2 (Bottom Half)
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https://confluence.cornell.edu/download/attachments/144972134/Mesh_Full.pngVerify Mesh Size
(Click) Mesh > (Expand) Statistics
You should have 18,624 nodes and 18,432 elements.
Go to Step 4: Setup (Physics)
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