Sign-up for free online course on ANSYS simulations!Problem Specification
1. Start-up and preliminary set-up
2. Specify element type and constants
3. Specify material properties
4. Specify geometry
5. Mesh geometry
6. Specify boundary conditions
7. Solve!
8. Postprocess the results
9. Validate the results
Step 5: Mesh geometry
Generate the Mesh
To bring up the MeshTool, Select:
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Close this menu by clicking OK.
Define Number of Elements for Each Line
We'll use 20 elements for AB and 20 elements for BC to be consistent with Cook et al.
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Click OK.
Enter 20 for NDIV.
Click OK.
Creating the Mesh
In the MeshTool, click on Mesh. This brings up the pick menu. Click on Pick All.
The geometry has been meshed and the elements are plotted in the graphics window. Close the MeshTool.
Save your work
Once you have successfully created the mesh, click on SAVE_DB in the ANSYS Toolbar to save the database.
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