Mesh

Initial Setup

Close the Design Modeler if you haven't already, and open ANSYS Mechanical by double clicking When ANSYS Mechanical opens, notice that there is a question mark next to Geometry in the Project Outline - this means that there is something amiss in this section. Expand Geometry, and select the first surface body.

Also notice that Thickness is highlighted as it does not have a value specified. Although we will ultimately specify a varying thickness for the the wind turbine blade, for now we will specify a unit thickness. We need to do this or ANSYS will fail when it tries to solve. For each surface body, enter 1 next to Thickness.

There should no longer be a question mark next to Geometry.

Body Sizing

For this geometry, we will be using a body sizing. Create a new sizing element by

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