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Introduction
Introduction to ANSYS
Meshing
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What
What is ANSYS EKM Desktop?
ANSYS EKM Desktop is a single user, local environment version of EKM. It is
available as part of ANSYS R13 release and it can be accessed via Workbench.
EKM Desktop is focused at meeting the challenge of re-using existing
simulations
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Other tools
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2. For first time users, click Register now
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Fluent downloads
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Product Information
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documentation, tutorials, best
practices, libraries, etc.
Animated Tutorials
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demonstrations and then walk
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Preprocessing Workflow
Geometry
Creation
OR
Geometry Import
Sketches and
a es
Planes
3D Operations
Extrude, Revolve,
Sweep etc
Sweep,
Geometry Import
Options
Direct CAD/BiDirectional CAD
Geometry
Operations
Meshing
Solver
Meshing
Methods
3D Operations
Boolean, Body
Operations, Split,
etc
Hexa Dominant,
Sweep meshing
Geometry
Cleanup and
Repair
CutCell meshing
Automatic
Cleanup
Global Mesh
Settings
Merge, Connect,
Projection, Flow
Volume
Extraction, etc
Local Mesh
Settings
Sizing,
g
Body/Sphere of
Influence, Match
Control, etc
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Sizing Refine
Sizing,
Refine, Pinch
Pinch, Inflation
Inflation, etc
Mesh Metrics
Metrics, Charts
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Ex: Mesh
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Toolbars
Tree
O tli
Outline
Graphics
Window
Details
View
Message
Window
Entity Details
Bar
Status/Info Bar
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Units Display
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Tree Outline
RMB click on
body/part
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Details View
If an object
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Tree O
Outline,
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details
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object are displayed in the Details View below
The Details View provides options to review, edit or input values for meshing
operations
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Mesh Method :
Any Meshing Method can be used for any Physics
Preference
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There are six meshing methods in the ANSYS Meshing for 3D geometries:
Tetrahedrons
Patch Conforming (TGrid based)
Patch Independent (ICEM CFD based)
Sweep
p
Generates prisms or hexahedral
MultiZone
Maily hexahedral elements
Hex Dominant
Automatic
Combines multiple methods based on complexity of the geometry
Patch conforming / Sweep Mesh
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There are four meshing methods in the ANSYS Meshing for 2D geometries:
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Quadrilateral (Quad)
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Patch Independent
Patch Conforming
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This g
geometry
y would need to be decomposed
p
into 8 blocks to g
get similar mesh with
Sweep Method
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Multiple Bodies
Patch Conforming
and Sweep
Single Body
Patch Conforming
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CutCell Meshing
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Sizing
Contact Sizing
Refinement
Mapped Face Meshing
Match Control
Pinch
Inflation
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Virtual Topology
When to use?
To merge together a number of small (connected) faces/edges
To simplify small features in the model
To simplify load abstraction for mechanical analysis
To create edge splits for better control of the surface mesh control New
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Virtual cell modifies the topology
Without VT
With VT
Original CAD model remains unchanged
New faceted geometry is created with
virtual topology
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Connections
Connections are mainly used to establish surface to surface contact between two
parts, mainly used for Mechanical Analysis
These contact regions are automatically resolved during a Mechanical analysis, but
will not be resolved in a CFD analysis
To resolve them
them, the faces in the contact regions should be made into a Named
Selection and defined as Interface zones in ANSYS Fluent or General Grid
Interface in ANSYS CFX.
Whether a mesh in conformal or non-conformal depends on how the geometry was
configured in DM
Multiple Parts (= Non Conformal Mesh)
Multi-body with Shared topology as Imprint (= Non Conformal Mesh)
Multi-body part with Shared Topology as Automatic (= Conformal Mesh)
However, Patch Independent tetrahedron meshing method with Match Mesh Where
Possible option may generate conformal grids whatever is the Shared Topology Method
used in DM
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To create identical mesh on the like faces use Match Control option. Use
Fuse option in FLUENT to fuse like faces to get Conformal mesh
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Named Selections
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Generating Mesh
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Section Planes
For large meshes, it is advisable to switch to geometry mode (click on geometry in the
Tree Outline), create the section plane and then go back to mesh model
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APPENDIX
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Standard toolbar
Cut Section
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Standard toolbar
New in AM 13.0!
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Model toolbar
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Mesh toolbar
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Coordinate Systems
Offset
Rotate
Create
New
System
Change/Delete
transformation
order
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Named Selections are also used to assign names to Boundary Zones and Cell
Zones and reference those in the Solvers like Fluent or CFX. Particularly the
Named Selections can be used to group regions for CFX-Pre
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Selection label contains the keywords pertaining to the boundary type
Few examples of how the Named Selections can be used to automatically assign
boundary condition types in Fluent:
A 3D body can be assigned a named selection of fluid_1 if that body represents a fluid domain.
Fluent will assign a zone type of fluid to that cell zone when the mesh is transferred to Fluent
If a set of faces are assigned a Named Selection label of pressure_far_field_2, Fluent will assign the
boundary type of pressure-far-field when the mesh is imported to Fluent. Note that the name can be
any variation containing the keywords pressure, far, and field, like far_pressure_field_2, or
farpressurefield_2 or pressure-farfield_2 and it will still be recognized as pressure-far-field
boundary type when transferred to Fluent
A Named Selection label containing the keyword inlet and no other keywords pertaining to other
boundary condition types will be assigned a Velocity-Inlet boundary condition type. Similarly, a Named
Selection label containing the keyword outlet and no other keywords pertaining to other boundary
condition types will be assigned a Pressure-Outlet boundary condition type
Wall boundary type is assigned to a Named Selection label containing Wall or if it doesnt contain
keywords matching other boundary types
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Named Selections
New in AM13!
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