[ANSYS Meshing] Meshing sphere in Ansys APDL

kerengge · October 10, 2014, 05:08

Hi. I'm trying to mesh this sphere in between a cylindrical roller. The main idea is to create a cricket ball pitcher simulation. I had problem in meshing the cylinder as I can't sweep it with mesh tool. By browsing the internet I found out the way to mesh a sphere is by "dividing the sphere into 8 parts and mesh them one by one and then glue them together."

I'm new to Ansys and I was hoping that someone can help to guide me a step by step tutorial on how to mesh this sphere. Or is it there is other way on meshing a sphere?

Included here is the geometry of the design.
http://imgur.com/6avtxDb

Thank you in advance.

hwet · October 13, 2014, 23:25

why would you want to sweep it, just use tets with inflation, they are as good for the solver these days, gone are the days when the solver couldn't handle tets as good

kerengge · October 14, 2014, 00:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by hwet

why would you want to sweep it, just use tets with inflation, they are as good for the solver these days, gone are the days when the solver couldn't handle tets as good

Hi hwet!
Yea I thought if I want to mesh something I need to sweep it in ANSYS. I'm new on ANSYS, could you give a step by step on how to do it?

hwet · October 15, 2014, 01:54

what are you trying to simulate? what is going to happen to this cricket ball?

kerengge · October 15, 2014, 22:19

The cricket ball will be launched from the roller. More like a cricket ball pitching machine with 3 roller(Y-type roller). I want to simulate the trajectory of the cricket ball by varying each of the speed of the roller.

October 10, 2014, 05:08	Meshing sphere in Ansys APDL	#1
kerengge New Member Penang Join Date: Oct 2014 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 12	Hi. I'm trying to mesh this sphere in between a cylindrical roller. The main idea is to create a cricket ball pitcher simulation. I had problem in meshing the cylinder as I can't sweep it with mesh tool. By browsing the internet I found out the way to mesh a sphere is by "dividing the sphere into 8 parts and mesh them one by one and then glue them together." I'm new to Ansys and I was hoping that someone can help to guide me a step by step tutorial on how to mesh this sphere. Or is it there is other way on meshing a sphere? Included here is the geometry of the design. http://imgur.com/6avtxDb Thank you in advance.

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October 13, 2014, 23:25		#2
hwet Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 375 Rep Power: 13	why would you want to sweep it, just use tets with inflation, they are as good for the solver these days, gone are the days when the solver couldn't handle tets as good

October 15, 2014, 01:54		#4
hwet Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 375 Rep Power: 13	what are you trying to simulate? what is going to happen to this cricket ball?

October 15, 2014, 22:19		#5
kerengge New Member Penang Join Date: Oct 2014 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 12	The cricket ball will be launched from the roller. More like a cricket ball pitching machine with 3 roller(Y-type roller). I want to simulate the trajectory of the cricket ball by varying each of the speed of the roller.