[ANSYS Meshing] Not so pretty Inflation on a curved surface

kyo022 · November 23, 2017, 03:28

Hello,

I'm an undergraduate student, and trying to do some analysis on high-speed trains.

Now, my problem is the inflation doesn't seem so pretty on the curved surfaces like the nose of the train.

I'm not even sure if that's normal for the inflation to become wider as the boundary layer gets curved.

I'd appreciate if you could provide some advice on this.

Thank you.

Gweher · November 23, 2017, 06:11

Hi Eric,

You need to play with the inflation options (i.e. total thickness option or first layer height). If you want to have more control you can also slice your geometry and add edge sizing with bias for your boundary layer.

Have fun

kyo022 · November 29, 2017, 03:04

Thank you so much, Sir.

I think I found a proper setting for my case.

it took some time, but your advice helped me a lot.

Thank you!

Gweher · November 29, 2017, 08:13

You're welcome Eric, happy it helped.

The next step could be to further improve your meshing with ICEM as you have better control and nice and powerful build in smoothing options.

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November 23, 2017, 06:11		#2
Gweher Senior Member Gwenael H. Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Switzerland Posts: 392 Rep Power: 20	Hi Eric, You need to play with the inflation options (i.e. total thickness option or first layer height). If you want to have more control you can also slice your geometry and add edge sizing with bias for your boundary layer. Have fun

November 29, 2017, 03:04		#3
kyo022 New Member Eric Lee Join Date: Jul 2017 Posts: 10 Rep Power: 9	Thank you so much, Sir. I think I found a proper setting for my case. it took some time, but your advice helped me a lot. Thank you!

November 29, 2017, 08:13		#4
Gweher Senior Member Gwenael H. Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Switzerland Posts: 392 Rep Power: 20	You're welcome Eric, happy it helped. The next step could be to further improve your meshing with ICEM as you have better control and nice and powerful build in smoothing options.