Inflation Tool — Lesson 3

How to use the "Inflation" tool in Ansys Mechanical™ structural finite element analysis software to improve mesh quality? 

Under Mesh object there is an "Inflation" tool which is mostly used for CFD cases to improve mesh quality at high stress regions. It can also be applied in Ansys Mechanical software to improve mesh. For example, to improve contact result, "inflation" can be used to mesh the contact surface with hexahedral elements through a specified number of layers and transition to tetrahedral elements.