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[Michaelmic]

Hi there!,

Im using Ansys 15.0. Im new to Ansys and after trying for more then a day, getting a hexa mesh on my model i´m asking you for help. I attach a picture. I modelled the mortarlayer as one solid, where the bricks sit in. Even though im choosing hexdominant method i get these unfine elements. Especially on the upper surface of the structure. I would like to have a Hex-only mesh on the front surface that inflates by the thickness of the wall. can you please help me  

[Aniket]

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being said that please check

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and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDt6mmrA66w

and see if that helps.

-Aniket

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[Michaelmic]

[Michaelmic]

Hi Aniket,

thank you very much. It didnt work for me the last time to add the picture to the post. Hope this time will work. 

I got the Hexaeder mesh. It looks like (bricks hidden):

 

And one picture of the bricks (mortar hidden):

I have done tests on a masonry wall in the laboratory, in  which i introduced a moment to the wall until it failed due to opening of masonry joints. Basically a part of the wall was lifted up entirely including the ceiling. Now i wanna model the opening of the mortar joint in static structural. My first idea was to modell it with a material that fails, when one principal stress is in tension and with failing i mean that stresses in this element will fall to zero (Maybe killing the element?). But I failed finding the appropriate material in engineering data. Is static structural capaple of deleting elements when principle stress is in tension? I have´t heard anything about fracture mechanics yet and i try to bypass it, since i have limited time to submit my results. I send you a picture of the wall (past the tests), where failure gaps are highlighted.

Regards and thanks for help 

Michaelmic

We applied a load to the steelbar which equal a moment to the wall.