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[Keyur Kanade]

How to calculate individual and total inflation layer thickness?

[prajput]

Given First layer Thickness, Growth Rate and Number of Layers, individual layer thickness and total thickness can be calculated as follows for inflation layers  Nth Layer Thickness = (First Layer Thickness)* (g)^(N-1). Total thickness = (First layer Thickness)*[1-g^(N+1)]/(1-g)  where g is the growth rate.

[Keyur Kanade]

What are inflation layer options available in meshing?

[prajput]

In meshing, you can use Total Thickness, Smooth Transition, First Aspect Ratio and Last Aspect Ratio methods. For more information about each method, please check help manual link as follows. https://ansyshelp.ansys.com/account/secured?returnurl=/Views/Secured/corp/v194/wb_msh/msh_Inflation_Opt_Global.html?q=Total%20Thickness%20Inflation

[Keyur Kanade]

Thank you, that answers my question. I will go ahead with Last Aspect Ratio.