{"id":169592,"date":"2022-05-19T09:59:57","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T09:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/is-adaptive-meshing-really-a-good-solution\/"},"modified":"2022-05-19T12:08:40","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T12:08:40","slug":"is-adaptive-meshing-really-a-good-solution","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/is-adaptive-meshing-really-a-good-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Adaptive meshing really a good solution?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"Item-Body\">\n<div class=\"Message userContent\">\n<p>I&#039;ve previously used other multiphysics software for magnetostatic FEA, and have now switched to Ansys.<\/p>\n<p>One thing that surprises me is the adaptive meshing feature &#8211; and if it&#039;s really as amazing as it&#039;s advertised. <\/p>\n<p>I vividly remember from my University classes that pouring more elements into a model is not always a good solution, as it rapidly increases computation time, especially if it&#039;s done without careful consideration. <\/p>\n<p>I&#039;m currently looking at a 3D magnetostatic model, which have gone from an initial 375k elements to now over 3 million in 9 adaptive passes. I would have thought that reduction of step size would be the better solution, as i wonder how much extra computation time is added by having to mesh, solve, re-mesh and solve again.<\/p>\n<p>Anybody can give some insights on this?<\/p>\n<p>Cheers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-169592","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-adaptive-mesh-method","topic-tag-adaptive-meshing","topic-tag-computation-time-1","topic-tag-mesh","topic-tag-meshing"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_btv_view_count":["423"],"_bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_bbp_subscription":["254224","199"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["169592"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27790"],"_bbp_engagement":["88","199","254224"],"_bbp_voice_count":["3"],"_bbp_reply_count":["2"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["217741"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["217741"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2022-07-05 14:53:40"]},"test":"anders-kjaeresa-int"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/169592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/169592\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}