{"id":292912,"date":"2023-07-13T09:58:49","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T09:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/meshing-thick-and-thin-bodies-in-ansys-mechanical\/"},"modified":"2023-07-13T09:58:49","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T09:58:49","slug":"meshing-thick-and-thin-bodies-in-ansys-mechanical","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/meshing-thick-and-thin-bodies-in-ansys-mechanical\/","title":{"rendered":"Meshing thick and thin bodies in Ansys mechanical"},"content":{"rendered":"

Below is the an example of the bodies that I want to mesh for a thermo-structural analysis in Ansys. In the model majority of parts are 3D bodies with considerable dimensions in all the three axes (red and blue in the example). However, there are some bodies located in critical places that can be termed as thin bodies having dimension in one of the axis significantly lower than the other two (yellow body in the example below, here the thickness of the yellow body is exaggerated by 5 times to make it visible clearly). In the example, the bodies are drawn as discs, however, in the actual model the shape in much more complex that can not be modeled as 2D shell elements.<\/p>\n

I’m looking for advice on how to proceed with meshing this geometry.<\/p>\n

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