{"id":304800,"date":"2023-09-04T10:10:32","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T10:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/improve-mesh-quality-without-decreasing-element-size\/"},"modified":"2023-09-04T10:10:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T10:10:32","slug":"improve-mesh-quality-without-decreasing-element-size","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/improve-mesh-quality-without-decreasing-element-size\/","title":{"rendered":"Improve mesh quality without decreasing element size"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello everyone,<\/p>\n<p>when meshing a 2,5 mm thick sheet metal part like the one shown in the screenshot I get a mesh quality of 0,55 (looking at the center of the gaussian distribution) with a mesh size of 4 mm and approx 0,8 quality with a mesh size of 2 mm but this increases greatly computational time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Well aware that the ideal way to analyze this element would be as 2D shell element, I found the additional workload required to go down this route to be rather discouraging and too time consuming.<\/p>\n<p>The basic question is if there are any methods\/recommendations\/tricks for a part like this to improve quality (let&#8217;s say to at least 0,7) without decreasing element size but only improving the geometry of the elements?<\/p>\n<p>(the body is not sweepable)<\/p>\n<p>Thanks!<\/p>\n<p>Emiliano<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/04-09-2023-1693821979-Cattura.PNG\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-304800","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["292038","200","170445"],"_bbp_author_ip":["23.206.193.154"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["1081"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["304800"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["200","170445","292038"],"_bbp_voice_count":["3"],"_bbp_reply_count":["2"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["305034"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["305034"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2023-09-05 21:09:34"]},"test":"eibanezctelift-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/304800","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\/304800\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}