{"id":378230,"date":"2024-08-14T01:45:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T01:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/mesh-elements-variation-discrepancy\/"},"modified":"2024-08-14T01:45:01","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T01:45:01","slug":"mesh-elements-variation-discrepancy","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/mesh-elements-variation-discrepancy\/","title":{"rendered":"mesh elements variation discrepancy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi all, i have been trying to do mesh convergence check for the below. Here, the mesh is refined at the contact region. However, with the same contact sizing the number of mesh elements keep varying. It varies from 17.4k elements to 21k elements and is very random. Suspected due to tetrahedral mesh. Could you advise any way to overcome this issue.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/14-08-2024-1723599762-mceclip0.png\" width=\"327\" height=\"232\"><\/p>\n<p>This is the mesh, with global element size of 2000 um and contact sizing 300 um.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/14-08-2024-1723599833-mceclip1.png\" width=\"182\" height=\"52\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-378230","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hi all, i have been trying to do mesh convergence check for the below. Here, the mesh is refined at the contact region. 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