{"id":39905,"date":"2020-01-02T13:30:21","date_gmt":"2020-01-02T13:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/gradual-mesh-sizing-wheel-rail-contact\/"},"modified":"2020-01-02T13:30:21","modified_gmt":"2020-01-02T13:30:21","slug":"gradual-mesh-sizing-wheel-rail-contact","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/gradual-mesh-sizing-wheel-rail-contact\/","title":{"rendered":"gradual mesh sizing wheel-rail contact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello everyone and happy new year,<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m doing a static analysis with Ansys Workbench of a train on a rail; I would need to have a mesh with very small elements in the wheel-rail contact area that gradually get bigger as you move away. I tried with the sphere of influence but I cannot make the increase in the size of the elements more gradual. Do you have any advice on how to do it kindly ?. I attach the photo of the model. Thanks in advance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-39905","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_old_topic_id":["12084"],"_bbp_old_topic_author_name_id":["Anonymous"],"_bbp_old_is_topic_anonymous_id":["false"],"_bbp_old_closed_status_id":["publish"],"_bbp_author_ip":[null],"_bbp_old_sticky_status_id":["normal"],"_bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["1003"],"_bbp_subscription":["246214"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["39905"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27790"],"_bbp_engagement":["240","171888"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["16"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["103879"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["103879"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2020-01-30 12:31:32"]},"test":"ansys_2020"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/39905","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\/39905\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}