{"id":42062,"date":"2020-03-24T10:36:06","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T10:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/merge-bodies-so-there-are-no-contact-regions\/"},"modified":"2020-03-24T10:36:06","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T10:36:06","slug":"merge-bodies-so-there-are-no-contact-regions","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/merge-bodies-so-there-are-no-contact-regions\/","title":{"rendered":"Merge bodies so there are no Contact Regions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello everybody,<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I have the following mesh of a T-junction:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/attachments\/18925a8a-db1d-4c16-badf-ab8401562abb\/85c225f2-4978-4667-b992-ab8800acdaa8_pic.jpg?width=690&amp;upscale=false\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/attachments\/18925a8a-db1d-4c16-badf-ab8401562abb\/2886436b-aced-434b-bae3-ab8800ae6b37_pic2.jpg?width=690&amp;upscale=false\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>There are a total of 4 solids and 3 contact regions between them. When I export the mesh (.msh file), these contact regions are treated as boundaries and I don&#8217;t want them to be boundaries. I want the whole T-junction to be a single body (just inlets, outlet and walls as boundaries).<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Is there a way to merge the 4 solids (once the mesh is done)? Or to eliminate the contact regions? Sorry if it is a simple question, I&#8217;m new to ANSYS. I&#8217;m using ANSYS Workbench Academic Student 2019 R3.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Thank you beforehand,<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Carlos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-42062","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_old_topic_id":["14242"],"_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":["10793"],"_bbp_subscription":["248779"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["42062"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27790"],"_bbp_engagement":["62","240","174567"],"_bbp_voice_count":["3"],"_bbp_reply_count":["3"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["109175"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["109175"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2020-03-27 17:20:11"]},"test":"cmoreno98"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/42062","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\/42062\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}