{"id":45427,"date":"2020-06-24T13:09:22","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T13:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/force-analysis-on-honeycomb-structure\/"},"modified":"2020-06-24T13:09:22","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T13:09:22","slug":"force-analysis-on-honeycomb-structure","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/force-analysis-on-honeycomb-structure\/","title":{"rendered":"Force analysis on Honeycomb structure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I want to calculate the strain developed in a honeycomb structure that i have designed. The following are some images of the CAD:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/attachments\/0d0fad30-68dd-4539-a403-abab00bb040a\/a87e3d5c-1e54-412f-83f4-abe400d4fb39_25x25-honeycomb.jpg?width=690&amp;upscale=false\" alt=\"Front View (25x25 Cells present)\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/attachments\/0d0fad30-68dd-4539-a403-abab00bb040a\/cfbd0cc5-baec-4804-b2a2-abe400d518f8_25x25-honeycomb-iso.jpg?width=690&amp;upscale=false\" alt=\"isometric view at a corner\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>the following are the dimensions of the CAD:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/attachments\/0d0fad30-68dd-4539-a403-abab00bb040a\/633a0826-7924-4f80-8ec0-abe400d5f41c_honeycomb-dimensions.jpg?width=690&amp;upscale=false\" alt=\"Dimensions\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The height of the structure (in Z direction, i.e out of plane) is 1 mm<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Thickness between hexagons is 0.1 mm<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>length of hexagon side is 10 mm.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I am trying to use static structural for analysis in this case, but the meshing of the structure is taking too much time. I generated the default mesh that ANSYS suggested but that is taking way too much time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The meshing progresses and then gets stuck at this point and stays the same for more than 30 minutes, that is the time i stopped meshing.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/attachments\/0d0fad30-68dd-4539-a403-abab00bb040a\/1751d332-b9b5-4701-a722-abe400d866fa_ansys-stuck.jpg?width=690&amp;upscale=false\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Please suggest how i should proceed.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Aryan Sinha<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-45427","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_old_topic_id":["17608"],"_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":["941"],"_bbp_subscription":["250581"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["45427"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27790"],"_bbp_engagement":["62","240","176417"],"_bbp_voice_count":["3"],"_bbp_reply_count":["9"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["119339"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["119339"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2020-06-29 04:41:16"]},"test":"aryansinha"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/45427","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\/45427\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}