{"id":457705,"date":"2026-05-06T14:31:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T14:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/esort-1\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T14:31:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T14:31:46","slug":"esort-1","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/esort-1\/","title":{"rendered":"ESORT = 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hello,&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Acoording to different Ansys recommendations sources, in case of using Hexa and Tetras for a solid mesh, it is recommended to use ESORT = 1. <a href=\"https:\/\/lsdyna.ansys.com\/recommendations-for-structural-impact\/\">LSDYNA Recommendations for structural impact<\/a>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This tranforms tetras to type 10 formulation, which adds a lot of stiffness according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dynamore.de\/de\/download\/papers\/forum11\/entwicklerforum-2011\/erhart.pdf\">Microsoft PowerPoint &#8211; solid_elements.pptx<\/a>.&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why not ESORT = 11 to change to TET13, which is more accurate with a not that different rsimulation time?&nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Is there some reasons that I might not be seeing?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Best regards,&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Roberto&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-457705","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27814"],"_bbp_topic_id":["457705"],"_bbp_subscription":["494509","58821"],"_bbp_author_ip":["209.206.24.224"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["457883"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["457883"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2026-05-08 15:38:09"],"_bbp_reply_count":["1"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_engagement":["494509","58821"],"_btv_view_count":["105"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"]},"test":"1b5a0780a4ef75b56c66f5985f43b4c90b828806"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/457705","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\/457705\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}