{"id":45818,"date":"2020-07-05T16:53:43","date_gmt":"2020-07-05T16:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/optimum-mesh-for-pipe-flange\/"},"modified":"2020-07-05T16:53:43","modified_gmt":"2020-07-05T16:53:43","slug":"optimum-mesh-for-pipe-flange","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/optimum-mesh-for-pipe-flange\/","title":{"rendered":"Optimum Mesh for Pipe Flange"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello ANSYS,<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Please I need guidance on best approach to mesh below geometry. My results are still changing while the Tet elements count is already 31,501. The internal of the geometry shown below also show minimal nodes present, but I am unable to refine further due to the limit already reached. Please is there a more efficient method of meshing this geometry (i.e. flange)?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/attachments\/10ed018b-e1a6-42ab-b036-aa5300a985af\/488c3632-d2d5-4222-91e2-abef01154104_mesh-internal.jpg?width=690&amp;upscale=false\" alt=\"Mesh internal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I tried the Multizone method earlier but received &#8220;Multizone blocking decomposition failed&#8221; error, the Hexa-dominant method also gave me over 40,000 elements.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/attachments\/10ed018b-e1a6-42ab-b036-aa5300a985af\/080233e1-0587-4778-9192-abef01162b0e_flange-mesh.jpg?width=690&amp;upscale=false\" alt=\"\">Thanks a lot for your support.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Ayodele1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-45818","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_old_topic_id":["18000"],"_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":["2727"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["45818"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["240","165442"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["68"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["135106"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["135106"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2020-12-04 19:38:40"]},"test":"ayodele1"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/45818","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\/45818\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}