{"id":52505,"date":"2021-02-23T04:40:27","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T04:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-mesh-very-thin-elements\/"},"modified":"2021-02-23T04:40:27","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T04:40:27","slug":"how-to-mesh-very-thin-elements","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-mesh-very-thin-elements\/","title":{"rendered":"How to mesh very thin elements"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"Item-Body\">\n<div class=\"Message userContent\">\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Hi guys, <\/p>\n<p>I want to perform structure analysis on a spring that looks like this. The corrugated pattern is what is giving me trouble. I have left all mesh settings as default. the width of this corrugated pattern is around 0.4 mm and 3mm thick. I have tried using shell elements but am facing the same problem.. Any advice? Thank You<\/p>\n<div class=\"embedExternal embedImage\">\n<div class=\"embedExternal-content\">\n<a class=\"embedImage-link\" href=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/8YN9CD5B7QTS\/image.png\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"embedImage-img\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/8YN9CD5B7QTS\/image.png\" alt=\"image.png\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-52505","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-ansys-mechanical","topic-tag-ansys-student","topic-tag-mesh-generation","topic-tag-meshing","topic-tag-static-structural"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_old_topic_id":["24798"],"_bbp_old_topic_author_name_id":["Anonymous"],"_bbp_old_is_topic_anonymous_id":["false"],"_bbp_old_closed_status_id":["publish"],"_bbp_author_ip":["s??\u001f"],"_bbp_old_sticky_status_id":["normal"],"_bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["1860"],"_bbp_subscription":["256487"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["52505"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["240","175934","182350","185297"],"_bbp_voice_count":["4"],"_bbp_reply_count":["5"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["143811"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["143811"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2021-02-26 03:01:35"]},"test":"as880"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/52505","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\/52505\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}