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Modeling & Meshing

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  3. Why the following error appears when try to mesh a crack. “Mesher failed to generate crack meshing. Mesher failed to insert crack meshing. The crack might be outside of the inserting surface, please check the crack definition.”

Why the following error appears when try to mesh a crack. “Mesher failed to generate crack meshing. Mesher failed to insert crack meshing. The crack might be outside of the inserting surface, please check the crack definition.”

Tagged: 17.2, mechanical, meshing, modeling-and-meshing, structural-mechanics
    • January 25, 2023 at 7:34 am
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      For semi-eliptical cracks and arbitrary cracks, the base mesh must be comprised of quadratic tetrahedra. If the hexahedral mesh method is used, or if linear elements are in the buffer zone to the crack, crack meshing will fail. More information can be found in ANSYS Help, on section help/wb_sim/ds_fracture_limits.html.

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