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boundary layer meshing
Posted 12.09.2011, 10:17 GMT-4 Low-Frequency Electromagnetics, Mesh Version 4.0, Version 4.0a, Version 4.1, Version 4.2 1 Reply
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Hi,
I'm investigating skin effect in a nonlinear material.
Skin effect means high concentration of current in a very thin layer.
So I need to represent this very thin layer with a high number of elements.
I discovered the "boundary layer mesh" option.
Now I have a few questions on meshing with this possibility:
1. The mesh-quality I obtain is really bad, especially in the important (thin) regions. This seems evident to me because the mesher produces many elements that differ from the ideal square-shape of rectangle-elements.
How do I handle this effect? Is there a possibility to significantly improve mesh-qualtity?
2. How can I change the length of rectangle-elements in tangential direction? The "boundary layer properties" node only enables control in normal direction...
Thx beforehand,
Daniel
I'm investigating skin effect in a nonlinear material.
Skin effect means high concentration of current in a very thin layer.
So I need to represent this very thin layer with a high number of elements.
I discovered the "boundary layer mesh" option.
Now I have a few questions on meshing with this possibility:
1. The mesh-quality I obtain is really bad, especially in the important (thin) regions. This seems evident to me because the mesher produces many elements that differ from the ideal square-shape of rectangle-elements.
How do I handle this effect? Is there a possibility to significantly improve mesh-qualtity?
2. How can I change the length of rectangle-elements in tangential direction? The "boundary layer properties" node only enables control in normal direction...
Thx beforehand,
Daniel
1 Reply Last Post 14.09.2011, 09:25 GMT-4
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1 decade ago
Does nobody know an answer?