partitioning and meshing
partitioning and meshing
(OP)
As ABAQUS is not equipped with Triangle element for Coupled soil-pore elements, I have used Rectangualr element. However, the mesh is now awaful. This is because the several part-partitions I made while creating my model to accomodate the several materials I have.
Anybody has a suggestion.
-Should I creat a mesh first and then partition it and then assign materials to it partitions.
Please advise
Anybody has a suggestion.
-Should I creat a mesh first and then partition it and then assign materials to it partitions.
Please advise





RE: partitioning and meshing
RE: partitioning and meshing
RE: partitioning and meshing
corus
RE: partitioning and meshing
RE: partitioning and meshing
The mesh may not "look" as nice, but beauty of a FE mesh is not skin deep ;) There are many good examples of better, ugly meshes as generated by automatic mesh adaptivity (v6.6). Perhpas you could try this too?
RE: partitioning and meshing
By the way does any one know how can I color the mesh elements (based on the materials) in the mesh Module (I know one can do that in the visualization Module but I need to color before runing the job. It looks that ABAQUS can only color the model (Color Code) after runing the job !!!
RE: partitioning and meshing
I sympathise with CSAPL's dilemma regarding colouring the mesh in CAE. Of course you don't have to run the job completely to see the coloured mesh in Viewer,just run the job with a data check. Failing that have you considered crayons?
Only kidding.
corus
RE: partitioning and meshing
Have you tried Photoshop?
;)
RE: partitioning and meshing
In V6.6 (which is the current release as of last April), you *can* color code by material. Just use the combo box in the top right of the GUI. You can also use the more flexible (and rigorous) GUI but clicking on the color palette icon. Color code by XXX (where XXX = sections, materials, parts, sets, surfaces, loads, BCs, interactions, element types....)
RE: partitioning and meshing
Coming Back to Partioning issue,so according to Cours,if one wants to apply Intitail Conditions on certain nodes, then one (in advance, while doing the partioning) has to marke these nodes as Vertices. Is that right ?
RE: partitioning and meshing
Similarly, for a solid model, if you create a set containing and edge or a face, then an nset is created with the nodes atached to the edge/face. If you create a set containing a cell then an elset will be created.
Also, if you have a shell model, a set containing faces will result in an elset of associated elements...
RE: partitioning and meshing
Regarding your answer on partitioning, i do not agree with you please see my comment to Corus in the thread " On Creating Nodes and Elements Sets" it is very common thing in ABAQUS modelling but it is puzlling us!!!!
Look forward to hear your answer on this issue
RE: partitioning and meshing
Why are you still using v6.5.1 ?
RE: partitioning and meshing
RE: partitioning and meshing