Meshing an irregular part in Abaqus
Meshing an irregular part in Abaqus
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Hi,
I want to model a pile penetrate into soil media and have a problem with meshing the model. I always get an error saying the elements contained in element set ErrElemExcessDistortion-Step1 have distorted excessively. Previous researchers used a special method by using special shape as shown in attached figure (black and white figure). I am following the same procedure but could not mesh properly as the figure (green). I have tried by introducing more seeds but then it becomes an un-meshable partition. Can anyone recommend me a method to mesh that part.
Thanks
I want to model a pile penetrate into soil media and have a problem with meshing the model. I always get an error saying the elements contained in element set ErrElemExcessDistortion-Step1 have distorted excessively. Previous researchers used a special method by using special shape as shown in attached figure (black and white figure). I am following the same procedure but could not mesh properly as the figure (green). I have tried by introducing more seeds but then it becomes an un-meshable partition. Can anyone recommend me a method to mesh that part.
Thanks





RE: Meshing an irregular part in Abaqus
What happens if you change from structured (green) to sweep (yellow) on the problematic partition?
RE: Meshing an irregular part in Abaqus
Thanks.
RE: Meshing an irregular part in Abaqus
You could maybe try bottom up meshing. It can produce really nice results. Just a suggestion. Link
I do not know how to use infinite elements.
Br,
RE: Meshing an irregular part in Abaqus
Thanks a lot.