Sep 10, 2018 #1 mohkml Structural Joined Aug 28, 2006 Messages 4 Location GB I am working on steel bolted angles connection, my issue is when I mesh the flange thickness of the beam and column I got a very different curve from same model when the flange thickness not meshed https://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=ca155e51-40c0-471e-9c69-79db0a2d0658&file=steel_connection_-issue.pdf
I am working on steel bolted angles connection, my issue is when I mesh the flange thickness of the beam and column I got a very different curve from same model when the flange thickness not meshed
Sep 17, 2018 #2 DrBwts Mechanical Joined Nov 4, 2012 Messages 297 Location GB FE is very mesh dependent. From the pictures I'd say the 2nd mesh would give higher accuracy but that's just a qualitative assessment. Upvote 0 Downvote
FE is very mesh dependent. From the pictures I'd say the 2nd mesh would give higher accuracy but that's just a qualitative assessment.