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Building a mesh having in a thin gap in between two beams
Posted Jan 21, 2013, 6:02 a.m. EST MEMS & Nanotechnology, MEMS & Piezoelectric Devices, Mesh Version 4.1 1 Reply
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I am using the piezoelectric devices interface (pzd). Some layers are linear elastic and other - piezoelectric. The surrounding block is air and I defined it with the electrical material model. I want to employ the electrostatic attraction across the thin gap between the two beams. Therefor I need an electrical material to perform force calculation and apply this force as boundary load on the cross section of the gap.
At the moment I am stuck on building the mesh, because the gap in the middle is interrupting the symmetry (at least I suppose this is the difficult point here). I tried to build a mesh on some surfaces and then make a Swept, but I had little success.
What is a good strategy to build a little bit more complicated mesh like this here?
Thanks!
At the moment I am stuck on building the mesh, because the gap in the middle is interrupting the symmetry (at least I suppose this is the difficult point here). I tried to build a mesh on some surfaces and then make a Swept, but I had little success.
What is a good strategy to build a little bit more complicated mesh like this here?
Thanks!
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1 decade ago
Hi
your model is perhaps easier in 2D, in any case you need the ALE to cope for the deformed air mesh, I would suggest that you cut your air volume with a line in the middle of the gap and have really several >>3 mesh elements per side in this gap region.
You might need the re-meshing option on too
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Good luck
Ivar
your model is perhaps easier in 2D, in any case you need the ALE to cope for the deformed air mesh, I would suggest that you cut your air volume with a line in the middle of the gap and have really several >>3 mesh elements per side in this gap region.
You might need the re-meshing option on too
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Good luck
Ivar