2 Replies Latest reply on Mar 19, 2009 5:41 PM by Jose Eduardo Fernandes de Camargo

Mixed Meshing

John LaGuardia Feb 19, 2009 6:22 PM

Hello All,

I am a new user to Simulation. I am trying to study a storage rack used in a warehouse.

Initial I used beam analysis to represent the Racking, but have heard issues with mixing mesh...and I was pointed in the direction of representing the racks as surfaces.

After creating all the surfaces (midsurfaces and adding thickness to those parts in simulation), i cannot get the surfaces of the uprights to mesh with the cross supports. There is a gap between these surfaces, so this might be an issue.

Any help would be appreciated.

Best Regards,
John

Mixed Meshing

John LaGuardia Feb 20, 2009 6:56 PM (in response to John LaGuardia)

I discovered the issue was the gap created by the midsurface.
To fix the issue, I had to extend the surfaces of the cross supports to contact the mating surface.
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  Jose Eduardo Fernandes de Camargo Mar 19, 2009 5:41 PM (in response to John LaGuardia)
  
  If you set some kind of contact set between the mid surface with gap and the solid part, it'll solve better your problem. Because if you extend you surface you're saying you have a penetration in your model (non real).
  
  Best regards,
  
  Eduardo Camargo
  
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