M E S H C O N V E R G E N C E A N D H E AT F L U X A NA LY S I S ( A B A Q U S )
Ricardo Loretz - A01182657

Mesh Controls / Global Seeds
For this analysis I used Hex as Element Shape with a sweep technique in order to get the best mesh finish.
I changed from 1 to 0.15 of approximate global size to get the different number of elements that I used in the mesh convergence analysis.

Boundary Conditions

Global Size: 1 – Elements: 60

Max. Stress and Loc.

Global Size: 0.5 – Elements: 3840

15% Displacement
Global Size: 0.3 – Elements: 28556
Mesh Convergence on 15% displacement analysis.
For this analysis we need to determine a displacement of
15% in the initial height for a cylinder.

MATERIAL PROPERTIES

Material

Titanium, Ti

Height (h)

3 mm

Diameter

6 mm

Young Modulus (E)

116 GPa

Poisson Ratio (V)

0.34

BC’s
CSYS- Encastred on the bottom of the scaffold and 15% displacement in U3 direction.

MESH CONVERGENCE ANALYSIS
Mesh Type

Element

Max. Stress

Mesh 1

60

2.07E+10

Mesh 2

792

2.43E+10

Mesh 3

3840

2.86E+10

Mesh 4

13254

Mesh 5

28560

3.16E+10
3.47E+10

Results
As we can see in the mesh sensitivity study, with more elements we get better results but we increase the computational time so we don’t need too much elements for this analysis According to Fourier´s Law, the heat flux is from highest to lowest temperature; therefore, our analysis is correct.

Oven Thermal Analysis
Normal Stress vs Normal Strain
Thermal Analysis
For better results I used the Partition toolset to divide parts or independent part instances into smaller regions. With this we: Gained more control over mesh generation. Obtained regions to which you can assign different element types.

Using partition toolset

WALL SECTION PROPERTIES

Cement