Hello,
Discretising geometries with a brick (voxel) mesh of constant element size is very simple and quick. However, sometimes there are locally small features which would benefit from a more refined discretisation... In my case, the geometry (a textile reinforcement) is complex and tet meshes get very large very quickly – and are slow to generate. Hence, bricks are a simple way forward.
Here are some geometry examples: http://texgen.sourceforge.net/index.php/Main_Page
I do understand that we can have a transition from bricks to e.g. tets using pyramid and prism elements. However, is there a way to 'just' use smaller bricks to refine an area in a voxel mesh? For example, would it be possible to introduce bricks in the voxel mesh with more nodes locally (mid-nodes), e.g. C3D20 elements or similar, and then attach these to C3D8 bricks of just half the size to achieve the local refinement?
Fyi, currently I use Abaqus CAE.
Just wondering...
Sorry, I first posted it here as a blog, but I think it i better off as a question;)
Thanks,
Frank