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boundary layer meshing

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Hi,
I'm investigating skin effect in a nonlinear material.
Skin effect means high concentration of current in a very thin layer.
So I need to represent this very thin layer with a high number of elements.
I discovered the "boundary layer mesh" option.
Now I have a few questions on meshing with this possibility:

1. The mesh-quality I obtain is really bad, especially in the important (thin) regions. This seems evident to me because the mesher produces many elements that differ from the ideal square-shape of rectangle-elements.
How do I handle this effect? Is there a possibility to significantly improve mesh-qualtity?

2. How can I change the length of rectangle-elements in tangential direction? The "boundary layer properties" node only enables control in normal direction...

Thx beforehand,
Daniel

1 Reply Last Post 2011年9月14日 GMT-4 09:25

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Posted: 1 decade ago 2011年9月14日 GMT-4 09:25
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