Hi,
Looking for some advice or clarification that I understand how Mechanica works with respect to meshing.I have created a simple test part shown below and gone through many of the mesh settings to understand the influence they have. Note I am using Wildfire 4.0.
My question is, is the default mesh shown below on the top sufficient?
I understand Mechanica uses the p-element method which means a mesh can be coarse and results are obtained by increasing the order of equations until convergence is achieved, so I think this mesh is OK?
I am working with some people who used to different programs and they desire that I create a more uniform mesh - kind of like I have created in the bottom picture by limiting the max element size. But is this approach good practice with mechanica? I guess it would significantly increase the analysis time?
If anyone can give some advice and let me know if I am understanding this correctly it would be much appreciated.
Thanks