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With the Pinch function, you may eliminate minor characteristics (like short edges and narrow regions) at the mesh level and replace them with pieces of higher quality. It is an alternative to Virtual Topology, which operates at the geometry level. The two aspects complement one another to ease meshing limitations brought on by minute elements in a model that would otherwise make it challenging to produce an acceptable mesh.
When Pinch controls are defined, certain minor features of the model that satisfy the controls' requirements will be "pinched out," eliminating them from the mesh. You can either explicitly indicate the entities to be pinched or direct the Meshing application to automatically build pinch controls depending on settings that you supply. With some limitations as mentioned in the table below, pinch controls can be applied to solid and shell models.
Models can be inflated in Ansys using the effective inflation tool to make them more sophisticated. Additionally, models with more intricate features can be made using inflation. Models with more accurate results or more realistic physics can both be produced via inflation. The effectiveness of Ansys simulations can also be enhanced through inflation.
The Inflation function in ANSYS Fluent allows you to stack elements and cells in a unique way that is often only possible at their boundaries. An inflating layer can be created by trapping the normal gradient close to no-slip barriers. Only thin elements and a small number of elements can be used to achieve this.
The first step in Working with the Mesh module is to open the module by selecting the type of solver or the component from the toolbox. After Importing (the solver in the project schematic page), We can access the Mechanical module by double-clicking on the Model.
Once the Mechanical module is open, the mesh settings can be accessed by clicking on the mesh from the project tree or by right-clicking on the mesh for applying the necessary settings.
1.1.1 Pinch
The Pinch can be inserted for the geometry from the model tree outline by right-clicking on Mesh→ Insert→ Pinch.
The pinch is used in areas of geometry where defeaturing is required. The pinch is basically manually replacing the two points on the geometry for defeaturing small surfaces. The Application of pinch is Manual by default. The Master and the slave vertices or edges need to be selected. The tolerance value provided in the details tab is nothing but the search tolerance value. Once, all the requirements are satisfied, the defeaturing will be complete. An example is shown below:
Note:
The Pinching does not affect the Original geometry. It only affects the Mesh that is to be created.
1.1.2 Inflation
The Inflation can be inserted for the geometry from the model tree outline by Right-clicking on Mesh→ Insert→ Inflation.
Shown below is an example of the application of Inflation on a body
Note: Inflation is mostly used when computing simulations in the CFD domain. Inflation is very rarely used when the static analysis is performed.
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