Meshing hood model assembly using HyperMesh

Objective

To mesh the given hood model with the given quality criteria, target element length=5mm and assign thickness.

Procedure

The cad model of the hood model was loaded into hypermesh. Given below is the parent geometry.

Midsurface was generated for different components and geometry was cleaned up.

The midsurface of the components were meshed with the given quality criteria. Given below are the meshes of the individual components.

Inner extract

Outer extract

Latch reinforcment extract

Hinge reinforcement extract

Results

The mesh of the hood assembly is given below. All elements are satisfying the quality criteria.

Property was assigned and thickness was assigned to different meshes according to the thickness of the parent geometry.