Week 6-Meshing of Hood Challenge
Challenge Title: Meshing of Hood Challenge.
Aim: For this week's challenge,
Follow the below-mentioned quality criteria, mesh the component given below and assign thickness:
Target Element Length = 5 Units
|
S.N |
Quality Criteria |
Value |
|
1 |
Aspect Ratio |
5 |
|
2 |
Skewness |
45 |
|
3 |
Warping |
15 |
|
4 |
Taper |
0.5 |
|
5 |
Min. Length |
2 Units |
|
6 |
Max. Length |
8 Units |
|
7 |
Min angle Quad |
45 |
|
8 |
Max angle Quad |
135 |
|
9 |
Min angle Tria |
20 |
|
10 |
Max angle Tria |
120 |
|
10 |
Tria % |
10 |
Software Used: HyperWorks 2022, MS Word.
Solution:
To extract midsurface, the model was cleaned up using defeature, surface edit and quick edit options in Geom section. The midsurface was cleaned up using autocleanup option in Geom section. Mesh clean up was done using option in 2D section like automesh, smooth, quality index and edit element.
The following Model has 4 parts in it:
- Outer Hood Body.

Midsurface:

Mesh:

- Inner Hood Body.

Midsurface:

Mesh:

3. Hinge.

Midsurface:

Mesh:

4. Latch.

Midsurface:

Mesh:
