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Subject: Re: STRUCT: substructuring rules
Author: Dave Johnson
Date: 2003-03-25 18:34:00

Shashikant Sharma,

Do you mean SUBMODELING (and not SUBSTRUCTURING) ?

David H. Johnson, P.E. Phone: 814-898-6480
Assoc. Prof. of Engr Fax: 814-898-6125
Penn State - Erie URL: http://engr.bd.psu.edu/davej/
School of Engineering & Engineering Technology
Station Road, Erie, PA 16563

Sharma Shashikant wrote:

> Hello Group,

> I'm attempting substructuring in a large model, to resolve steep stress
> gradients. Are there some rules (experience) on how much should you refine
> the mesh from first pass to second pass? My doubt is since the displacements
> would have crudely converged in the first pass due to coarse mesh, this
> error will accumulate in the subsequent (even refined mesh) runs. So how do
> I decide how much to refine in a substructured model?

> thanks,

> Shashikant Sharma

> Sr. CAE Engineer
> Paulstra CRC
> 460 Fuller NE
> Grand Rapids, MI, 49501, USA
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