Hi guys I am having a problem trying to get my simulation results to work. The table below shows the results I am getting. The displacement goes from 57 to 0.8 just by changing the global mesh size by 1?!
| Global mesh size in SOLIDWORKS | 21 | 22 |
| Elements | 5512 | 2153 |
| Displacement | 8.83E-01 | 5.72E+01 |
Yet in previous tests;
| 22 | 24.5 | 27 |
| 3237 | 2500 | 2153 |
| 5.72E+01 | 4.50E+02 | 1.93E+02 |
There is a bit of a pattern, however oddly enough when the mesh becomes fine, the results go up and not down
| Mesh Density | 14.5 | 17 | 19.5 |
| Elements | 9782 | 7897 | 6135 |
| Displacement | 1.37E+00 | 1.24E+00 | 1.09E+00 |
Does anyone know what is going on?
SW 2013 Simulation Pro. Win 7 - 64bit
For the record I have done a similar simulation in Abaqus with a different model - my results were as follows.
| Mesh Density | 0.0001 | 0.0005 | 0.001 | 0.005 | 0.01 |
| Elements | 34618 | 5448 | 708 | 252 | 221 |
| Displacement | 1.99E-04 | 1.98E-04 | 1.97E-04 | 1.87E-04 | 1.73E-04 |
