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    This document summarizes a study on the effect of mesh size on the accuracy of finite element analysis results for a cantilever beam model. Static analysis was performed on a cantilever beam model with mesh sizes ranging from 2mm to 6mm. The results show that as mesh size increases, von Mises stress and displacement values decrease, with displacement being less sensitive to mesh size changes. Based on the results, smaller mesh sizes provide more accurate stress values while larger mesh sizes are acceptable for displacement analysis. The study provides guidelines for selecting an appropriate mesh size to balance accuracy with computational efficiency.

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    This document summarizes a study on the effect of mesh size on the accuracy of finite element analysis results for a cantilever beam model. Static analysis was performed on a cantilever beam model with mesh sizes ranging from 2mm to 6mm. The results show that as mesh size increases, von Mises stress and displacement values decrease, with displacement being less sensitive to mesh size changes. Based on the results, smaller mesh sizes provide more accurate stress values while larger mesh sizes are acceptable for displacement analysis. The study provides guidelines for selecting an appropriate mesh size to balance accuracy with computational efficiency.

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    SSRG International Journal of Mechanical Engineering ( SSRG – IJME ) – Volume 2 Issue 12 – December 2015

    Effect of Mesh Size on Finite Element Analysis


    of Beam
    Aman Dutt
    Assistant Professor, Mechanical Department,Lovely Professional University
    Jalandhar, Punjab, India

    Abstract presented a study on finding the effects of finite


    In Finite Element analysis the size of mesh is element size on the accuracy of numerical analysis
    critical. The size of the mesh is closely related to the result, based on which brief guideline on choosing best
    accuracy and number of mesh required for the meshing element size in finite element modeling are
    of the element. This paper presents the effect of the provided.[4].Mohammed Waseem H.S and Kiran
    mesh size on the accuracy of the result. On the basis of Kumar N has worked on delamination of cantilever
    the results obtained guidelines for choosing the beam using ansys software.[5]. The present study
    appropriate mesh size in finite element analysis has analysis on cantilever beam is doneusingcreo 2.0
    been provided. The static analysis has been performed software to predict the change in results with change in
    to know the effect of mesh size and number of mesh mesh size.
    using creo 2.0 software. Model under study is
    cantilever carrying uniformly distributed load made of III. PROBLEM STATEMENT
    Fe30 material. Modal under study is cantilever beam of the
    dimensions as shown in table I, of Fe30 material.
    Keywords: Finite element analysis, Mesh size, Static
    analysis. Table I : Dimensions Of Cantilever Beam
    Length of beam 100mm
    I. INTRODUCTION Width of beam 10mm
    In Finite Element Analysis the accuracy of the Height of beam 10mm
    result obtained is determined by size of the mesh.
    According to the theory of Finite Element Analysis, Amount of load and type of constraint acting
    finite modal with small element size yields high on the modal are the actual load acting on the structure.
    accuracy as compared to the modal with large element Load of 500N is acting on the beam as uniformly
    size. Also, if the size of the element is large then distributed load throughout its length and one end of the
    complexity of the modal increases, it is only used where beam is given fixed constraint as shown in Fig.1.
    high accuracy is required [1]. Objective of this paper is
    to choose the optimum size of the mesh to obtain
    accurate result. The objective of this paper is to present
    the effect of size of mesh on stress and deflection of the
    modal. In order to achieve this goal, in present study
    series of static analysis is performed on cantilever beam
    with uniformly distributed load throughout the span to
    reveal the effect of size of element on the result.

    II. LITERATURE SURVEY Fig. 1. Cantilever Beam with Load and Constraint
    Number of investigations has been done to
    show the effect of mesh size on the accuracy of the IV. STATIC ANALYSIS
    results obtained using finite element analysis. Weibing A series of FE modal are generated for the
    Liu, Mamtimin Geni and Lie Yu has obtained different beam with mesh size from 2mm to 6mm with tetra
    results by changing the element size and type. It was mesh using automatic mesh technique.Fig.2.shows the
    observed that calculation accuracy of modal analysis is beam with mesh size of2mm.Fig.3.showsthe beam with
    higher with tetrahedral element and modal analysis mesh size of 3mm.Fig.4.shows the beam with mesh size
    accuracy can be increase with increasing the number of of 4mm. Fig.5.shows the beam with mesh size of 5mm.
    nodes.[2] Victor Debnath and BikramjitDebnath has Fig.6.shows the beam of mesh size 6mm.
    obtained more accuracy in there result by increasing the
    number of nodes in there analysis.[3]Yucheng Liu

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    Fig.2. Beam with Mesh size 2mm Fig.7.Vonmises Stress and Displacement for Mesh
    Size 2mm.

    Fig.3. Beam with Mesh size 3mm Fig.8.Vonmises and Displacement for Mesh Size
    3mm

    Fig.4. Beam with Mesh size 4mm


    Fig.9.Vonmises And Displacement for Mesh Size
    4mm

    Fig. 5. Beam with Mesh size 5mm


    Fig. 10.Vonmises and Displacement for Mesh Size
    5mm

    Fig. 6. Beam with Mesh size 6mm

    V. RESULTS
    Vonmises and displacement for each modal is Fig. 11.Vonmises Stress and Displacement For Mesh
    calculated for different mesh size as shown in Fig. 8-13. Size 6mm

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    VI. COMPARISON OF THE RESULT 1. Percentage of error is by far less for deflection as
    In table II and table III static analysis is compared to vonmises stress. According to Finite
    presented and percentage of error is calculated for each Element Analysis theory, stresses are not predicted as
    Vonmises stress and displacement for each element accurately as displacement.
    size.
    2. Large variation in vonmises stress is due stress
    Table II: Vonmises Stress Results And Vonmises Error concentration at edges of beam.
    Percentage
    3. As it is observed by changing the mesh size,
    Element Vonmises Error
    vonmises stress and displacement of the cantilever
    Size Stress (MPa) Percentage
    beam decreases.
    2 mm 271.776 0
    3 mm 243.405 12.6 4. The result obtained in present study is similar to that
    4 mm 216.656 20.8 obtained by other authors in their study.
    5 mm 197.866 27.2
    6 mm 186.964 31.2 REFERENCE
    [1] ShashikantT.More,Dr. R.S.Bindu, “Effect Of Mesh Size On
    Finite Element Analysis Of Plate Structure,IJESIT,vol.4,May
    2015.
    Table III : Deflection And Deflection Error Percentage [2] Weibing Liu, MamtiminGeni, and Lie Yu, “Effect of Mesh
    Element Deflection Error Size of Finite Element Analysis in Model Analysis Periodic
    Size (mm) Percentage Symmetric Struts Support,Key Engineering Materials”
    Vol.462-463,2011,pp 1008-1012.
    2 mm 0.72056 0 [3] Victor Debnath,BikramjitDebnath “Deflection And Stress
    3 mm 0.72054 0.00277 Analysis Of Beam On Different Elements Using Ansys
    4 mm 0.72050 0.00836 APDL”,IJMET,vol.5,june 2011,pp 70-79.
    [4] Yucheng Liu, Choose the Best Element Size to Yield
    5 mm 0.72044 0.01665 Accurate FEA Results While Reduce FE
    6 mm 0.72039 0.02359 Models’sComplixity, British Journal of Engineering and
    Technology, Vols. 1 No. 7, 2013, pp 13-28.
    [5] Mohammed Waseem H.S and Kiran Kumar N. “Finite
    VII. CONCLUSION Element Modelling For Delamination Analysis Of Double
    Cantilever Beam Specimen”,SSRG-IJME,vol.1,September 2
    On the basis of table II and table III following
    conclusions are made:

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