Summary
Meshing is at the heart of the finite element simulation method. To get accurate results, you must rely on a high-quality mesh and the judicious use of mesh control. For this reason, we used the various sections of this chapter to offer a short overview of procedures for the mesh refinement of different elements. Overall, we did the following:
- We revisited the discretization of truss and beam structures to demonstrate how their mesh control can be deployed to reduce computational time.
- We documented the idea of the mesh convergence study and showed how it can be employed to facilitate the accuracy of results.
- We examined the benefit of mesh control for two-dimensional and three-dimensional elements and highlighted the procedure to strike balance between the accuracy of results and gaining computational efficiency.
As this summary marks the end of the book, it is worth examining how the book has progressed. In Chapter 1, Getting Started with Finite Element...
