Maximum Cells number of Engrid and Salome

alsdia · November 20, 2012, 02:54

Do you know what is the maximum numbers of elements that can handle Salome? 300millions elements is it possible?
And what about the maximum elements number of Engrid?

Sören Sander · November 20, 2012, 03:51

Hello alsdia,

As far as I experienced, in Salome the maximum number of elements is just limited by your hardware (Salome will crash, if you use too many cells). Thou I have to admit, I never simulated a case that was even close to 300M cells.

You could try to set up a easy case, e.g. a block. Then, use hexmesh and number of segment discretisation. Afterwards, you can refine your mesh step by step. Right now I have problems to create meshes with more then 3M cells, but this should be dependent on the hardware as mentioned above.

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alsdia New Member edy Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Tokyo Posts: 6 Rep Power: 0	Do you know what is the maximum numbers of elements that can handle Salome? 300millions elements is it possible? And what about the maximum elements number of Engrid?

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November 20, 2012, 03:51		#2
Sören Sander Member Sören Sander Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 43 Rep Power: 13	Hello alsdia, As far as I experienced, in Salome the maximum number of elements is just limited by your hardware (Salome will crash, if you use too many cells). Thou I have to admit, I never simulated a case that was even close to 300M cells. You could try to set up a easy case, e.g. a block. Then, use hexmesh and number of segment discretisation. Afterwards, you can refine your mesh step by step. Right now I have problems to create meshes with more then 3M cells, but this should be dependent on the hardware as mentioned above.