Patent ID: 8473266
Filing Date: 2013-06-25
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for simulating a physical property of a component model comprising a computer accessible construction model of a technical structure, by automatically generating a mesh of the component model, said method comprising: initially describing, by using a processor, the component model by means of a fine mesh of finite elements; based on the fine mesh, determining, by using the processor, a natural oscillation behavior of the component model; based on the natural oscillation behavior, identifying, by using the processor, at least one area of the component model whose finite elements are less deformed than the finite elements of another area of the component model; and modifying, by using the processor, the description of the identified area of the component model by means of a coarser mesh of finite elements, wherein an average volume of finite elements of the coarser mesh is larger than an average volume of finite elements of the fine mesh, or an average edge length of finite elements of the coarser mesh is larger than an average edge length of finite elements of the fine mesh.