[Gmsh] Different results on Windows and Linux for the same characteristic length?

Ziyu ZHANG buaazhangziyu at gmail.com
Wed Apr 24 23:22:17 CEST 2013


Hi all,

I know the reason now... I mistakenly changed the global element size
factor in Gmsh2.6.2 in Linux. If I reset the factor to 1.0, the results
under Windows and Linux are the same.

Best,

Ziyu

On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 4:41 PM, Ziyu ZHANG <buaazhangziyu at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Attached are the mesh generated by Gmsh2.6.2 on Windows and Linux from the
> same .geo file. For upper block the characteristic length is set to 0.4 and
> for the lower one 4.0. The results for Windows look correct because the
> upper block is a 3 by 3 one, yielding 3/0.4 = 7.5 elements for each side,
> which is exactly the case for the Windows results. I am wondering why Linux
> version generated smaller elements and is there some way to fix this?
>
> Best,
>
> Ziyu
>
> --
> Ziyu ZHANG
> PhD Student
> Duke Computational Mechanics Laboratory
> Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
> Duke University
> Office: 919-660-5031
>



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Ziyu ZHANG 張子瑜
PhD Student
Duke Computational Mechanics Laboratory
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Duke University
Office: 919-660-5031
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