[Gmsh] Meshing a plate with one layer of elements along the thickness

[Phu Nguyen]

Dear Prof Geuzaine,

Thanks a lot. Using this options worked.




Best regards,
Phu




> On 7 Feb 2019, at 6:34 pm, Christophe Geuzaine <cgeuzaine at uliege.be> wrote:
> 
> 
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>> On 4 Feb 2019, at 04:34, Phu Nguyen <phu.nguyen at monash.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> Dear all,
>> 
>> I have a simple rectangular plate, which is made by extruding one surface along the thickness
>> 
>> Extrude {0,0,t} {
>>  Surface{201,202,203}; Layers{1}; Recombine;
>> }
>> 
>> Then, I used mesh with all hexas in Subdivision algorithm,
> 
> Generate a quad surface mesh, and don't subdivide the 3D mesh...
> 
> 
>> I got hexahedral elements, as I need, but there are always two layers of elements along the thickness. 
>> 
>> My question is how to have only 1 single layer of elements along the thickness? Many thanks.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> Phu
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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> Prof. Christophe Geuzaine
> University of Liege, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 
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