Ok, so I do keep my model like I have for now : 1/8 Thank you very much
2013/2/6 Rui Maciel <[email protected]> > On 02/06/2013 08:34 AM, Adrien Girard wrote: > >> Thank you very much for your answer. >> >> So I have to make the simulation on the whole model (8/8) ? But then the >> cost of the simulation will be 8 times more ? >> And thus, I do not take benefit of the symmetry of the problem, or >> I misunderstood something ? >> > > It's the other way around. If you analyze a model without taking > advantage of any symmetry condition then you will have to pay the full > computational price to get a solution. This is the baseline case. > > If, OTOH, you are able to take advantage of a model's symmetry then you > will be able to get essentially the same solution by analyzing an > equivalent model which is a fraction of the size of the original one. In > the case you've described, this model will be about 1/8th of the original > model's size. As a consequence, you might get the FEM solution in about 1% > of the time it would otherwise take to run the analysis. > > > > Hope this helps, > Rui Maciel > > ______________________________**_________________ > gmsh mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.geuz.org/mailman/**listinfo/gmsh<http://www.geuz.org/mailman/listinfo/gmsh> > -- Adrien Girard GSM : 0031 615 355 049
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