Mesh arrangment adequate?

[byron86]

Is this mesh arrangement adequate, if not.

How would I go about refining to improve it.  

Regards

[Rafal.Gaweda]

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[Rafal.Gaweda]

In case of volumtric \ solid meshing there should be at least 2 elements generated across the thinest part of model to get reasonable results

[byron86]

Thanks appreciate it.  Additionally, with regards to the properties.  I dont want to apply a thickness to the solid as I have already define my shape with the geometry.  However, you can select the material type as concrete but this doesnt have an fcu value only an E value.  How do u apply this.   

Thanks for the quick response

Regards

[Rafal.Gaweda · Accepted solution]

For FEM analysis it is not needed.

You can not run any design for solid elements so it is not needed.

But you can see material properties in Job Preferences:

[byron86 · Accepted solution]

ah k great, thanks so much Rafal