Table 3
Number of elements in each part of the discretised CAD model.
| Geometry | A | B | C | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Component | Number of elements | |||
| Bottom | 431 | 473 | 1001 | 653 |
| Top | 436 | 473 | 1027 | 662 |
| Hollow | 272 241 | 771 644 | 1 249 044 | 1 352 530 |
| Pipe wall | 44 910 | 108 184 | 157 150 | 182 514 |
| S1 | 57 | 56 | 81 | 71 |
| S2 | 59 | 55 | 91 | 76 |
| S3 | 57 | 62 | 87 | 77 |
| S4 | 60 | 57 | 89 | 65 |
| Total elements | 318 251 | 880 932 | 1 408 570 | 1 536 648 |
| Total nodes | 58 166 | 159 658 | 254 365 | 279 517 |