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Meshing Guidelines Regarding Element Sizes

View the meshing guidelines regarding element sizes to prevent warning and errors given by the Solver.

Table 1. Segmentation warnings and errors.
Description Warning Error
Ratio of the segment length to the wavelength l>0.3λ l>0.5λ
Ratio of the segment radius to the segment length r>0.3l r>1.0l
Ratio of the triangle area to the wavelength squared (MoM RWG or order 0.5 basis function) A>130λ2 A>110λ2
Ratio of the triangle area to the wavelength squared (MoM order 1.5 basis function) A>0.21λ2 A>0.52λ2
Ratio of the triangle area to the wavelength squared (MoM order 2.5 basis function) A>0.62λ2 A>1.40λ2
Ratio of the triangle area to the wavelength squared (MoM order 3.5 basis function) A>0.97λ2 A>2.10λ2
Ratio of the triangle area to the wavelength squared for large element PO (if near fields present) A>2λ2 A>6λ2
Ratio of wire radius to the triangle edge length at a connection point r3.33l r5l
Ratio of the cuboid1 edge length to the wavelength l>14λ l>12λ
Ratio of the cuboid1 edge length to the skin depth l>15δ l>13δ
Ratio of the tetrahedral face area to the wavelength squared - VEP, FEM (first order) A>0.033λ2 A>0.108λ2
Ratio of the tetrahedral face area to the wavelength squared - FEM (second order) A>0.047λ2 A>0.433λ2
Ratio of the FEM boundary tetrahedral face area to the wavelength squared A>0.033λ2 A>0.108λ2
Ratio of the area of the triangle on a waveguide port to the smallest modal period squared A>130T2 A>110T2
Ratio of the wire radius to the voxel size r>0.49 r>0.5
Voxel aspect ratio AR15 AR200
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