Triangular Element – Linear order

el. size [mm] number of elements Max Stress, Mises Max Displacement
[MPa] magnitude [mm]
5 633 3.176E+02 2.549E-07
3 1628 4.400E+02 2.620E-07
2.5 2389 5.40E+02 2.64E-07
2 3592 5.52E+02 2.66E-07
1.5 6358 6.43E+02 2.68E-07
1.25 8988 6.59E+02 2.69E-07
1 14137 7.247E+02 2.698E-07
0.7 29077 7.39E+02 2.71E-07
0.5 56510 7.658E+02 2.709E-07

 Mesh converges at around 15000 elements, seed size 1

Triangular Element – Quadratic Order

 el. size [mm] number of elements Max Stress, Mises Max Displacement
[MPa] magnitude [mm]
5 633 7.397E+02 2.682E-07
3 1628 7.859E+02 2.702E-07
2.5 2389 8.22E+02 2.71E-07
2 3592 8.33E+02 2.71E-07
1.5 6358 8.43E+02 2.71E-07
1.25 8988 8.48E+02 2.71E-07
1 14137 8.522E+02 2.713E-07
0.7 29077 8.52E+02 2.71E-07
 Mesh converges at around 10000 elements, seed size 1.25

Conclusions:

Mesh converges with less number of elements when using quadratic order.

Mesh converges at around 10000 – 15000 elements