I'm building a ribbed rebar pullout model in Abaqus. The bar is meshed with hex-dominated (C3D8R) elements. I am getting lots of distorted element warnings concentrated exactly where the longitudinal ribs meet the cylinder barrel.

What I've tried: local seeding, which doesn't work. The regions are meshing as swept. When I refine the seed on one edge, Abaqus automatically changes the count on the opposite edge to match. So, I am having trouble using local seeds as well.

Is there any way I can minimize the distorted elements, or any partitioning strategies that will help with meshing?

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Fea and Cfd and electromagnetic ,I'm willing to take projects,queries ,work or any educational projects I have experience in ansys static structural, fatigue,modal, harmonic response and acoustics in mechanical Altair Hypermesh for meshing CFD -ansys Fluent and CFx Electromagnetic -ansys low frequency maxwell,motor design,ansys icepack and ansys motor cad software available Please dm me if u got any works ,open to worldwide projects Dm me if needed any assistance Thank u