[ICEM] Identical unstructued Face mesh for two separate faces

Mojtaba.a · April 30, 2013, 08:42

Hi,
First, I apologize for making anew thread. I couldn't find any other topics regarding to my problem.

Here is the question, is there any possible way to make identical face meshes in ICEM and then use these face meshes to make volume mesh?

I am trying to use cyclic=periodic boundary conditions in openFOAM, and there is a need to have identical face meshes on two faces which are going to be cyclic.

Maybe its easy to make it work by structured mesh, but right now for some reasons I am using unstructured meshes.

So is there any solutions?
Any suggestions is appreciated,
Thank you so much,
Mojtaba

stuart23 · April 30, 2013, 11:51

Hi Mojtab,

this is easy in ICEM. Under the Global Mesh Parameters menu, the last icon on the DEZ is to define periodicity. You will then have to work out what the rotational offset is between your faces and enter it here.

Good Luck

Stu

Mojtaba.a · April 30, 2013, 15:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by stuart23

Hi Mojtab,

this is easy in ICEM. Under the Global Mesh Parameters menu, the last icon on the DEZ is to define periodicity. You will then have to work out what the rotational offset is between your faces and enter it here.

Good Luck

Stu

Thank you stu, I will try.
I think there is something like Copy/Paste mesh in ICEM. Am I correct about that?

stuart23 · May 1, 2013, 03:27

Yes, you can translate a copy of a surface mesh.

April 30, 2013, 08:42	Identical unstructued Face mesh for two separate faces	#1
Mojtaba.a Senior Member Mojtaba Amiraslanpour Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Tampa, US Posts: 308 Rep Power: 16	Hi, First, I apologize for making anew thread. I couldn't find any other topics regarding to my problem. Here is the question, is there any possible way to make identical face meshes in ICEM and then use these face meshes to make volume mesh? I am trying to use cyclic=periodic boundary conditions in openFOAM, and there is a need to have identical face meshes on two faces which are going to be cyclic. Maybe its easy to make it work by structured mesh, but right now for some reasons I am using unstructured meshes. So is there any solutions? Any suggestions is appreciated, Thank you so much, Mojtaba __________________ Learn OpenFOAM in Persian SFO (StarCCM+ FLUENT OpenFOAM) Project Team Member Complex Heat & Flow Simulation Research Group If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. "Richard Feynman"

April 30, 2013, 11:51		#2
stuart23 Senior Member Stuart Buckingham Join Date: May 2010 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 267 Rep Power: 26	Hi Mojtab, this is easy in ICEM. Under the Global Mesh Parameters menu, the last icon on the DEZ is to define periodicity. You will then have to work out what the rotational offset is between your faces and enter it here. Good Luck Stu Mojtaba.a likes this.

May 1, 2013, 03:27		#4
stuart23 Senior Member Stuart Buckingham Join Date: May 2010 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 267 Rep Power: 26	Yes, you can translate a copy of a surface mesh. Mojtaba.a likes this.

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