[Other] Mesh generation of airFoil2D

IllusoryTime · January 30, 2018, 16:05

Hello, I want to know how the mesh is generated in airFoil2D (tutorials/incompressible/simpleFoam/airFoil2D/constant/polyMesh), as there is no blockMeshDict or any other file like this in the polyMesh directory.

I am new in OpenFOAM and I wanted to simulate airfoils of different shape. What is the easiest way to generate mesh files from airfoil coordinates?

I am using OpenFOAM v5.0.

vishalsharma · February 1, 2018, 02:22

hello, considering you are new to the openfoam, you can create airfoil geometry using gmsh and the then do the meshing in gmsh only then diectly import the mesh from the gmsh, and perform the simulation.

this is one of the ways you can can do that, but there are multiple other ways also, like importing airfoil coordinates in the ICEM CFD and create mesh there and import in openfoam.

i hope this is help full

bennn · February 5, 2020, 17:08

Hi all,

just in case anyone is interested in this, an airfoil generation procedure can be found under incompressible/pimpleFoam/wingMotion/wingMotion_snappyHexMesh

January 30, 2018, 16:05	Mesh generation of airFoil2D	#1
IllusoryTime New Member Afzal Hussain Join Date: Jan 2018 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Hello, I want to know how the mesh is generated in airFoil2D (tutorials/incompressible/simpleFoam/airFoil2D/constant/polyMesh), as there is no blockMeshDict or any other file like this in the polyMesh directory. I am new in OpenFOAM and I wanted to simulate airfoils of different shape. What is the easiest way to generate mesh files from airfoil coordinates? I am using OpenFOAM v5.0.

February 1, 2018, 02:22	flow over airfoil in openfoam	#2
vishalsharma New Member Vishal sharma Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	hello, considering you are new to the openfoam, you can create airfoil geometry using gmsh and the then do the meshing in gmsh only then diectly import the mesh from the gmsh, and perform the simulation. this is one of the ways you can can do that, but there are multiple other ways also, like importing airfoil coordinates in the ICEM CFD and create mesh there and import in openfoam. i hope this is help full IllusoryTime likes this.

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February 5, 2020, 17:08		#3
bennn Member benoit paillard Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 96 Rep Power: 16	Hi all, just in case anyone is interested in this, an airfoil generation procedure can be found under incompressible/pimpleFoam/wingMotion/wingMotion_snappyHexMesh