[erncyc]

Hi openfoamers,

I am fairly a rookie when it comes to complex meshes. Kindly if any one could assist in converting the blockmeshdict file below from 2d to 3d i would much appreciate it. This is for the notchedRoller tutorial (CHT). Thanks.


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\\ / F ield | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
\\ / O peration | Website: https://openfoam.org
\\ / A nd | Version: 12
\\/ M anipulation |
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FoamFile
{
format ascii;
class dictionary;
location "system";
object blockMeshDict;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

convertToMeters 0.01;

R 6;
RbyRoot2 #calc "$<scalar>{R}/sqrt(scalar(2))";
C 2.1;
CbyRoot2 #calc "$<scalar>{C}/sqrt(scalar(2))";

vertices
(
(-50 -10 -1) (-10 -10 -1) (10 -10 -1) (50 -10 -1)
(-50 0 -1) (-10 0 -1) (10 0 -1) (50 0 -1)
(-50 10 -1) (-10 10 -1) (10 10 -1) (50 10 -1)
(-50 40 -1) (-10 40 -1) (10 40 -1) (50 40 -1)

(#neg $R 0 -1)
(#neg $RbyRoot2 #neg $RbyRoot2 -1)
($RbyRoot2 #neg $RbyRoot2 -1)
($R 0 -1)
($RbyRoot2 $RbyRoot2 -1)
(#neg $RbyRoot2 $RbyRoot2 -1)

(#neg $C 0 -1)
(#neg $CbyRoot2 #neg $CbyRoot2 -1)
($CbyRoot2 #neg $CbyRoot2 -1)
($CbyRoot2 0 -1)
($CbyRoot2 $CbyRoot2 -1)
(#neg $CbyRoot2 $CbyRoot2 -1)


(-50 -10 1) (-10 -10 1) (10 -10 1) (50 -10 1)
(-50 0 1) (-10 0 1) (10 0 1) (50 0 1)
(-50 10 1) (-10 10 1) (10 10 1) (50 10 1)
(-50 40 1) (-10 40 1) (10 40 1) (50 40 1)

(#neg $R 0 1)
(#neg $RbyRoot2 #neg $RbyRoot2 1)
($RbyRoot2 #neg $RbyRoot2 1)
($R 0 1)
($RbyRoot2 $RbyRoot2 1)
(#neg $RbyRoot2 $RbyRoot2 1)

(#neg $C 0 1)
(#neg $CbyRoot2 #neg $CbyRoot2 1)
($CbyRoot2 #neg $CbyRoot2 1)
($CbyRoot2 0 1)
($CbyRoot2 $CbyRoot2 1)
(#neg $CbyRoot2 $CbyRoot2 1)
);

nCore 16;
nCoreBy2 #calc "$<label>{nCore}/2";
nRStatic 8;
nRRotating 12;
nAcross 26;
nAlong 30;

gStatic 0.7;

blocks
(
hex ( 0 1 5 4 28 29 33 32) solid ($nAlong $nCoreBy2 1) simpleGrading (1 1 1)
hex ( 4 5 9 8 32 33 37 36) fluid ($nAlong $nCoreBy2 1) simpleGrading (1 1 1)
hex ( 8 9 13 12 36 37 41 40) fluid ($nAlong $nAcross 1) simpleGrading (1 1 1)

hex ( 9 10 14 13 37 38 42 41) fluid ($nCore $nAcross 1) simpleGrading (1 1 1)

hex ( 2 3 7 6 30 31 35 34) solid ($nAlong $nCoreBy2 1) simpleGrading (1 1 1)
hex ( 6 7 11 10 34 35 39 38) fluid ($nAlong $nCoreBy2 1) simpleGrading (1 1 1)
hex (10 11 15 14 38 39 43 42) fluid ($nAlong $nAcross 1) simpleGrading (1 1 1)

hex ( 5 1 17 16 33 29 45 44) solid ($nCoreBy2 $nRStatic 1) simpleGrading (1 $gStatic 1)
hex ( 1 2 18 17 29 30 46 45) solid ($nCore $nRStatic 1) simpleGrading (1 $gStatic 1)
hex ( 2 6 19 18 30 34 47 46) solid ($nCoreBy2 $nRStatic 1) simpleGrading (1 $gStatic 1)
hex ( 6 10 20 19 34 38 48 47) fluid ($nCoreBy2 $nRStatic 1) simpleGrading (1 $gStatic 1)
hex (10 9 21 20 38 37 49 48) fluid ($nCore $nRStatic 1) simpleGrading (1 $gStatic 1)
hex ( 9 5 16 21 37 33 44 49) fluid ($nCoreBy2 $nRStatic 1) simpleGrading (1 $gStatic 1)

hex (16 17 23 22 44 45 51 50) fluid ($nCoreBy2 $nRRotating 1) simpleGrading (1 1 1)
hex (17 18 24 23 45 46 52 51) roller ($nCore $nRRotating 1) simpleGrading (1 1 1)
hex (18 19 25 24 46 47 53 52) roller ($nCoreBy2 $nRRotating 1) simpleGrading (1 1 1)
hex (19 20 26 25 47 48 54 53) roller ($nCoreBy2 $nRRotating 1) simpleGrading (1 1 1)
hex (20 21 27 26 48 49 55 54) roller ($nCore $nRRotating 1) simpleGrading (1 1 1)
hex (21 16 22 27 49 44 50 55) fluid ($nCoreBy2 $nRRotating 1) simpleGrading (1 1 1)

hex (22 23 24 25 50 51 52 53) roller ($nCoreBy2 $nCore 1) simpleGrading (1 1 1)
hex (25 26 27 22 53 54 55 50) roller ($nCoreBy2 $nCore 1) simpleGrading (1 1 1)
);

edges
(
arc 16 17 45 (0 0 1)
arc 17 18 90 (0 0 1)
arc 18 19 45 (0 0 1)
arc 19 20 45 (0 0 1)
arc 20 21 90 (0 0 1)
arc 21 16 45 (0 0 1)

arc 44 45 45 (0 0 1)
arc 45 46 90 (0 0 1)
arc 46 47 45 (0 0 1)
arc 47 48 45 (0 0 1)
arc 48 49 90 (0 0 1)
arc 49 44 45 (0 0 1)

arc 22 23 45 (0 0 1)
arc 27 22 45 (0 0 1)

arc 50 51 45 (0 0 1)
arc 55 50 45 (0 0 1)
);

defaultPatch
{
name frontAndBack;
type empty;
}

boundary
(
atmosphere
{
type patch;
faces
(
(12 13 41 40)
(13 14 42 41)
(14 15 43 42)
);
}

inlet
{
type patch;
faces
(
(4 8 36 32)
(8 12 40 36)
);
}

outlet
{
type patch;
faces
(
(7 11 39 35)
(11 15 43 39)
);
}

external
{
type patch;
faces
(
(0 4 32 28)
(0 1 29 28)
(1 2 30 29)
(2 3 31 30)
(3 7 35 31)
);
}
);

// ************************************************** *********************** //