[bgraves]

Hi guys,

I am new to OpenFOAM and trying to do this same analysis for a class. I am having trouble with the grid from the plot3d format into OpenFoam.

I am using the grid found on the http://turbmodels.larc.nasa.gov/flatplate_grids.html website. I have successfully imported the grid using the plot3dToFoam command, followed by the autoPatch command. My main question is how to break up the bottom patch into the two "different" sections (ie the plate and the symmetry boundary condition).

Any input would be unbelievably helpful.

Thanks

[wyldckat]

Greetings Ben and welcome to the forum!

I think createPatch is what you should be looking for, for adding new patches in the exact place where you need them. I'll quote myself from an old thread:

Originally Posted by wyldckat

@Elise: You can with createPatch. You can find several examples by running:

find $WM_PROJECT_DIR -name createPatchDict

If your geometry has good features (i.e., not trying to create a small patch in a flat surface), you can use autoPatch.

Best regards,
Bruno

[bgraves]

Thank you so much for your speedy reply!!! The model works perfectly now!

-Ben

[bgraves]

Sorry to ask again I am trying to do the same thing, only this time I am using the grids found on http://turbmodels.larc.nasa.gov/bump_grids.html. I used the same method that you helped me with prior. Except this time when I wrote the topoSetDict file for the right side of the bump, the faceSet that it makes looks like the following:
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)
Below is the topoSetDict file:
actions
(
{
name f0;
type faceSet;
action new;
source boxToFace;
sourceInfo
{
box (-25 0 0) (0 0 1);
}
}
{
name f1;
type faceSet;
action new;
source boxToFace;
sourceInfo
{
box (-0 0 0) (1.5 0 1);
}
);
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

-Ben

[wyldckat]

Hi Ben,

You need to give it some thickness over the Y axis, something like:

actions
(
  {
    name    f0;
    type    faceSet;
    action  new;
    source  boxToFace;
    sourceInfo
    {
      box (-25 -0.01 0) (0 0.01 1);      
    }
}
  {
    name    f1;
    type    faceSet;
    action  new;
    source  boxToFace;
    sourceInfo
    {
      box (-0 -0.01 0) (1.5 0.01 1);
    }
);

Best regards,
Bruno

[bgraves]

Bruno,

I want to really thank you for saving my butt again

-Ben