Defining Solid and Fluid zones in OpenFoam

foamcfd · December 14, 2009, 01:11

Hi All,
I am solving conjugate heat transfer problem in which there are two zones i.e fluid and solid. Can anyone please tell me how I can separate the two zones in PolyMesh folder? Is there any other way of doing it. I am using the mesh which is generated in ICEM. I have successfully imported the mesh in foam.

santoo_cfd · December 17, 2009, 07:02

Somebody correct me If I am wrong--

If you have successfully imported mesh from ICEM. It should create cellZones and faceZones in constant/polyMesh directory (fluen3DMeshToFoam will do the job).

After that using splitMeshRegions -cellZones to create seperate regions. After this 0.001 directory will be created in which two directory corresponding to each fluid zone will be there.

For more information, check chtMultiRegionFoam directory.

December 14, 2009, 01:11	Defining Solid and Fluid zones in OpenFoam	#1
foamcfd New Member Yogesh Patil Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 20 Rep Power: 17	Hi All, I am solving conjugate heat transfer problem in which there are two zones i.e fluid and solid. Can anyone please tell me how I can separate the two zones in PolyMesh folder? Is there any other way of doing it. I am using the mesh which is generated in ICEM. I have successfully imported the mesh in foam. onurcanpiskin likes this.

December 17, 2009, 07:02		#2
santoo_cfd Member santhosh Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: India Posts: 70 Rep Power: 17	Somebody correct me If I am wrong-- If you have successfully imported mesh from ICEM. It should create cellZones and faceZones in constant/polyMesh directory (fluen3DMeshToFoam will do the job). After that using splitMeshRegions -cellZones to create seperate regions. After this 0.001 directory will be created in which two directory corresponding to each fluid zone will be there. For more information, check chtMultiRegionFoam directory. onurcanpiskin likes this.

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