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Hello,
I am trying to mesh my current wind tunnel configuration. The supersonic wind tunnel section is cylindrical (a big diameter pipe essentially) with a sharp tip cone moved off of the center line, therefore I cannot revolve the mesh. What would be best topology for this? The sharp tip always ends up in a pole, forcing me to some type of circular grid all around. Is there a way to avoid the pole at the center of the cone? I am trying to run this in OpenFoam. If not, any advice would be helpful. You can see some pictures of what I am describing and what my attempts have been made. I have deleted some faces and contactors near the cone so you can have a better view at the cone. Thank you https://imgur.com/a/8YsEzWD Last edited by jxs832; April 22, 2018 at 19:48. Reason: Adding more information |
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I have added a bit more info and added a few pictures that describe the problem. Please let me know if my problem is clear now.
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David Garlisch
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There are far more experienced meshers on this forum than me. However, my observations are...
The images are "far away" so I can't see the tip topology. However, I suspect the first row of cells on the cone at the tip are "illegal". You can check them with a cutting plane in Examine, Cell Type. I suggest using a shrink factor around 0.8 or 0.9. See the cell topology page and scroll down to see QuadTri cell connectivity (Unsupported). This is a very common situation when rotating domains around a sharp tipped surface. Someone else will need to offer a solution to this to stay with all structured blocks. Which begs the question, is a fully structured mesh a requirement? OpenFOAM does not require it. Pointwise supports hybrid meshes (structured and unstructured blocks in one grid). I imagine there is a way you could build a small unstructured block around the cone's tip that will provide a nice transition to the rest of the grid made with structured blocks without poles. One final comment. No matter what, OpenFOAM meshes exported from Pointwise should always be run through renumberMesh before solving. Good luck. |
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how do i post new massege to the forum
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Esemu Joseph Noah
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How do i post new message/thread to the forum
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David Garlisch
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Click down to the appropriate forum and click the "New Thread" button at the top of the page.
Please see the attached image. |
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Esemu Joseph Noah
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Dear David,
Thank a lot i have got it. Now i have been trying the tutorials but when i reach polyMesh command it tells me no such a file/directory or at times gives not found. What could be the problem and How do i need to handle this so that i can proceed to the next command. Thanks. |
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Quote:
Please stop posting in this thread. Posting unrelated questions and comments is called "hijacking". Please start a new top level post with your question and more information. |
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Zach Davis
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Try this topology instead...
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Hüseyin Can Önel
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hi,
i am also having a similar problem. i was not able to rotate-extrude neither of the the following domains about the x-axis: A ![]() B ![]() note that i have tried quad cells adjacent to the x-axis thinking that maybe the tri cells were causing the problem. but no. supported and unsupported cell types are given ere: http://www.pointwise.com/plugins/htm...ELL__TOPO.html and none of my cells violate the rules: ![]() from what i can deduce is: only a fully structured domain can be rotate-extruded about a line that is adjacent to the domain. if i am not doing something wrong, i find this somehow ridiculous. |
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extrude/rotate for unstructured domains are unsupported. Switch to structured grid and regenerate your mesh, you'll survive.
You may also split your domain, keep the bottom part structured and do the extrude/rotate and then build the upper part unstructured using advanced front in the solve panel with quads without doing extrude/rotate. |
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cone, pointwise, sharp tip, topology |
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