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Running SnappyHexMesh - Stator Region
Utility snappyHexMesh refines background mesh in direction to the surface model, reading set-up from system/snappyHexMeshDict:
castellatedMesh true; snap true; addLayers false; // Geometry. Definition of all surfaces. All surfaces are of class // searchableSurface. // Surfaces are used // - to specify refinement for any mesh cell intersecting it // - to specify refinement for any mesh cell inside/outside/near // - to 'snap' the mesh boundary to the surface geometry { StatorAMI1.stl { type triSurfaceMesh; name StatorAMI1; } StatorAMI2.stl { type triSurfaceMesh; name StatorAMI2; } StatorBlade.stl { type triSurfaceMesh; name StatorBlade; } StatorShroud.stl { type triSurfaceMesh; name StatorShroud; } StatorHub.stl { type triSurfaceMesh; name StatorHub; } StatorIn.stl { type triSurfaceMesh; name StatorIn; } StatorMXP_00.stl { type triSurfaceMesh; name StatorMXP00; } StatorMXP_01.stl { type triSurfaceMesh; name StatorMXP01; } StatorMXP_02.stl { type triSurfaceMesh; name StatorMXP02; } StatorMXP_03.stl { type triSurfaceMesh; name StatorMXP03; } StatorMXP_04.stl { type triSurfaceMesh; name StatorMXP04; } StatorMXP_05.stl { type triSurfaceMesh; name StatorMXP05; } StatorMXP_06.stl { type triSurfaceMesh; name StatorMXP06; } StatorMXP_07.stl { type triSurfaceMesh; name StatorMXP07; } StatorMXP_08.stl { type triSurfaceMesh; name StatorMXP08; } StatorMXP_09.stl { type triSurfaceMesh; name StatorMXP09; } StatorMXP_10.stl { type triSurfaceMesh; name StatorMXP10; } StatorMXP_11.stl { type triSurfaceMesh; name StatorMXP11; } StatorMXP_12.stl { type triSurfaceMesh; name StatorMXP12; } StatorMXP_13.stl { type triSurfaceMesh; name StatorMXP13; } StatorMXP_14.stl { type triSurfaceMesh; name StatorMXP14; } StatorMXP_15.stl { type triSurfaceMesh; name StatorMXP15; } StatorMXP_16.stl { type triSurfaceMesh; name StatorMXP16; } StatorMXP_17.stl { type triSurfaceMesh; name StatorMXP17; } StatorMXP_18.stl { type triSurfaceMesh; name StatorMXP18; } StatorMXP_19.stl { type triSurfaceMesh; name StatorMXP19; } StatorMXP_20.stl { type triSurfaceMesh; name StatorMXP20; } StatorMXP_21.stl { type triSurfaceMesh; name StatorMXP21; } StatorMXP_22.stl { type triSurfaceMesh; name StatorMXP22; } StatorMXP_23.stl { type triSurfaceMesh; name StatorMXP23; } StatorMXP_24.stl { type triSurfaceMesh; name StatorMXP24; } StatorMXP_25.stl { type triSurfaceMesh; name StatorMXP25; } StatorMXP_26.stl { type triSurfaceMesh; name StatorMXP26; } StatorMXP_27.stl { type triSurfaceMesh; name StatorMXP27; } StatorMXP_28.stl { type triSurfaceMesh; name StatorMXP28; } StatorMXP_29.stl { type triSurfaceMesh; name StatorMXP29; } StatorMXP_30.stl { type triSurfaceMesh; name StatorMXP30; } StatorMXP_31.stl { type triSurfaceMesh; name StatorMXP31; } StatorMXP_32.stl { type triSurfaceMesh; name StatorMXP32; } StatorMXP_33.stl { type triSurfaceMesh; name StatorMXP33; } StatorMXP_34.stl { type triSurfaceMesh; name StatorMXP34; } StatorMXP_35.stl { type triSurfaceMesh; name StatorMXP35; } }; // Settings for the castellatedMesh generation. castellatedMeshControls { // Refinement parameters // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ // If local number of cells is >= maxLocalCells on any processor // switches from from refinement followed by balancing // (current method) to (weighted) balancing before refinement. maxLocalCells 1000000; // Overall cell limit (approximately). Refinement will stop immediately // upon reaching this number so a refinement level might not complete. // Note that this is the number of cells before removing the part which // is not 'visible' from the keepPoint. The final number of cells might // actually be a lot less. maxGlobalCells 10000000; // The surface refinement loop might spend lots of iterations refining just a // few cells. This setting will cause refinement to stop if <= minimumRefine // are selected for refinement. Note: it will at least do one iteration // (unless the number of cells to refine is 0) minRefinementCells 0; // Allow a certain level of imbalance during refining // (since balancing is quite expensive) // Expressed as fraction of perfect balance (= overall number of cells / // nProcs). 0=balance always. maxLoadUnbalance 0.10; // Number of buffer layers between different levels. // 1 means normal 2:1 refinement restriction, larger means slower // refinement. nCellsBetweenLevels 2; // Explicit feature edge refinement // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ // Specifies a level for any cell intersected by its edges. // This is a featureEdgeMesh, read from constant/triSurface for now. features ( // { // file "stator_features.eMesh"; // level 0; // } { file "StatorAMI1.eMesh"; level 0; } { file "StatorAMI2.eMesh"; level 0; } { file "StatorBlade.eMesh"; level 0; } ); // Surface based refinement // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ // Specifies two levels for every surface. The first is the minimum level, // every cell intersecting a surface gets refined up to the minimum level. // The second level is the maximum level. Cells that 'see' multiple // intersections where the intersections make an // angle > resolveFeatureAngle get refined up to the maximum level. refinementSurfaces { "(StatorShroud|StatorHub)" { level (3 3); } "StatorIn" { level (1 3); } "StatorBlade" { level (3 4); } "StatorAMI.*" { level (3 3); } "StatorMXP.*" { level (4 4); } } // Resolve sharp angles resolveFeatureAngle 30; // Region-wise refinement // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ // Specifies refinement level for cells in relation to a surface. One of // three modes // - distance. 'levels' specifies per distance to the surface the // wanted refinement level. The distances need to be specified in // descending order. // - inside. 'levels' is only one entry and only the level is used. All // cells inside the surface get refined up to the level. The surface // needs to be closed for this to be possible. // - outside. Same but cells outside. refinementRegions { } // Mesh selection // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ // After refinement patches get added for all refinementSurfaces and // all cells intersecting the surfaces get put into these patches. The // section reachable from the locationInMesh is kept. // NOTE: This point should never be on a face, always inside a cell, even // after refinement. locationInMesh (-0.07 0.05 0.6); // Whether any faceZones (as specified in the refinementSurfaces) // are only on the boundary of corresponding cellZones or also allow // free-standing zone faces. Not used if there are no faceZones. allowFreeStandingZoneFaces true; }
Create the mesh running snappyHexMesh utility:
snappyHexMesh
Renumber mesh using renumberMesh utility:
renumberMesh -latestTime
When finished, check the mesh running checkMesh and view the mesh in paraview:
checkMesh
paraFoam
Figure: Stator of axial turbine – final mesh view.