Eiffel Tower CFD Simulation in OpenFOAM®
Short Example of using snappyHexMesh meshing tool
Some time ago one of our clients asked us:
“How would you simulate some really complex geometry?”
“What about the Eiffel Tower?”
As we are used to face new problems we decided to accept this challenge…
The input: surface model of Eiffel tower
The Eiffel tower construction is very complex. This iron lattice monster is very high (324m) and also very fine in its structure. Such a combination of hight and structure is really a nightmare for all CFD engineers.
The meshing tool: OpenFOAM® snappyHexMesh
The requirements on the CFD mesh are enormous. The only reasonable solution is using some automated tool. OpenFOAM®’s snappyHexMesh finnally demonstrated to be a perfect tool to create CFD computational mesh any of complex geometries.
Surface model in the box
The Eiffel tower construction is very complex. This iron lattice monster is very high (324m) and also very fine in its structure. Such a combination of hight and structure is really a nightmare for all CFD engineers.
The resulted construction mesh
The resulted construction mesh detail
The CFD simulation results illustration
Kinematic pressure surface view
Velocity streamtraces along middle vertical line at inlet
Kinematic pressure isosurfaces
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