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Small introduction
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The saying goes "Who owns the mesh, owns the solution". With the help of these tutorials you will learn how to create meshes for arbitrary geometries in order to run your simulations.
  
 
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'''Overview'''
 
'''Overview'''
* A [https://github.com/NanoSim/CoursesAndTrainingPortfolio/blob/master/3_EulerianModels/meshingTools.md List of meshing tools] that integrate with OpenFOAM.
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* A [https://github.com/NanoSim/CoursesAndTrainingPortfolio/blob/master/3_EulerianModels/meshingTools.md '''List of meshing tools'''] that integrate with OpenFOAM.
  
 
'''Geometry'''
 
'''Geometry'''
  
[https://wiki.openfoam.com/Geometry_creation_by_Joel_Guerrero Here] you will get a detailed introduction into two alternatives for the creation of geometries as inputs for a CFD project in OpenFOAM.
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* [https://wiki.openfoam.com/Geometry_creation_by_Joel_Guerrero '''Geometry creation'''] - Here you will get a detailed introduction into two alternatives for the creation of geometries as inputs for a CFD project in OpenFOAM.
  
 
'''Meshing'''
 
'''Meshing'''
  
* In the following three tutorials you will find an introduction into meshing with the blockMesh utility.
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* '''blockMesh''' - In the following tutorial(s) you will find an introduction into meshing with the blockMesh utility:
[https://wiki.openfoam.com/index.php?title=BlockMesh_by_Stefan_Radl by Radl]
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** '''[https://wiki.openfoam.com/index.php?title=BlockMesh_by_Jozsef_Nagy Complicated case of blockMesh by Nagy]'''
[https://wiki.openfoam.com/index.php?title=BlockMesh_by_Jozsef_Nagy by Nagy]
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** '''[https://wiki.openfoam.com/BlockMesh_by_Bahram_Haddadi blockMesh by Bahram Haddadi]'''
[https://wiki.openfoam.com/index.php?title=BlockMesh_by_Ferras,_Fernandes_and_Nobrega by Nobrega et al.]
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* This [https://wiki.openfoam.com/Meshing_in_OpenFOAM_by_Joel_Guerrero tutorial] gives you an insight on how to create complex meshes within OpenFOAM.
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* [https://wiki.openfoam.com/Meshing_with_cfMesh_by_Jozsef_Nagy '''Meshing with cfMesh'''] - In this tutorial you will learn the basics of meshing with cfMesh.
* [https://wiki.openfoam.com/Meshing_in_GMSH_by_Robert_Lee In this tutorial] you will get a compact introduction into the work flow within the software GMSH for meshing.
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* [https://wiki.openfoam.com/SnappyHexMesh_%E2%80%93_Single_region_by_Bahram_Haddadi_and_colleagues '''snappyHexMesh – Single region'''] - Mesh a flange geometry and simulate heat transfer in it using scalarTransportFoam.
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* [https://wiki.openfoam.com/SnappyHexMesh_%E2%80%93_Multi_region_by_Bahram_Haddadi_and_colleagues '''snappyHexMesh – Multi region'''] - In this tutorial a geometry with more than one region is meshed using snappyHexMesh and simulated using chtMultiRegionFoam.
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'''Moving mesh'''
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* [https://wiki.openfoam.com/Rotating_Mesh_Simultion_Project_by_Jozsef_Nagy '''Rotating Fan in Room'''] - In this tutorial you will learn how to run a rotating mesh simulation.
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* [https://wiki.openfoam.com/Settling_Sphere_by_Michael_Alletto '''Sphere settling under the influence of gravity''' ] - In this tutorial you will learn about the simulations with overset meshes.
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* [https://wiki.openfoam.com/Settling_Sphere_Contact_Angle_by_Michael_Alletto '''Sphere settling under the influence of gravity with varying contact angle'''] - In this tutorial you will learn about the simulations with overset meshes and different contact angles.
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* [https://wiki.openfoam.com/2D_flapping_wing_by_Michael_Alletto '''2D flapping wing'''] - In this tutorial an additional application of the overset methodology is illustrated.
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* [https://wiki.openfoam.com/Faucet_and_Sink_with_Overset_Mesh_by_Jozsef_Nagy#Faucet_and_Sink '''Faucet and Sink'''] - In this tutorial you will learn the overset functionality in a VOF simulation with an inlet on the overset mesh.
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'''Mesh dependence study'''
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* [https://wiki.openfoam.com/NACA0012_by_Michael_Alletto '''Transonic flow around a periodically pitching NACA0012 airfoil'''] - In this tutorial you will learn about the transonic flow around a periodically pitching NACA0012 airfoil including an extensive grid dependence study
  
 
=Further reading=
 
=Further reading=

Latest revision as of 09:03, 20 March 2024

The saying goes "Who owns the mesh, owns the solution". With the help of these tutorials you will learn how to create meshes for arbitrary geometries in order to run your simulations.

Go back to Collection by topic.

Meshing

Overview

Geometry

  • Geometry creation - Here you will get a detailed introduction into two alternatives for the creation of geometries as inputs for a CFD project in OpenFOAM.

Meshing

Moving mesh

Mesh dependence study

Further reading