Mastering ANSYS CFD

Tetra – Prism Mesh for Circular Cylinder in

ANSYS ICEMCFD
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Problem Description
• In this workshop, we will create tetra-prism mesh for Circular Cylinder.

• Method is generic, and is applicable on any case.

• Geometry, will be same as used in design modeller without any splits/slicing.

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Mesh Types
• There are different types of mesh types
used in CFD. 3D Mesh Shapes

2D Mesh Shapes

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Changing Working Directory

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Import Geometry File
• Import Circular_pipe.agdb file. You can also use .tin file, we had used for ICEMCFD Hexa
mesh generation.

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Import Geometry File

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Create Parts and Material Point
• Create part as usual. Create material point to define the region for the mesh to understand
where the volume is…

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Creating Tetra Mesh
• We will use two tabs: Mesh and Edit Mesh for Tetra + Prism Mesh generation

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Setting Global Mesh Setup
• Set max element size = 0.02 (Why?) and scale factor = 1 (Why?)

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Part Mesh Setup
• Define mesh sizes on parts.

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Compute Mesh

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Comparison of different volume meshing methods

Octree Delaunay Adv. front Ansys TGrid

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Cut Plan
• Now inspect mesh inside the domain. Octree does not produce good quality volume mesh.

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Delete Volume Mesh
• Delete volume mesh, we will smooth and will create volume mesh with Delaunay method.

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Mesh Smoothing
• Use normal and Laplace smoothing alternatively. Last loop should be without Laplace
smoothing.
Before

After

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Delaunay Mesh
• Now we have surface method from octree, create volume meshing using Delaunay method.

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Prism Mesh
• Define prism meshing on cylinder wall in part mesh setup.

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Prism Mesh Editing
• Divide three prism layers into 6 layers. And then rearrange with ratio 1.2.
them.

Edit mesh tab

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Mesh Info
• See the number of elements and number of elements. For tetra (+prism) mesh, you must look
for number of cells/elements.

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Mesh Export
• Select solver CFX/Fluent, set boundary conditions and export mesh. (same as we did in
section I of ICEM CFD Hexa meshing of same pipe)

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Mesh Export
• This time export mesh in Fluent format (.msh).

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