Fluent_Meshing_R16_Module07_Volume_Fill

©2015ANSYS,Inc.November7,2020116ReleaseModule7:VolumeFillMethodsIntroductiontoANSYSFluentMeshing©2015ANSYS,Inc.November7,20202VolumeFillMethodsWhatyouwilllearnfromthispresentation•Volumemeshmethods•VolumetricRegions•MeshgenerationprocesswithAutoMesh•Cavityremeshingforlocalcomponentchanges•Qualityimprovement•Parallelmeshing©2015ANSYS,Inc.November7,20203PreprocessingWorkflowGeometryImportMeshImportGeometryCreationGeometryOperationsMeshingSolverGeometryImportOptionsImportCADGeometryCleanupandRepairDiagnosticsHoleFillingPlaneSurface,RevolveEdges,SweepEdges,etcGeometryPreparationOperationsFacetedBooleanswithJoin/IntersectMeshingMethodsHybridMesh:Tet,Hexcore,Prisms,PyramidsThinSweepGlobalMeshSizingLocalMeshSizingProximity,Curvature,BodyofInfluence,Soft,Hard,etc.CutcellCreateBox,Frustrum,Cylinder,etcImportSTLReadMeshFluidExtractionwithWrapperGapClosingBoundaryModifySurfaceRemeshingFacetedGeometryOperations©2015ANSYS,Inc.November7,20204TetraHexcoreCutcellThinVolumePrismsVolumeMeshGenerationMethodsNativePolyBetaat16.0©2015ANSYS,Inc.November7,20205OverviewofVolumeMeshGenerationTypicalVolumemeshgenerationsteps1.ImportCAD/STLorreadboundarymesh(es)2.Preparesurfacemesh•Forconformalmeshes(multi-bodyparts)-Checkquality/connectivity-UseJoin/Intersecttoconnectmeshedparts•Forfacetedgeometry(singleparts)-CreatematerialpointandWraptheboundary-Checkquality3.Computevolumetricregions4.UseAutoMeshPaneltogeneratemesh–Selectmeshobjectandmaterialpoints–Setprismandvolumemeshmeshingparameters–Generateprismsandtet/hexcorevolumemesh5.UseAuto-Node-Movetoimprovequality6.SavevolumemeshSurfacemeshforagridcontainingonlytriangularelements.FluentMeshingwillfillsuchasuppliedsurfacemeshwithhighqualitytetrahedraorhexcorewithoptionalprismlayers.