Workshop

p 2.1
Pipe Tee Mesh

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Goals Training Manual

• This workshop will illustrate the

use of the Automatic Meshing
M th d ffor a single
Method i l b body
d partt

• The transfer of the mesh to

FLUENT and d CFX isi also
l
demonstrated

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Specifying Geometry Training Manual

1. Copy the pt.agdb file from the tutorial

files folder to your working directory
2. Start Workbench and double-click the
Mesh entry in the Component
Systems
y p
panel in the Toolbox
3. Right-click on Geometry in the Mesh
entry in the Project Schematic and
select Import Geometry/Browse
4. Browse to the pt.agdb file you
copied and click Open
5 N
5. Note
t th
thatt the
th Geometry
G t entry
t in
i the
th
Project Schematic now has a green
check mark indicating that geometry
h b
has been specified
ifi d

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Initial Mesh Training Manual

6. Double-click the Mesh entry in the

schematic or right-click and select Edit. This will
open the Meshing Application
7. In the Meshing Options panel set the Physics
Preference to CFD, the Mesh Method to
Automatic and press OK
8. Right click on Mesh and select Generate Mesh
9 Use the view manipulation tools and the axis
9.
triad to inspect the mesh
Based upon choice of physics (CFD), the Meshing Application has produced a mesh
accommodating curvature, a reasonable sizing strategy and automatic selection of
optimal mesh methods with minimal user input.
input There are many ways in which the
Meshing Application can control and improve the mesh. Some further mesh controls will
now be demonstrated.

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Named Selections Training Manual

velocity-inlet-2 velocity-inlet-1
10. Set the Selection Filter to Faces
and select one of the pipe end
faces as shown. Right-click in the
Model View and choose Create
Named Selection. Enter velocity-
inlet-1 for the Selection Name
11. Repeat for the other two pipe end
faces using
g the namingg as shown
12. The Named Selections just pressure-outlet
created are listed in the Outline by
expanding Named Selections
Selections.
The names assigned here will be
transferred to the CFD solver so
the appropriate flow conditions
can be applied on these surfaces.
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Inflation Training Manual

13. Select Mesh in the Outline and expand Inflation

in Details
14 Set Use Automatic Tet Inflation to Program
14.
Controlled, leave other settings
15. Right click on Mesh and select Generate Mesh.
Note the inflation layers are grown from all
boundaries not assigned a Named Selection.
The thickness of the inflation layers is
calculated as a function of the surface mesh
and applied fully automatically.

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Section Planes Training Manual

16. Orient the model by clicking on

After the Section Plane has been created the
the axis triad (+X Direction) Section Plane cursor tool will still be active. Left
clicking in the viewport and dragging will slide the
17 Click on the New Section Plane
17. S ti Plane
Section Pl along
l it axis.
its i

icon in the menu bar. Left click,
hold and drag the cursor in the
direction of the arrow as
illustrated to create the Section
Clicking on either side of the Plane tool will cut
the mesh on each side respectively. Clicking
twice on one side will change the view to a planar
slice.
When the position is finalized, select a view
manipulation tool

Plane
18 Created
18. C t dS Section
ti PlPlanes are
listed (bottom left). Planes can
be individually activated using
th checkbox,
the h kb d
deleted
l t d and d
toggled between 3D element
view and 2D slice view. Try this
now (you
( will
ill needd tto rotate
t t th
the
model to see the cross-section)
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Mesh Statistics Training Manual

19. If you expand the Statistics entry

under Mesh, it will summarize the
number of nodes and elements in
the mesh
20. Under Mesh Metric select
Skewness. Note the reported
mesh quality

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Transferring Mesh to CFD Training Manual

21. After the mesh has been generated, you

can transfer it to a new CFD simulation
22. In the main Workbench Window, right click
on the Mesh entry in the Meshing instance
you created on the Project
y j Schematic and
observe that you can transfer the mesh to
a new FLUENT or CFX simulation
((Transfer Data To New >).) Select either
FLUENT or CFX
23. Note that the Mesh entry now has an
Update symbol
symbol, right click the Mesh entry
and select Update. This will pass data to
the new FLUENT/CFX instance.

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Fluent with Workbench Mesh Training Manual

24. If FLUENT was

selected - Double
click the Setup
entry and accept
the default options
in the FLUENT
Launcher
25. FLUENT will start
with the mesh
loaded
26 Save the project
26.
from the
Workbench File
Menu

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CFX with Workbench Mesh Training Manual

27. If CFX was

selected - Double
click the Setup
entry, CFX Pre will
launch with the
mesh loaded
28. Save the project
from the
Workbench File
Menu

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