CFD Online Logo CFD Online URL
www.cfd-online.com
[Sponsors]
Home > Forums > Software User Forums > ANSYS > ANSYS Meshing & Geometry

[ICEM] Quarter O-grid topology for propeller blade

Register Blogs Members List Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Like Tree24Likes

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
Old   August 27, 2012, 10:55
Default
  #41
Far
Super Moderator
 
Sijal
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Islamabad
Posts: 4,553
Blog Entries: 6
Rep Power: 54
Far has a spectacular aura aboutFar has a spectacular aura about
Send a message via Skype™ to Far
Quote:
Originally Posted by venkat_aero2007 View Post
Far you are too quick

I seen your reply after posting my last message. so do you mean that I have to keep same shroud height for both the rotors.

yes...................
M MOHSIN likes this.
Far is offline   Reply With Quote

Old   August 27, 2012, 11:12
Default
  #42
Far
Super Moderator
 
Sijal
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Islamabad
Posts: 4,553
Blog Entries: 6
Rep Power: 54
Far has a spectacular aura aboutFar has a spectacular aura about
Send a message via Skype™ to Far
Quote:
yes I am giving both rotors motion with +ve and -ve rpms. It is not possible to give the one rotor rpm1+rpm2 and other one as stationary because in contra rotaing rotor, the front rotor rotates in clockwise and rear in anti clockwise direction. I am sure it is not because of meshing problem because I ran a simulation with unstructured mesh which worked perfectly fine.
Analogy: Aircraft moving with Mach 0.8 in free-stream and while solving in CFD we give air the velocity of Mach 0.8. Because it is relative to each other and we get the same effect.

Why I am saying this is because once I tried to solve the high pressure and low pressure turbine coupled with S-type diffuser with increasing radius. It was single stage high pressure turbine and two stage low pressure turbine and rotating in opposite direction. But i was not able to do this. What I concluded is that the mixing plane model availabe in commercial codes is only valid for rotor stator system with rotation in -ve or +ve direction and you can have more than 15 stages (or even more) but rotating in same direction.

So either you should modify the implementation of mixing plane model as did by following references or ask Fluent support if they have ever solved the contra rotating rotors (one in +ve and second in -ve direction) with available mixing plane model. For record this mixing plane model implemented in Fluent or CFX was originally developed by Denton and Dawes at Whittle Lab, Cambridge university.

Ref1 : https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/dru...-augmented.pdf

Ref2 : http://adl.stanford.edu/papers/AIAA-2007-1117-275.pdf

Ref3: http://adl.stanford.edu/papers/AIAA-3893-286.pdf

Ref4: http://adl.stanford.edu/papers/AIAA-2007-519-239.pdf


Quote:
"why are you merging meshes in ICEM?"Actually the front rotor consist of 11 bades with peridic angle 32.72727 and the rear rotor with 9 blades (peridic angle 40). So meshes them seperately and merged it.
This should be done in Fluent. Output both meshes separately and glue them in Fluent with Append command. This is standard practice for mixing plane. Merging meshes in ICEM is done for other reasons.




Quote:
Could please tell me how to change the domain geomentry shape.
Geometry shape looks fine to me. They only requirement for periodic boundary is that it must have same shape on both sides. For mixing plane I have already disccused in previus posts.
M MOHSIN likes this.
Far is offline   Reply With Quote

Old   August 29, 2012, 06:54
Default
  #43
Far
Super Moderator
 
Sijal
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Islamabad
Posts: 4,553
Blog Entries: 6
Rep Power: 54
Far has a spectacular aura aboutFar has a spectacular aura about
Send a message via Skype™ to Far
This may be helpful for you.

http://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/hand...401.pdf?sequ..

I have also started thread on mixing plane model in CFX:

http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/cfx...tml#post379262
M MOHSIN likes this.
Far is offline   Reply With Quote

Old   August 29, 2012, 07:04
Default
  #44
Far
Super Moderator
 
Sijal
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Islamabad
Posts: 4,553
Blog Entries: 6
Rep Power: 54
Far has a spectacular aura aboutFar has a spectacular aura about
Send a message via Skype™ to Far
You can model this as unsteady and still use the single rotor from both rotors using the advance models available in CFX or you can switch to NUMECA. ANSYS is updating turbo machinery models in CFX, not in Fluent.

http://www.numeca.com/fileadmin/news..._Corporate.pdf

http://www.numeca.be/index.php?id=41...ash=101540dfc0

http://www.google.com.pk/search?q=un...hrome&ie=UTF-8

http://www.google.com.pk/url?sa=t&rc...p14RIQ3REScuSQ

http://documents.irevues.inist.fr/bi...pdf?sequence=1
Far is offline   Reply With Quote

Old   August 29, 2012, 07:07
Default
  #45
Member
 
venkatesh
Join Date: May 2012
Posts: 93
Rep Power: 13
venkat_aero2007 is on a distinguished road
Hi far, thanks a lot for your information. I have discussed with my professor about the mixing plane model available in fluent. He said that the contra rotating simulation can be done just by giving one in +ve rotation and other in -ve rotation. I am going to start my simulation today. I will update the result soon
venkat_aero2007 is offline   Reply With Quote

Old   February 17, 2013, 02:49
Default link dosen't esist
  #46
Member
 
AhmadReza
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 35
Rep Power: 13
ahmadreza is on a distinguished road
Quote:
Originally Posted by venkat_aero2007 View Post
I created quater O-grid and tried to adapt block as suggested in post 4. but could not get a fine mesh. I don't know where I am going wrong.

Firstly I made a horizontal and vertical split (Figure1) and then to create quarter O-grid, I selected 4 faces as shown in figure2. I thought of associating the edges parallel to the two curves (figure3). I made horizontal split at each section of the blade. then associated edges to curves. I tried to make a O-grid but ICEM should me an error message saying that O-grid not successful.

The mesh around the pressure side of the blade flows the profile of the blade (figure 4) but where as near the suction side, mesh does not follows the blade's profile (figure5). mesh near the trailing edge are clustered. The quality at the tip of the blade is also bad. should we want to do a special treatment
near the tip region.

Here are the files
https://www.dropbox.com/s/k28abvd4b3...quater%20O.prj
https://www.dropbox.com/s/indjfxjj4b...quater%20O.blk
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8vcbc6uod3...quater%20O.tin


waiting for your suggestions.
hi . thanks for your gird . but unfortunantely your is link for download doesn't exist.
pleaze send me file (motaffef@gmail.com) or Correct this link , thanks alot
ahmadreza is offline   Reply With Quote

Old   February 13, 2014, 01:38
Default Help plz
  #47
New Member
 
M MOHSIN's Avatar
 
M Mohsin Iqbal
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: National University Sciencies & Technology, Pakistan
Posts: 17
Rep Power: 12
M MOHSIN is on a distinguished road
SIR i m new to icem i want to rotate propeller in for cfd analysis plz guide me . looking forward
M MOHSIN is offline   Reply With Quote

Old   March 12, 2014, 03:56
Default
  #48
Member
 
AhmadReza
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 35
Rep Power: 13
ahmadreza is on a distinguished road
Quote:
Originally Posted by M MOHSIN View Post
SIR i m new to icem i want to rotate propeller in for cfd analysis plz guide me . looking forward
hi


you first told what is your question?
M MOHSIN likes this.
ahmadreza is offline   Reply With Quote

Old   March 14, 2014, 00:49
Default
  #49
New Member
 
M MOHSIN's Avatar
 
M Mohsin Iqbal
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: National University Sciencies & Technology, Pakistan
Posts: 17
Rep Power: 12
M MOHSIN is on a distinguished road
Sir my question is how can i rotate the propeller using UDF or any other method i.e to give rotation to it. looking forward . thanks
M MOHSIN is offline   Reply With Quote

Old   March 14, 2014, 15:52
Default
  #50
Member
 
AhmadReza
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 35
Rep Power: 13
ahmadreza is on a distinguished road
Quote:
Originally Posted by M MOHSIN View Post
Sir my question is how can i rotate the propeller using UDF or any other method i.e to give rotation to it. looking forward . thanks



is your boundary condition periodic or not ???


if is not you can rotate your mesh in fluent with 1-rotation 2-append case
M MOHSIN likes this.
ahmadreza is offline   Reply With Quote

Old   March 16, 2014, 23:29
Default
  #51
New Member
 
M MOHSIN's Avatar
 
M Mohsin Iqbal
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: National University Sciencies & Technology, Pakistan
Posts: 17
Rep Power: 12
M MOHSIN is on a distinguished road
sir it is not periodic i have to carry out at cruising speed so can u elaborate kindly how can i do it plz . . . . .
M MOHSIN is offline   Reply With Quote

Old   January 31, 2015, 07:27
Default
  #52
New Member
 
sattar
Join Date: Dec 2011
Posts: 18
Rep Power: 14
drsattar is on a distinguished road
Quote:
Originally Posted by venkat_aero2007 View Post
I created quater O-grid and tried to adapt block as suggested in post 4. but could not get a fine mesh. I don't know where I am going wrong.

Firstly I made a horizontal and vertical split (Figure1) and then to create quarter O-grid, I selected 4 faces as shown in figure2. I thought of associating the edges parallel to the two curves (figure3). I made horizontal split at each section of the blade. then associated edges to curves. I tried to make a O-grid but ICEM should me an error message saying that O-grid not successful.

The mesh around the pressure side of the blade flows the profile of the blade (figure 4) but where as near the suction side, mesh does not follows the blade's profile (figure5). mesh near the trailing edge are clustered. The quality at the tip of the blade is also bad. should we want to do a special treatment
near the tip region.

Here are the files
https://www.dropbox.com/s/k28abvd4b3...quater%20O.prj
https://www.dropbox.com/s/indjfxjj4b...quater%20O.blk
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8vcbc6uod3...quater%20O.tin


waiting for your suggestions.
hello
thanks for your work its very good but
unfortunantely your is link for download doesn't exist.
please send me files to (hdrsattar@yahoo.com) or Correct this link
thanks alot
drsattar is offline   Reply With Quote

Old   February 22, 2018, 09:45
Default
  #53
New Member
 
Mahendra Gupta
Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 2
Rep Power: 0
mhndrgpta is on a distinguished road
Hi, venkatesh, can u plz share video tutorial, given by Far on mahendra.kr.gupta@gmail.com?
mhndrgpta is offline   Reply With Quote

Old   April 4, 2018, 18:31
Default
  #54
New Member
 
sery
Join Date: Mar 2018
Posts: 1
Rep Power: 0
sery is on a distinguished road
Hi Far,
Your link is dead.Is it possible to re-download it?Thanks
sery is offline   Reply With Quote

Reply

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Grid Independent Solution Chuck Leakeas Main CFD Forum 2 May 26, 2000 12:18
Algebraic Multigrid for nonuniform grid Joshua Lee Main CFD Forum 4 March 16, 2000 14:05
Non-uniform grid calculation Aspens Main CFD Forum 1 February 23, 2000 15:15
Grid Quality and the Solution Faraz Main CFD Forum 4 January 10, 2000 19:18
Numerical methods for discontinuous grid interfaces? Hansong Hang Main CFD Forum 12 September 16, 1998 23:26


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 11:48.