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Old   March 22, 2013, 09:00
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Hello again,

I've managed to create a relatively satisfactory mesh, but I am struggling with its quality. As you can see in the image bellow, the model contains to problematic corners - very obtuse/acute angles.



You any of you recommend a different way of meshing this in order to improve the quality? Above 0.4 would be OK!

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Old   March 22, 2013, 09:30
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I am not able to see any image ... please attach again
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Old   March 22, 2013, 10:00
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Sorry, here it is!
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The element quality near the outlet and the periodic walls is very low due to the angles, I guess. Do you reckon there's a better way to mesh those corners, or is the low quality something I'll have to accept?
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Actually I cannot visualize that area. Can you pin point that area and how much quality do you get?
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Old   March 22, 2013, 10:27
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Here. Basically the geometry itself causes low orthogonality.
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How much low? Like how much quality you have, min angle, dihedral angle, orthogonality, max volume change?

Plot with quality check menu and click on bars with low quality and post those pics
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Since I've just started dealing with CFD, I have been following the >0.4 Quality index (it's a CFX parameter). Not really sure how much would the max. volume change figure be, though!
I've also been informed to keep angles >18deg.

Thanks a lot for your time!
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Quality > 0.3 is good enough.
But maybe you could improve the quality in this area. Can you share .tin and .blk files ?
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I can see no problem in mesh. Every things seems ok. What is the maximum Y+?
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Not sure, I'll carry out a sensibility analysis probably resulting in a finner mesh (~1.5m elements, perhaps).

Thanks for the replies!
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Quality > 0.3 is good enough.
But maybe you could improve the quality in this area. Can you share .tin and .blk files ?
I've tried doing it by moving the nodes - no success!
Is there another method you'd suggest? I was advised not to share the files, sorry! --'
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I was advised not to share the files, sorry! --'
In fact sharing them will give you good response from forum fellows. You can share privately.

Choice is yours.
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OK, If I would get some help with that, I could share the files for both stator and rotor (which looks a bit more messy...).
Can I share them here or should I get your e-mails through PM?
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