[Sfairat]

Hi everybody!
I try to get structured mesh in a cyclone which profile is a complex curve.
The attached picture 1 shows a structured mesh where there was only one criteria - 10 inflation layers with total thickness = 1 mm (for instance, the largest diameter is 133 mm). This mesh was generated using only sizing+bias.
The problem now is how to attach to this model just a simple cylindrical tube (see attachment 2) with mapped face meshing and the same inflation layers?
I can not get mapped mesh at the face where cylindrical tube contacts with complex curve face because I can not sweep the tube to get mapped mesh. I suppose that I should divide the tube into some elements to get mapped mesh but I do not know how to slice it properly. Probably, I should slice both parts as a single part...
Anybody can help me? Thanks for Your attention!

[Kapi]

Hi,

You have to slice the cylindrical tube in 4 parts and then do "mapped face meshing"

This link will give you some idea how to slice it and do meshing

http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/ans...tml#post373154

Try to get element sizing of both parts similar.

Hope it helps

Cheers
KAPI

[Sfairat]

Originally Posted by Kapi

Hi,

You have to slice the cylindrical tube in 4 parts and then do "mapped face meshing"

This link will give you some idea how to slice it and do meshing

http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/ans...tml#post373154

Try to get element sizing of both parts similar.

Hope it helps

Cheers
KAPI

Thank You for quick reply!

I'll try to detail my question.

If the cylindrical tube and a cyclone are in the one part, Ansys mesher shows unmappable face (see attached picture 1).

If explode part I get unmapped face mesh (see attached picture 2).

The main problem is that the cylindrical tube is tangential to the edge and I'll get close to 0 angles there.

If I make smaller mesh in the cylindrical tube there still will be unmapped face like in picture 1.

My question is: how to slice the whole volume to get all the faces mapped?

Or how should I change geometry to avoid unmapped face?