airfoil, mesh spacing problem, CFX-ICEM
 

hello. Im analizyng a Naca 4415 airfoil. I meshed in ICEM. I run an analisis with a spacing of 0.01 and ran Ok. Then I modified the spacing to 0.008 and when the solver began, its stops inmediatly saying: +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ERROR #002100010 has occurred in subroutine cVolSec. | | Message: | | One of the sector volumes of an element is equal to or less than | | zero. It means that there exists an illegal mesh, execution will | | be stopped immediately. | | The element sequential number is: 119 | | The element label is: 119 | | The sector volume is: -0.2842E-13 | | The location (x,y,z): 0.12802E+02-0.38100E+01 0.50000E+00 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+

It seems that the mesh has a element with a negative volumen. Im doing the 2-D mesh, and the extruding it.

Any suggestions?

Thankss Santiago.

Re: airfoil, mesh spacing problem, CFX-ICEM
 

Hi,

Use the mesh validation tools in ICEM to find where the problem lies.

Glenn Horrocks

Re: airfoil, mesh spacing problem, CFX-ICEM
 

Hello Glenn. Thanks for the answer...

What to you mean, with "mesh validation tools" ? its a ICEM option?

can i contact you via email?

thanks for the help santiago.

Re: airfoil, mesh spacing problem, CFX-ICEM
 

Hi,

The mesh validation tools are under the "edit mesh" tab.

Glenn Horrocks