meshing for flow past a cylinder
 

hi how to do the meshing for a flow past a cylinder or sphere where the object is fully closed and flow goes around it...suggestions wud be highly appreciated... thanks a lot..

Re: meshing for flow past a cylinder
 

I am modelling the same problem. The way I do it is I use hexahedral mesh with a finer mesh around the cylinder. You also need to take into consideration the geometry of your model.

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