[Technical] is possible to do tetrahedral or polyhedral mesh OpenFoam??

Ale_galleria · September 15, 2010, 08:36

Hi,
I am Alessandro and I am a beginner in OpenFOAM...

is possible to do tetrahedral or polyhedral mesh OpenFoam (without using another software)?? and a prism layer??

If yes, how can I do??

thanks for your help!!!

elvis · September 23, 2010, 02:00

Hi,
OpenFOAM has
polyDualMesh http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/ope...ydualmesh.html

http://www.idurun.com/?p=367

McCarra · January 11, 2011, 06:06

Hi

I think you actually can create a tetrahedral mesh using blockMesh. When defining the blocks, use tet instead of hex.

Look at http://www.openfoam.com/docs/user/me...23-1320005.1.2

At the bottom all possible geometries are shown with their keyword: tet, pyr, hex ....

Bye!

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Ale_galleria New Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 15	Hi, I am Alessandro and I am a beginner in OpenFOAM... is possible to do tetrahedral or polyhedral mesh OpenFoam (without using another software)?? and a prism layer?? If yes, how can I do?? thanks for your help!!!

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elvis Senior Member Elvis Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sindelfingen, Germany Posts: 620 Blog Entries: 6 Rep Power: 24	Hi, OpenFOAM has polyDualMesh http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/ope...ydualmesh.html http://www.idurun.com/?p=367

January 11, 2011, 06:06		#3
McCarra Member Usit McCarra Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 51 Blog Entries: 2 Rep Power: 15	Hi I think you actually can create a tetrahedral mesh using blockMesh. When defining the blocks, use tet instead of hex. Look at http://www.openfoam.com/docs/user/me...23-1320005.1.2 At the bottom all possible geometries are shown with their keyword: tet, pyr, hex .... Bye!