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Old   April 21, 2011, 12:00
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Hi guys,
In a case of implementing laplacianFoam, I am gonna generate a simple wedge mesh with:
Code:
convertToMeters 1;

vertices        
(
    (0 0 0)
    (0.01 0 0)
    (0.01 0 0.06)
    (0 0 0.06)
    (0 0.08 0)
    (0.01 0.08 0)
);

blocks          
(
    hex (0 1 2 3 4 5 5 4) (1 80 60) simpleGrading (1 1 1)
);

edges           
(
);

patches         
(
    patch heat_in
    (
       (0 1 5 4)
    )
    patch heat_out
    (
       (2 3 4 5)
    )
    patch wall 
    (
       (0 1 2 3)
       (4 5 5 4)
    )
    empty infi
    (
       (0 3 4 4)
       (1 2 5 5)
    )
);

mergePatchPairs 
(
);
error occurred when I tried to run solver, then I ran checkMesh, it showed:
Code:
Checking geometry...
    Overall domain bounding box (0 0 0) (0.01 0.08 0.06)
    Mesh (non-empty, non-wedge) directions (1 1 1)
    Mesh (non-empty) directions (1 1 1)
    Boundary openness (6.47958e-19 1.52937e-18 1.8823e-18) OK.
 ***High aspect ratio cells found, Max aspect ratio: 6.65658e+194, number of cells 4800
  <<Writing 4800 cells with high aspect ratio to set highAspectRatioCells
    Minumum face area = 8.33333e-09. Maximum face area = 1.66667e-05.  Face area magnitudes OK.
    Min volume = 1.66667e-300. Max volume = 2e-300.  Total volume = 9.57333e-297.  Cell volumes OK.
    Mesh non-orthogonality Max: 179.731 average: 157.57
 ***Number of non-orthogonality errors: 9460.
  <<Writing 9460 non-orthogonal faces to set nonOrthoFaces
 ***Error in face pyramids: 28720 faces are incorrectly oriented.
  <<Writing 19260 faces with incorrect orientation to set wrongOrientedFaces
    Max skewness = 1.32376 OK.
Could anybody give a clue about what is going on, and how to fix it?

Thank you for help in advance!!

-Merlin
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Old   April 21, 2011, 14:20
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Hi Merlin

i m not sure but i think for generation of wedge you must have 2 patches of type wedge and a patch of type symmetryPlane, i dont see them in your blockMeshDict.

i hope i m true.
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Old   April 21, 2011, 14:43
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Hi Merlin

The error in your checkMesh suggest that you have defined an incorrect coordinate system. It should always yield a x-y-z system, where you define x-z-y, see the UserGuide.

I have never used wedge, however, I suspect that changing to the following would help

Code:
(0 1 2 3 4 5 5 4) -> (0 1 5 4 3 2 5 4)
Furthermore remove or comment the patch-definitions. This will put all the patches to default as a start, and you can concentrate on getting the mesh working.

Best regards

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Hi Merlin

The error in your checkMesh suggest that you have defined an incorrect coordinate system. It should always yield a x-y-z system, where you define x-z-y, see the UserGuide.

I have never used wedge, however, I suspect that changing to the following would help

Code:
(0 1 2 3 4 5 5 4) -> (0 1 5 4 3 2 5 4)
Furthermore remove or comment the patch-definitions. This will put all the patches to default as a start, and you can concentrate on getting the mesh working.

Best regards

Niels
Hi Niels,

Your suggestion really works !! Appreciate it. now my program is working well.

-Merlin
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