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Old   April 27, 2011, 08:20
Default how to set y value(distance nearest to the wall) in blockMesh
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Hi All,

I've been playing around with the simpleGrading, unfortunately the y I'm after is still far compared to what I want.

Another thing is I have different y values throughout my domain (inlet, outlet, bottom, etc), so do I need to average them out or just consider the highest y value in a particular domain?

Thanks very much for your time and attention.

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what do you mean with y value, do you mean your yPlus value? what kind of mesh are you working with? just simple blocks?
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Hi Roman,

I meant the y value (not yPlus) used in this formula yPlus=uStar*y/nu. Alternatively, you can also use this http://geolab.larc.nasa.gov/APPS/YPlus/

Yes, I am just dealing with the simple hexagonal blocks with a hemipshere object in the middle which I meshed using cellSet and setSet command after having exported it from the STL file.

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you can calculate your dimension of the cell in wall direction with this

yDim = r / [nCells *{ (l/s)+1} ]

where r is the block length in direction of stretching, nCells, the number cells you want in this direction (l/s) is the ratio between largest an smallest cell, meaning your expansion ratio.

the center will the be the y that you need for the yStar or yPlus calculation your are looking. Therefore, just divide by 2.

if you think you get too many cells you can use the tool
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refineWallLayer
to split only the cells at the wall.
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