[ICEM] No volume meshing

robboflea · January 14, 2015, 13:11

Hi all,

I am trying to build a mesh for a turbine blade, including three separate volumes: solid, external fluid and cooling channels. All this using hexa meshing.
I started from a 2D blocking and then I extruded it in the radial direction.

The problem I am having is that ICEM seems to mesh only the surfaces but not the interior of the volumes. (the number of nodes is too low and I cannot visualize cut planes of the pre-mesh).

Anyone has any idea what the problem could be? Can it be due to the fact that I started with a 2d blocking?

Thanks a lot

Rob

robboflea · January 15, 2015, 06:33

Hi all,

I seem to have solved the problem. In case enyone will need it in the future.
I don't know why but the problem was that I was generating a pre-mesh without having the blocks displayed in the "blocking" section.

After displaying the blocks and refreshing the pre-mesh everything worked.

Hope it helps.

Rob

January 14, 2015, 13:11	No volume meshing	#1
robboflea Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 109 Rep Power: 14	Hi all, I am trying to build a mesh for a turbine blade, including three separate volumes: solid, external fluid and cooling channels. All this using hexa meshing. I started from a 2D blocking and then I extruded it in the radial direction. The problem I am having is that ICEM seems to mesh only the surfaces but not the interior of the volumes. (the number of nodes is too low and I cannot visualize cut planes of the pre-mesh). Anyone has any idea what the problem could be? Can it be due to the fact that I started with a 2d blocking? Thanks a lot Rob

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January 15, 2015, 06:33		#2
robboflea Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 109 Rep Power: 14	Hi all, I seem to have solved the problem. In case enyone will need it in the future. I don't know why but the problem was that I was generating a pre-mesh without having the blocks displayed in the "blocking" section. After displaying the blocks and refreshing the pre-mesh everything worked. Hope it helps. Rob