[ANSYS Meshing] Advice for meshing a complex boolean domain

nick.l.thomas · December 3, 2018, 09:40

I am working on meshing the fluid domain of airflow over a complex geometry. I did this by creating a Boolean to extract the solid from the domain. I'm having trouble getting a good mesh by any automatic methods. I cannot share the geometry but it is essentially a large, hollow fiberglass body with many brackets and supports on the outside. I have simplified the geometry as much as I can. My main problem is that I have a lot of faces (150+), and some are very thin (1mm thick) with respect to the overall size of the device (2m x .5m x 1.5m). I have tried the auto-inflation method plus some others without much luck. What options, if any, do I have to effectively mesh this geometry without going into meshing each face/edge individually?

OscarEspinosa · December 29, 2018, 05:23

You should try naming various faces. Here is a link with a video and there they explain with more detail.

https://confluence.cornell.edu/displ...rt+1%29+-+Mesh

December 3, 2018, 09:40	Advice for meshing a complex boolean domain	#1
nick.l.thomas New Member Nick Thomas Join Date: Sep 2018 Posts: 27 Rep Power: 7	I am working on meshing the fluid domain of airflow over a complex geometry. I did this by creating a Boolean to extract the solid from the domain. I'm having trouble getting a good mesh by any automatic methods. I cannot share the geometry but it is essentially a large, hollow fiberglass body with many brackets and supports on the outside. I have simplified the geometry as much as I can. My main problem is that I have a lot of faces (150+), and some are very thin (1mm thick) with respect to the overall size of the device (2m x .5m x 1.5m). I have tried the auto-inflation method plus some others without much luck. What options, if any, do I have to effectively mesh this geometry without going into meshing each face/edge individually?

December 29, 2018, 05:23	Named Selections	#2
OscarEspinosa New Member Oscar Ulises Espinosa Join Date: Dec 2018 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	You should try naming various faces. Here is a link with a video and there they explain with more detail. https://confluence.cornell.edu/displ...rt+1%29+-+Mesh

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