[AKll]

Hello everyone,

I know, this topic is basic and should be answered already, however, unfortunately I didn't find the answer in old threads or through youtube videos.
I am using Icem and Ansys on my universities cluster, although, the program usage is provided, I don't have access to the help function of the programs or any files in the installation folders.
Google got me a CFD User's guide and programmer's guide, both didn't hold the answer I was looking for.

My question:
I have a cascade section of a turbine, which I am about to mesh with rotational periodicity.
Because of the geometries complexity I am not able to use blocking, so I am using unstrucutred meshing.

Now my work chain is the following:

under Mesh, Global Mesh Parameters, I am defining the Global Mesh Size, Shell Meshing Parameters, Volume Meshing Parameters and the Set up Periodicity.

Here, I set the rotational axis (x) and the base, which is the point on that axis where the geometry begins and the angle of the cascade section.

Each Menu I send off with a click on apply, which gives me a message in the message window "periodicity has been defined" etc.

Now, I proceed with choosing the compute option under the Meshing menu.
I am choosing Octree Mesh (I read online, Delauny isn't capable of periodicity).
So I skip the surface meshing part and go straight to volume meshing.
I click compute and the mesh is constructed.

Now, when I check that mesh, under the edit mesh menu, and I choose to check for periodicity problems, it writes out:
"There is no periodicity defined in the mesh"

What am I missing or skipping?