[Anorky]

Hello everyone,

I have a question concerning using the split wall functions in the blocking for hexagonal meshing.
In the picture you can see I simple geometry which I want to test.
The curved plate is a seperate part, as well as the top and side boundaries (not shown in the picture), the inlet and the outlet.

Since the curved plate has no thickness (it's just a surface) no surface mesh is made in the premesh.
In the tetra meshing part you would define this surface as a split wall, which will result in a (different) surface mesh on both sides of the surface.

As far as I know the split wall function is only valid for a tetra mesh, correct me if I am mistaken.

Is there a similar function for the hexa mesh which allows me to make a surface mesh on both sides of the plate?

If I now export and read this mesh into fluent, I cannot setup the plate as a wall because this part is not present.

Any suggestions or hints would be greatly appreciated!

I know the topology of the geometry and blocking is far from ideal, but I just wanted to figure out how it works. For the final simulations I will improve this.

I should maybe also mention that I am using icemcfd version 11 sp1.


Thanks for reading my post.

Kind regards