[ICEM] Two parts sharing same mesh

leekj92 · December 28, 2011, 15:15

I want to have two parts, INLET and COFLOW, in the same part of the mesh (a circular hole). Is this possible?

Thanks everyone.

PSYMN · December 30, 2011, 20:41

Parts are mutually exclusive...

However, subsets can be overlapping.

Very few CFD solvers will support overlapping bocos, but FEA solvers do it all the time.

If your solver can support it, then perhaps all you need to do is take the mesh to the solver and apply the two bocos to the same part.

PSYMN · December 30, 2011, 20:43

Unless you mean that you want to split your inlet into two distinct portions?

You can split the geometry before meshing an put half of the inlet into CoFlow, or you can select individual elements and put them into CoFlow... Just understand that when you put an element into CoFlow, it comes out of inlet because parts are mutually exclusive.

December 28, 2011, 15:15	Two parts sharing same mesh	#1
leekj92 New Member KJ Lee Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 15 Rep Power: 14	I want to have two parts, INLET and COFLOW, in the same part of the mesh (a circular hole). Is this possible? Thanks everyone.

December 30, 2011, 20:41		#2
PSYMN Senior Member Simon Pereira Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 2,663 Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 47	Parts are mutually exclusive... However, subsets can be overlapping. Very few CFD solvers will support overlapping bocos, but FEA solvers do it all the time. If your solver can support it, then perhaps all you need to do is take the mesh to the solver and apply the two bocos to the same part. __________________ ----------------------------------------- Please help guide development at ANSYS by filling in these surveys Public ANSYS ICEM CFD Users Survey This second one is more general (Gambit, TGrid and ANSYS Meshing users welcome)... CFD Online Users Survey

December 30, 2011, 20:43		#3
PSYMN Senior Member Simon Pereira Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 2,663 Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 47	Unless you mean that you want to split your inlet into two distinct portions? You can split the geometry before meshing an put half of the inlet into CoFlow, or you can select individual elements and put them into CoFlow... Just understand that when you put an element into CoFlow, it comes out of inlet because parts are mutually exclusive. __________________ ----------------------------------------- Please help guide development at ANSYS by filling in these surveys Public ANSYS ICEM CFD Users Survey This second one is more general (Gambit, TGrid and ANSYS Meshing users welcome)... CFD Online Users Survey

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