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May 12, 2018, 06:50	a wind turbine blade	#1
shinichi97 New Member shinichi lee Join Date: May 2018 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	I am using the octree volume mesher in ICEM to mesh a 3-blade wind turbine. I imported the STL file but I cant seem to split the facets but that is not the main issue. The main problem is the leading edge (see the pics attached). Is there a way to refine the leading edge so that i dont get 'bumpy' meshes in that region?

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