What is this mesh's topology?
 

Hi, I came across this video on youtube, and would like to know more about the mesh (for a cylinder) such as the internal structure? is there a reason to do it that way?

Am i correct in saying there is an o-grid around the cylinder?


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Source:https://www.bing.com/videos/rivervie...F&&FORM=VRDGAR

It's an O-grid around the cylinder but with a horrible mesh quality. They should do some smoothing to get rid of the jumps in cell sizes.

Hello JBeilke. So an O grid around the cylinder, but for the rest of the area, what’s special about it please? Is there any name for having it structured that way?

Also, was the ‘wake’ kept longer for a particular reason?

O-grid is the name for this style of grid. It's so-called "O" because the topological lines around the cylinder form an O. Other topologies are the worser C-grid and even worser H-grid. An O-grid allows for the surface mesh around the cylinder to conform to the cylindrical surface and minimizes the grid skewness between the structured blocks. O-grids allow gradual/rapid grid stretching away from the cylinder in all directions. However, an O-grid needs a grid smoother to generate cells that stretch smoothly.

C-grids and H-grids don't need any smoother, because their topology isn't smoothable. They're simpler and very easy to setup. However, their best skewness even with a smoother is worse than an O-grid with a smoother.


The O tells you the arrangement of the blocks. Each of the blocks will be structured blocks and don't really get any special names.


The wake is longer because you want to simulate enough of the downstream mixing behind the wake so that it doesn't interact with the outlet BC and impact the results. Flow doesn't "flow" upstream, so you can have an inlet closer to the body.

Hi LuckyTran, that’s a really amazing reply! How did you learn about the topology like that? Did you learn it from a book or something please? I’d love to give it a read if it’s from a book or something

Just curious, but how could the flow flow upstream? Would this depend on the upstream velocity please?

Thanks!