upper and lower patch for a 0_thick Membrane in a wind tunnel
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Hello All!
I have a membrane that I need to simulate wind pressure on.. I have it in an STL file (a zero thickness surface) I am trying to get 2 patches for the membrane: one for the upper side and one for the lower side. I did the following: 1-blockMesh with extra patches Umb1 and Umb2 Code:
/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\ 3- createBaffles Umb '(Umb1 Umb2)' I got 2 patches .. but they are not the upper and the lower side of the Umbrella ... I knew that when I tried to simulate and got crazy results for the pressure (See attachments) The Pressure should be consistant on each side; i.e. either positive or negative in a continuos manner ... the pic shows that each patch Umb1 and Umb2 is a random combination of the upper and the lower side of the Umbrella :( I will gratefully appreciate any suggestion! Thanks! |
Does that have something to do with the orientation of the faces?
If yes, how can I control the orientation of my faces ... and then how can I make 2 patched depending on the orientation so that I insure that Umb1 is Upper and Umb2 is Lower? |
Here I have uploaded my Meshing Case and Simulation Case
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/32336583/How...Patches.tar.gz Please take a look Thanks! |
Greetings hfs,
:eek: I learned a new trick today using your case! We can use STL surfaces for creating internal "faceZones" only, without the need for creating "cellZones"! I didn't know that worked! This means that we can try and model mesh with snappyHexMesh, at least in an attempt to force certain faces to be along a ghostly geometry :D So I did some testing and:
Best regards, Bruno |
Thank you very much for your tries and detailed answer
really appreciate it. I will try your solution with 2 snapping phases .. Thanks again! Kind Regards, |
Has anyone been able to find a better solution to this problem? Is using two phases of SHM the only way to fix this?
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Greetings Ripudaman,
OpenFOAM 2.2 is able to snap to patches, but it's still not perfect: http://www.openfoam.org/mantisbt/view.php?id=1038 And it should be able to create baffles, using a similar strategy. I think there is one or two tutorials in OpenFOAM 2.2 that use snappyHexMesh to create baffles... Best regards, Bruno |
Thank you for your reply Bruno. I will explore your citation further.
I have been able to create planar baffles using SHM and use them as boundaries (internal) and applied different stresses on the faces to create fractures. I am now trying to do the same thing for curved fractures. Best, Ripu |
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