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Old   January 26, 2015, 09:13
Default GMSH: Structured mesh of a square inside a circle
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Hi everyone!

I am trying to make in GMSH a fully structured mesh consisting of a small square inside a large circular domain, see the attached picture. One of my attempts is the following:

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// ---------------- Parameters ----------------
nLayers    = 5;   // Number of layers of the circular mesh part (in radial direction)
elem_close = 0.1; // Element size
radius     = 1;   // Radius of the circle
width_st   = 0.4; // Width of the strucured box
height_st  = 0.4; // Height of the structured box
width_n    = 20;  // Elements in the x-direction
height_n   = 20;  // Elements in the y-direction


// ---------------- Circle ----------------
Point(1) = {0, 0, 0, 1e22};
Point(2) = {radius, 0, 0, 1e22};
Point(3) = {-radius, 0, 0, 1e22};
Point(4) = {0, -radius, 0, 1e22};
Point(5) = {0, radius, 0, 1e22};

Circle(1) = {5, 1, 2};
Circle(2) = {2, 1, 4};
Circle(3) = {4, 1, 3};
Circle(4) = {3, 1, 5};

Line Loop(6) = {1, 2, 3, 4};
Transfinite Line{1, 2, 3, 4} = nLayers Using Progression 1;


// ---------------- Box part -----------------
Point(10) = {-width_st/2,-height_st/2, 0, elem_close};
Point(11) = {width_st/2,-height_st/2, 0, elem_close};
Point(12) = {width_st/2,height_st/2, 0, elem_close};
Point(13) = {-width_st/2, height_st/2, 0, elem_close};

Line(10) = {10,11};
Line(11) = {11,12};
Line(12) = {12,13};
Line(13) = {13,10};

Line Loop(10) = {10,11,12,13};

// Surfaces
Plane Surface(10) = {10};
Transfinite Line{10,12} = width_n;
Transfinite Line{11,13} = height_n;
Transfinite Surface(10);
Recombine Surface(10); // hexahedra's

// Surface between square and circle
Plane Surface(1) = {6,10}; 

Extrude {0,0,5} {
        Surface{1,10};
        Layers{1};
        Recombine;
        }
When I mesh this, the domain between the square and the edge of the circle becomes unstructered. How can I get the mesh as in the enclosed picture?

Thanks a lot!
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Old   January 26, 2015, 09:26
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Hi,

Transfinite algorithm can be used for surfaces with 3 or 4 corners or for volumes with 5 or 6 faces (http://www.geuz.org/gmsh/doc/texinfo...ructured-grids). Volume around inner cuboid does not have required number of faces, so it is meshed with tetrahedra.

If you are trying to mesh a cylinder, you should divide outer circle other way. See for example - https://bitbucket.org/mrklein/gmsh-m...cylinder-1.geo.
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Wow that was quick! And it also solved it, great!

Thank you very much.
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Old   September 18, 2019, 17:13
Default GMSH; Mesh occurs inside airfoil geometry
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Hi,,

When spline command is used to connect points airfoil geometry, after the mesh construct, there would be a mesh inside de airfoil layer. Whereas, plane surface is defined outer layer of airfoil. Attachment is here.
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