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Old   April 13, 2016, 12:26
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Hi everyone,

I want to create a cubic domain with (Lx=54m Ly=Lz=18m) dimensions, and divide them into (600 200 200) part so I can have cells with 0.09*0.09*0.09 dimension. I have created 8 Blocks,2 in each X,Y,Z direction .according to this, the cell numbers will become 24-e06!

is it possible to create such a domain only with BlockMesh ? or I have to use snappyHexMesh too?

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Old   April 13, 2016, 16:11
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Hi,

This kind of a mesh is very easy to create with blockMesh and actually it's probably the best tool for it. Just define one block with eight vertices. There are several tutorials how to do this. Look for example $FOAM_TUTORIALS/incompressible/icoFoam/cavity/system/blockMeshDict.

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Hi,

This kind of a mesh is very easy to create with blockMesh and actually it's probably the best tool for it. Just define one block with eight vertices. There are several tutorials how to do this. Look for example $FOAM_TUTORIALS/incompressible/icoFoam/cavity/system/blockMeshDict.

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Yeah, I know . I have created the BlockMeshDict. but I just don't know whether it could be run with a simple machine or it need a hpc ?

Code:
FoamFile
{
    version     2.0;
    format      ascii;
    class       dictionary;
    object      blockMeshDict;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

convertToMeters 1.0;

vertices
(
    (-18 -9 0)//0
    (-18  0 0)//1
    (-18  9 0)//2
    (-18 -9 9)//3
    (-18  0 9)//4
    (-18  9 9)//5
    (-18 -9 18)//6
    (-18  0 18)//7
    (-18  9 18)//8
    (9 -9 0)//9
    (9  0 0)//10
    (9  9 0)//11
    (9 -9 9)//12
    (9  0 9)//13
    (9  9 9)//14
    (9 -9 18)//15
    (9  0 18)//16
    (9  9 18)//17
    (36 -9 0)//18
    (36  0 0)//19
    (36  9 0)//20
    (36 -9 9)//21
    (36  0 9)//22
    (36  9 9)//23
    (36 -9 18)//24
    (36  0 18)//25
    (36  9 18)//26
);

blocks
(
    hex (0 1 4 3 9 10 13 12) (300 100 100) simpleGrading (1 1 1)//1
    hex (1 2 5 4 10 11 14 13) (300 100 100) simpleGrading (1 1 1)//2
    hex (3 4 7 6 12 13 16 15) (300 100 100) simpleGrading (1 1 1)//3
    hex (4 5 8 7 13 14 17 16) (300 100 100) simpleGrading (1 1 1)//4
    hex (9 10 13 12 18 19 22 21) (300 100 100) simpleGrading (1 1 1)//5
    hex (10 11 14 13 19 20 23 22) (300 100 100) simpleGrading (1 1 1)//6
    hex (12 13 16 15 21 22 25 24) (300 100 100) simpleGrading (1 1 1)//7
    hex (13 14 17 16 22 23 26 25) (300 100 100) simpleGrading (1 1 1)//8
);

edges
(
);

boundary
(
    inlet
    {
        type patch;
        faces
        (
            (0 1 4 3)
            (1 2 5 4)
            (3 4 7 6)
            (4 5 8 7)
        );
    }

    outlet
    {
    type patch;
    faces
        (
            (18 19 22 21)
            (19 20 23 22)
            (21 22 25 24)
            (22 23 26 25)
        );
    }

    walls
    {
    type wall;
        faces
        (
            (5 14 17 8)
            (14 23 26 17)
            (2 11 14 5)
            (11 20 23 14)
            (0 9 12 3)
            (3 12 15 6)
            (9 18 21 12)
            (12 21 24 15)
        );
    }

    top
    {
    type wall;
    faces
        (
            (6 7 16 15)
            (7 8 17 16)
            (15 16 25 24)
            (16 17 26 25)
        );
    }

    bottom
    {
    type wall;
        faces
        (
            (0 1 10 9)
            (1 2 11 10)
            (9 10 19 18)
            (10 11 20 19)
        );
    }
);

mergePatchPairs
(
);
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You don't need hpc for creating such a simple mesh.
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unfortunately, my laptop failed to do that!!
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If you have enough RAM on your machine, it will run. You'll need around 1GB of RAM for 1 million of cells so you should have at least 24gb of ram.
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unfortunately, my laptop failed to do that!!
What does it mean that your machine failed? You get an error or your Laptop just stopped working (RAM overflow?). You should use some tool to indicate your ressources.

Why you made 8 blocks? Not necessary.
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What does it mean that your machine failed? You get an error or your Laptop just stopped working (RAM overflow?). You should use some tool to indicate your resources.

Why you made 8 blocks? Not necessary.
I got this Error :
Code:
new cannot satisfy memory request.
This does not necessarily mean you have run out of virtual memory.
It could be due to a stack violation caused by e.g. bad use of pointers or an out of date shared library
Aborted (core dumped)
does it make any difference to have a single block or divide your domain into several ones?? from accuracy and timing point of view?
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