Pre-Processing using ANSA

criros7 · February 27, 2018, 08:45

Hi everyone,

I'm an OpenFOAM's new user and I am trying to simulate the typical case of a laminar flow around a cylinder with heat transfer (3D).
I created the geometries (.igs) of the two different subdomains using CATIA V5 and then I meshed them using ANSA (i am also a new user too).
I have seen that with ANSA it is possible to set up an OpenFOAM case and after the geometries have been meshed, I tried to assign the BCs using the BC TOOLS (OpenFOAM DECKS) but as I export the case as "OpenFOAM Output", the "boundary" file generated in the PolyMesh directory does not include my BCs.

Anyone could help me, please?

Thank you.

akidess · February 28, 2018, 02:50

The boundary file is not supposed to include your physical BCs.

vangelis · February 28, 2018, 03:36

Dear Christian
You can setup your BCs in ANSA for OpenFOAM.

I suggest you have a look at the CFD tutorial Catalyst for OpenFOAM

You should launch ANSA in CFD mode from the launcher.

There is also a UDF that sets up automatically the boundary conditions on all PIDs based on some user input parameters.

Hope this helps

Best regards
Vangelis

criros7 · March 7, 2018, 07:41

Dear Vangelis,

Thank you very much for your hint!

Just a question...Do you know what type of BC I have to use in order to get the exchange of informations between the interface air-solid?

I was thinking to implement in my script constant/cylinder/polyMesh/boundary a BC called mappedWall but I don't know what sampleRegion and samplePatch stand for.

CYLINDER_GAMMA
{
type mappedWall;
sampleMode nearestPatchFace;
sampleRegion ;
samplePatch ;
startFace 3780;
nFaces 288;
}

best regards,

Christian

February 27, 2018, 08:45	Pre-Processing using ANSA	#1
criros7 New Member christian rossi Join Date: Feb 2018 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 8	Hi everyone, I'm an OpenFOAM's new user and I am trying to simulate the typical case of a laminar flow around a cylinder with heat transfer (3D). I created the geometries (.igs) of the two different subdomains using CATIA V5 and then I meshed them using ANSA (i am also a new user too). I have seen that with ANSA it is possible to set up an OpenFOAM case and after the geometries have been meshed, I tried to assign the BCs using the BC TOOLS (OpenFOAM DECKS) but as I export the case as "OpenFOAM Output", the "boundary" file generated in the PolyMesh directory does not include my BCs. Anyone could help me, please? Thank you.

February 28, 2018, 02:50		#2
akidess Senior Member Anton Kidess Join Date: May 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 1,377 Rep Power: 29	The boundary file is not supposed to include your physical BCs. __________________ On twitter @akidTwit Spend as much time formulating your questions as you expect people to spend on their answer.

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February 28, 2018, 03:36		#3
vangelis Senior Member Vangelis Skaperdas Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Thessaloniki, Greece Posts: 287 Rep Power: 21	Dear Christian You can setup your BCs in ANSA for OpenFOAM. I suggest you have a look at the CFD tutorial Catalyst for OpenFOAM You should launch ANSA in CFD mode from the launcher. There is also a UDF that sets up automatically the boundary conditions on all PIDs based on some user input parameters. Hope this helps Best regards Vangelis

March 7, 2018, 07:41		#4
criros7 New Member christian rossi Join Date: Feb 2018 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 8	Dear Vangelis, Thank you very much for your hint! Just a question...Do you know what type of BC I have to use in order to get the exchange of informations between the interface air-solid? I was thinking to implement in my script constant/cylinder/polyMesh/boundary a BC called mappedWall but I don't know what sampleRegion and samplePatch stand for. CYLINDER_GAMMA { type mappedWall; sampleMode nearestPatchFace; sampleRegion ; samplePatch ; startFace 3780; nFaces 288; } best regards, Christian