Local Mesh Refinement

hooman.4028 · March 5, 2018, 20:29

Hi everyone,

I have been struggling with a problem for sometime now. I need to locally refine my mesh. To do this:

1) I define a cell zone for the region of interest (to be refined)
2) I use refineMesh

I have a mesh which is made of tets. I have realized that refinMesh does not work for any type of cells but hexs. Am I correct?

Would you suggest any other way of doing this?

Thanks for your help!

NablaDyn · September 14, 2018, 03:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by hooman.4028

I have realized that refinMesh does not work for any type of cells but hexs. Am I correct?

Would you suggest any other way of doing this?

I am not sure. But I encounter similar problems when using non-hex meshes.

Try another mesher, such as snappyHexMesh, and refine the castellated mesh before procedding to the snapping routine. Other workarounds are also possible.

March 5, 2018, 20:29	Local Mesh Refinement	#1
hooman.4028 Member Hooman Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 35 Rep Power: 15	Hi everyone, I have been struggling with a problem for sometime now. I need to locally refine my mesh. To do this: 1) I define a cell zone for the region of interest (to be refined) 2) I use refineMesh I have a mesh which is made of tets. I have realized that refinMesh does not work for any type of cells but hexs. Am I correct? Would you suggest any other way of doing this? Thanks for your help!

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