3D CAD airfoil geometry using star-ccm+

meem · July 21, 2016, 15:40

Hi, I have made a 3D airfoil part using star-cm+ own 3d CAD. I plan to change the orientation of the airfoil by changing its angle of attack after mesh generation. Will I have to regenerate the mesh after changing the angle of attack each time? This is my MSc project and I am quite new to cfd, help is much appreciated.

marmot · July 22, 2016, 03:52

Yes you can make it a parameter in the CAD model and if you setup the work flow it becomes a simple remesh/ new run but you can also rotate your region for each new angle, you should be using a c-grid shape for your domain,

meem · July 22, 2016, 07:51

thank you marmot. With your guidance I was able to find all the details in star-ccm+ tutorials.

July 21, 2016, 15:40	3D CAD airfoil geometry using star-ccm+	#1
meem New Member Join Date: Feb 2016 Posts: 7 Rep Power: 10	Hi, I have made a 3D airfoil part using star-cm+ own 3d CAD. I plan to change the orientation of the airfoil by changing its angle of attack after mesh generation. Will I have to regenerate the mesh after changing the angle of attack each time? This is my MSc project and I am quite new to cfd, help is much appreciated.

July 22, 2016, 03:52		#2
marmot Senior Member kevin alun Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Germany Posts: 106 Rep Power: 14	Yes you can make it a parameter in the CAD model and if you setup the work flow it becomes a simple remesh/ new run but you can also rotate your region for each new angle, you should be using a c-grid shape for your domain, meem likes this.

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July 22, 2016, 07:51		#3
meem New Member Join Date: Feb 2016 Posts: 7 Rep Power: 10	thank you marmot. With your guidance I was able to find all the details in star-ccm+ tutorials.