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Forthispost,welldiscussatopicwhichallowsyoutocomplementyourunderstandingofglobalandlocalmeshcontrolsthatwehavecoveredpreviously.

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SweepmeshingisameshingmethodavailableinANSYSMeshingthatisimportantforallCFDuserstounderstandandcanbereadilyusedtomaintain
highsolveraccuracyatthesametimeasreducingmeshcellcounts(leadingtoaseriousspeedupinsolvetimes).

TheSweepMethodbeginsbymeshingaparticularsourcesurfaceusingeithertheautomaticglobalsettings,oranylocalsizingcontrols/inflationlayers
thathavebeenappliedbytheuser.Itwillthensweepthesourcemesh(whichcanrepresentanyarbitrarycrosssection)throughthebody,spacingitbya
certainincrementaldimensionorbysplittingthesweptsidefacesintoadesirednumberofdivisions.

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TofullyutilisethebenefitsoftheSweepMethod,itisusefultoconsiderwhichregionsofourdomainwillusetheSweepMethodduringthegeometrystage
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Ifyouexpectedthatsomethingshouldhavebeensweepablebutitisnotshowningreen,thenyoumayneedtodecomposethedomainfurthersuchthat
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gridlikemapmeshingofallsidefaces(alongthedirectionofthesweep)whichsimplyneedtobecleanedupbeforethiscanoccur.Thiscanbedone

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Onceyouarehappywiththegeometry,youcaninsertasweepmethodbyRightClickingonMeshintheOutlineTreeandchoosingtoInsert>Method.

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WethenchangethetypetoSweep,andchoosethebodythatweaimtosweep.
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Ifwerequireinflationlayers,whichwegenerallydo(andwilldiscussinafuturepost),thenwechoosethesourcefacefortheSweepMethod(orfor

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Atthispoint,wecanchoosetocreateaninitialmeshtoconfirmthatthesweptmeshcanbecreatedasexpected.Wecanthenapplyadditionalfacesizing
andinflationtothesourcefaceandgenerateafinalsweptmeshforthebody.Youcanseeintheimagebelowthatthesourcefaceontheendofthe

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cylinderhasbeenmeshed,whichwasthenbroughtthroughthesweptsectionatspecifiedintervalsresultinginamappedquad(rectangular)meshonthe
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Ifthemeshonthesourcefacewasalsoentirelycomposedofaquadsurfacemesh,thentheentiremeshgeneratedwouldbehexahedral.Inthisparticular
case,wehavestartedwithtriangularsurfaceelementsonthesourceface(withquadelementsinthecriticalinflationlayerregion),whichresultsinahybrid
prism/hexmeshwithinthemeshedvolume.Theadvantageofthisapproachisthatitwillyieldmoreaccurateresultsthanafulltetrahedralmesh,inamuch
shortertimeduetoareducedtotalnumberofcells.Thisisparticularlytrueinflowalignedgeometriessuchasinternalflowthroughpipesorducts
witharbitrarilycomplexcrosssectionalshapes.

Inournextpost,wewillcontinuewithourdiscussiononpreferredmeshingmethodsforCFDbylookingathowtoaddInflationLayerstoyoursimulation.
WelldiscusstheirimportancetoCFDaccuracy,howtoproperlydefinethemandexplainthepreferredsettings.Inthemeantime,pleasecontactour
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weareanalysingtheflowinthedoubletubetypehelicalcoiledheatexchanger
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Wesuggestyoureviewyourcombinationofboundaryconditions,andwhetheravirtualplenumattheoutletmaybe
appropriatetospeedconvergence.Therearecaseswheresomereverseflowmayactuallyoccur(dependingonyour
flowconditionsandplacementofoutletrelativetoothergeometry),butitisimpossibletotellwithoutmoreinformation.We
suggestyoucontactyourlocalANSYSsupportpartneranddiscussinmoredetail.

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