Customer Training Material

W k h 7.4
Workshop 74

3D Elbow Junction

Introduction to ANSYS
ICEM CFD

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3D Elbow Junction Customer Training Material

ƒ 3D Elbow Junction
– In this workshop p we
will learn the use of
ogrid on complex
geometry
– Need of multiple ogrid
to generate good
quality mesh

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Set Working Directory Customer Training Material

ƒ Set Working Directory

– Select File > Change Working
Directory
– This will pop up a window. Select
the directory where geometry has
p aced
placed.
• It provides access to selected
directory directly
• All output files will be saved in
same folder until user change
the location

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Open Geometry Customer Training Material

ƒ Open Geometry
– File > Open Geometry
– Choose “geometry.tin”
file
– Click Open

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Part Creation Customer Training Material

ƒ Create Part
– Right click on Parts in tree
– Select Create Part
– Use icon to select specific
entities (faces / edges/
vertices)) and create part
p of
those entities.
– Define IN, OUT, ELBOW and
CYL parts in geometry.

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Blocking Strategy Customer Training Material

ƒ Blocking Strategy
– In this Elbow geometry there is an
cylindrical hole through the
geometry.
– Such Elbow can not be captured
well with single Ogrid through out
the elbow pipe
pipe. This is because grid
lines need to be align with hole
– To resolve this we will be putting L-
shaped ogrid initially to capture
cylindrical hole.
– Then we create final ogrid through
out the elbow pipe which align well
with elbow surface.

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Initialize Blocking Customer Training Material

ƒ B i bl
Begin blocking
ki
– Select Blocking > Create Block > Initialize
#1 Blocks
– Change Type to 3D Bounding Box
– Click Apply
– This creates one block which encloses the entire
geometry
– Curves automatically change color (colored
#2 separately instead of by part) to allow you to see
where the ends of curves are

#3

#4

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Split to Create Topology Customer Training Material

ƒ Splitting blocks
– Select Split Block > Split Block
#1 • Left click on the edge to split
• The new edge will be normal
to the edge that you select
• Hold left mouse button and
#2 drag the split to desired
location
• Middle mouse to complete or
Apply
Split this edge
for the vertical
splits

#3

Split this edge for

the horizontal
split
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Deleting Blocks Customer Training Material

ƒ D l t Block
Delete Bl k
#1
– Select Delete Block
– Select bottom left corner block as
shown
– Apply or middle mouse
#2
– This doesn’t actually delete the blocks.
It moves them to the part, VORFN, so
they can be used again, if desired
– To actually delete the blocks, select
Delete permanently
– By default VORFN part is always disable

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Associate Edges to Curves Customer Training Material

ƒ Associate Edges
– Select Associate > Associate Edge to Curve
#1
– Enable Project vertices
• This will automatically project vertices on
associated curves after completion on
operation.
#2 – Select edges and associate to curves

Associated edges in
#4
#4 highlighted green color

#3

Bottom edges yet

to be associate

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Move Vertices onto Geometry Customer Training Material

ƒ Move required vertices

– Select Move Vertex > Move Vertex
#1
– Select Multiple as method
– Left click, hold, and drag to select multiple
vertices in rectangular drag box
– Middle click, hold and drag vertices to desire
location and leave button when finished
#2
moving all vertices
– In selected set, one vertex and edges attached
#3
to it are not associated to any curve but when
we middle click to move vertices it follows the
path of vertex of associated edge.

#4

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O-Grid generation Customer Training Material

ƒ First O-Grid Creation

– Select Split Block > OGrid block
#1
• Select highlighted two Blocks and
middle click to confirm.
confirm
• Select top and bottom face as
#2 shown to end ogrid there. Middle
click to confirm.
#3
– Define Offset value
#4 – Click Apply
– Arrange vertices of Ogrid to capture
inner cylindrical void.

#5

Viewed from +ve Z After vertex move

direction command
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O-Grid generation Customer Training Material

ƒ Second O
O-Grid
Grid Creation
– Select Split Block > OGrid block
#1 • Select all the Blocks and middle click to
confirm
• Select top and bottom faces as shown to
end ogrid. Middle click to confirm.
#2
– Define Offset value
– Click Apply
#3
– Vertex move operation helps to improve
#4
quality

#5

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Move Vertices onto Geometry Customer Training Material

ƒ Move
M vertices
ti
– Select Move Vertex > Move Vertex
– To capture inner cylinder
– To very
y acute and obtuse angle
g
– Eventually to avoid skewed elements
– Enable Fix direction
– Select Ogrid edge and middle click to confirm
– Select
S l t vertex
t tot move in
i that
th t direction
di ti
– Hold LMB and drag and drop the vertex to desire
Before vertex move location along that edge.

V i
Vertices to move
angle A
#1

#4

Along
g radial direction #2 #3
on OGrid to increase
acute angle A
After vertex move
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Create Part Customer Training Material

ƒ Part
P creation
i for
f Blocks
Bl k
– Right click on Parts select Create Part
– Define part name as Solid
– Select the blocks inside cylinder and middle click
to confirm
– It turns the common edges between different
block parts to black color (refer image below)
#1 – These blocks doesn’t serves any purpose, user
can delete it.

#2

#3

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Compute Mesh & Quality Check Customer Training Material

ƒ Compute Mesh
– Select Pre-Mesh in tree
– This will p
pop
p up
p and window
asking for re-compute mesh
– Click on Yes
– This will generate and display
Pre-Mesh

Determinant
Check

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