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June 2017

blockMesh basics (vertices, blocks and boundary)

Key Points: How to define vertices, How to define block, How to discretise a domain, How to define physical boundaries

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June 2017

blockMesh basics (edges)

Key Points: How to create a curved face, How to create 3 point arc, How to create a polyline, How to create finer and smoother face

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June 2017

blockMesh basics (simpleGrading)

Key Points: How to create finer grid near a face, How to distribute geometry and no. of cells, How expansion ratio work in blockMeshDict

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June 2017

Adaptive Mesh Refinement (AMR)

Key Points: In this tutorial, we will see how to implement adaptive mesh refinement feature in OpenFOAM. Using air bubble rising in a water column case, which is a Volume of Fluid (VoF) method based multiphase problem.

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