This is a step-by-step guided introductory tutorial for 3-D geometry creation and structured mesh generation in CFD-GEOM. The geometry for this tutorial is a simple T-pipe junction.
In this tutorial, a grid system is generated to study the flow of engine oil through a compliant orifice. Effects of thermal stress and fluid-structural coupling will be included. The geometry is 2D-axisymmetric, hybrid structured/unstructured grid system. Structured gridding is used for the flow path and unstructured grid is used to model the structure.
The geometry to be created in this tutorial is a generic semiconductor reactor. It has one large inlet on the top, a small outlet port and a side port. Four blocks or domains are used in this geometry. The central portion under the large inlet is a single block with a C topology and a polar singularity. A second C topology block surrounds this block. The side port and outlet pipe are filled with the final two blocks of H topology.
This tutorial is designed to simulate the “real-world” working process capabilities of CFD-GEOM. An IGES file generated from a CAD package is read into GEOM. Then, the surfaces are trimmed, an unstructured domain is created, and the combustor model is gridded.