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Grid Generation for a Tesla Valve
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Summary

This tutorial demonstrates the generation of a 3D geometry model and its discretization into a 3D structured grid. A Tesla-type valve geometry is used for this demonstration.

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This tutorial will discuss the following CFD-GEOM modeling topics in detail:

  • Creating a 2D geometry.
  • Creating 3D geometry using extrusion.
  • Checking and improving grid quality.
  • Setting up volume and boundary conditions.
  • Exporting files for use in a solver.
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Tesla valves named for its inventor Nikola Tesla are check valves that do not use any moving parts. The lack of any moving parts makes Tesla-type valves more reliable than conventional check valves. These type of valves are being extensively studied with the objective of optimizing important geometric and flow parameters for possible use as micropumps. The model library contains several tutorials using Tesla valves to demonstrate all stages of flow modeling.

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