Ansys ICEMCFD - Become guru in Hexa Mesh generation (Part 1)

"Introduction and general working of ICEMCFD
Introduction
General steps in CFD
What is CFD?
Mesh types in ICEMCFD and choosing best settings for mesh
Mesh terminology in CFD
Quality metrics in ICEMCFD and best practices for CFD
Quality metrics in ICEMCFD and CFD
ICEMCFD Graphical User Interface (GUI)
File management in ICEMCFD and setting working directory
Mouse functionality in ICEMCFD
Most commonly used commands in ICEMCFD
Geometry import through different formats
Creating parts, setting up boundary conditions and mesh export
Creating parts and geometry from mesh
Creating and modifying geometry in ICEMCFD - Geometry operations in ICEMCFD
Introduction
Creating and modifying points
Creating and modifying curves
Creating and modifying surfaces - 1
Creating and modifying surfaces - 2
Geometry transformation - Translate/Rotate/Mirror/scaling
Material point creation and deleting geometry
Creation of material point and geometry delete operations
Surface and mesh normals and re-orienting mesh
Build topology for geometry checking and creation of points and curves
Hexa meshing in ICEMCFD
Introduction to hexa meshing concept in ICEMCFD
Hexa meshing of square cylinder - example to explain blocking concept
Color coding of vertices and edges
Creating all types of blocks and Creating 2d block from vertices
Creating 3D block from vertices, edges and faces
Quarter O-grid from six vertices
Degenerate block from six vertices
Extrude face along curve to get block
Creating blocking and mesh using top down approach for previous case
Extrude with twist, fixed distance and interactive
Creating 3d blocking from 2d by rotate option
2D to 3D blocking by rotation - Errors and remedies
2D to 3D blocking by rotation for 360 deg models - correct approach
2D to 3D blocking by rotation for 180 deg models - different approaches
2D to 3D blocking by translate
Workshop 1 : 2D and 3D Geometry of concentric pipes with extended wall in fluid
Problem description
Creating two dimensional 2D geometry
Three dimensional 3D geometry
Workshop 2 - Geometry of 2D 90 deg bend with small inlet
Problem description and geometry details
Geometry creation in ICEMCFD
Workshop 3: Creating geometry of S809 airfoil along with domain around it
Problem description, geometry and other details
General discussion on airfoils for wind turbines
Creating and importing coordinates of S809 airfoil into ICEMCFD
Fine tuning geometry of S809 airfoil
Creating domain around S809 airfoil
Creating surfaces and parts for S809 airfoil and domain
Workshop 4 : Domain creation for NREL Phase VI horizontal axis wind turbine
Problem description, introduction and background of NREL Phase 6 HAWT
Overview of problem and ppt slides
Creating inner domain (Rotating domain) with interfaces - session 1
Creating inner domain (rotating domain) with interfaces - session 2
Creating inner domain (rotating domain) with interfaces - session 3
Creating inner domain (rotating domain) with interfaces - session 4
Creating outer domain (stationary domain) with interfaces - session 1
Creating outer domain (stationary domain) with interfaces - session 2
Assignment 4
What's next?
Workshop 5 : Hexa mesh of flat plate for external aerodynamics
Problem description and geometry details
Boundary layer, flow parameters and meshing parameters
Geometry generation of flat plate and domain
Creating blocking and generation of hexa mesh on flat plate and domain
Assignment for workshop 5
Worship 6 : Hexa mesh inside square - Uniform and non uniform meshes
Problem description and geometry details
Creating uniform and non uniform grids for square
Creating local splits to control mesh in wall regions for boundary layer
O-Grid for local mesh refinement
Selecting solver, setting boundary conditions, mesh export and opening in Fluent
Workshop 7 :Hexa meshing inside Circle, semi circle and quarter circle
Problem description and geometry details
How to use downloadable material for workshop effectively
Creating circle geometry in ICEMCFD
Initial blocking and premesh
Creation of O-grid and mesh quality improvement
Mesh smoothing to increase orthogonal quality of mesh cells
Blocking and pre-mesh for half circle geometry
Blocking and pre-mesh for quarter circle
Mesh Export and further discussion on best practices for hexa meshing
Geometry creation for Assignment
Blocking and premesh for Assignment (Please first attempt yourself)
Workshop 8: Hexa meshing of axi-symmetric pipe
Problem description and geometry details
Geometry generation
Hexa blocking and pre-mesh for axi-symmetric pipe
Workshop 9: Hexa meshing around circular cylinder for external aerodynamics
Introduction and problem description
Geometry generation of cylinder and domain
Geometry processing for blocking
Initial blocking, splits and association at key locations"