Mesh Genneration Tools For Fluent

1 Gambit

2 ICEMCFD

3 Pointwise(GridGen)

* 2DAirfoil meshing in the tutorial is carried out. Exporting mesh for Ansys Fluent may result in negative volumes. Using CGNS format is ok.

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Grid Check

 Domain Extents:
   x-coordinate: min (m) = -4.724692e+000, max (m) = 6.473936e+000
   y-coordinate: min (m) = -5.584651e+000, max (m) = 5.340670e+000
 Volume statistics:

WARNING: non-positive volumes exist.

   minimum volume (m3): -1.163369e-001
   maximum volume (m3): -4.452522e-008
     total volume (m3): -9.579137e+001
 Face area statistics:
   minimum face area (m2): 9.912434e-005
   maximum face area (m2): 5.240729e-001
 Checking number of nodes per cell.
 Checking number of faces per cell.
 Checking thread pointers.
 Checking number of cells per face.
 Checking face cells.
 Checking bridge faces.
 Checking right-handed cells.
 Checking face handedness.
   Zone   3:     0 right-handed, 27874 left-handed
   Zone   4:     0 right-handed,   308 left-handed
 Checking face node order.
 Checking element type consistency.
 Checking boundary types:
 Checking face pairs.
 Checking periodic boundaries.
 Checking node count.
 Checking nosolve cell count.
 Checking nosolve face count.
 Checking face children.
 Checking cell children.
 Checking storage.
Done.

WARNING: Grid check failed.

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4 TrueGrid

5 Ansys Workbench Meshing

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