Blob
Update: June 1, 2017
OpenFOAM 4.x
This tutorial cannot be run on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS version of OpenFOAM, you need to use Ubuntu 16.04 LTS version of OpenFOAM or build foamyHexMesh by yourself.
Case directory
$FOAM_TUTORIALS/mesh/foamyHexMesh/blob
Summary
We use foamyHexMesh to create the mesh. The original geometry is defined in the file constant/triSurface/blob.stl.gz and the mesh settings are defined in the file system/foamyHexMeshDict.
The original geometry
The meshes are as follows, and the number of mesh is 11303.
Meshes
Mesh in XY plane
Mesh in XZ plane
Commands
cp -r $FOAM_TUTORIALS/mesh/foamyHexMesh/blob blob
cd blob
cp $FOAM_TUTORIALS/resources/geometry/blob.stl.gz constant/triSurface/
foamyHexMesh
collapseEdges -latestTime -collapseFaces
collapseEdges -latestTime -collapseFaceSet indirectPatchFaces
checkMesh -latestTime -allGeometry -allTopology
paraFoam
Calculation time
13.38 seconds *Single, Inter(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz 3.40GHz