Here is a .flw and .GEO for a simple box with a fan (cylinder on it) can you write in an equation of the curled input flow of the fan?
This explains it better: With the samples I can input a velocity with the three xyz directions/magnitudes. How can I input a velocity with an equation that looks like the curled flow coming from a fan?
// INPUT DATA FILE for testing OpenFlower.
// Created on 09/12/2004.
An equation that would represent your inlet for the fan would be something like:
u = -(y-0.5)*0.2
v = (x-0.5)*0.2
w = 2.0
It is centered on a circle of center O(x=0.5 ; y=0.5) and on the plan z=constant.
The magnitude of the tangential velocity is adjusted with the 0.2 factor.
The inlet normal flowrate is 2.0 in our case.
Also, find below a .geo and a .flw file that look nicer (in terms of mesh optimization and geometrical created entities) than the original ones.
Hope it helps !
VortexFlow.
.geo File:
lc = 0.03;
neg = -0.25;
pos = 1.0;
nt = 10;
nT = 20;
I tried this - pretty cool, I also tried reversing the flow direction from what the above file has,
( boundary_condition velocity inlet -x*0.5-0.25 -0.25-0.5*y -2.0 also works fine.
I have been playing around with Netgen 4.4 which can import STEP files from a cad system (pro-e)
and export a .msh file readable by gmsh, but unfortunately cannot get surfaces to apply boundary conditions
does anyone have a work around for this ?
If you would like to refer to this comment somewhere else in this project, copy and paste the following link:
read my least post about the stl importer. Also From the GMSH forum, I know that they are going to release in the coming moths a version that will open STEP and IGES by using OPENcascade the 3-d open standard.
From there to actually getting a mesh for openflower, I have no idea how it may play out. But I think my perl script will actually do some good. The problem with it right now is that it repeats lines. I'm fixing this today and then re posting it tomorrow or so. Last time it took my like a week to figure out how to kill repeated points, so I might also get stuck on lines. Cuz its not just filtering, but you need to keep the right hand rule and be able to know wich point number is each point after it has been repeated once. Same thing for lines. ech line loop has to know what line number to use if it encounters a repeated line.
Alfonso
If you would like to refer to this comment somewhere else in this project, copy and paste the following link:
The Stl importer is still working well. I go to PRo/e and then save an assembly to IGES, reimport that then save as stl and import in GMSH. Importing step directly I haven't figured out how to apply boundary conditions.
If you would like to refer to this comment somewhere else in this project, copy and paste the following link:
Here is a .flw and .GEO for a simple box with a fan (cylinder on it) can you write in an equation of the curled input flow of the fan?
This explains it better: With the samples I can input a velocity with the three xyz directions/magnitudes. How can I input a velocity with an equation that looks like the curled flow coming from a fan?
// INPUT DATA FILE for testing OpenFlower.
// Created on 09/12/2004.
TimeBegin 0.
TimeEnd 1.0
MaxTimeSteps 10
CFL 0.2
Medium water
{
rho 1.
mu 0.001
}
Algorithm AlgoNavierStokes { eqn1 }
Mesh gmsh
{
file box.msh
frontiers
{
surface 1147 inlet
surface 1146 outlet
surface 1144 walls
}
}
Equation navier_stokes_incompressible eqn1
{
Medium water
// boundary conditions block
boundary_condition wall walls 0. 0. 0
boundary_condition velocity inlet 0. 0. 25.
boundary_condition pressure_outlet outlet 0.0
operator diffusion
operator convection
solver GMRES
// Initial_Condition File eqn1.save
Initial_Condition Expr 0. 0. 0.
}
// Post_Processing block
post_processing
{
probe eqn1.Velocity 0. 10. 0.001 position 1. 0.5 -0.5
probe eqn1.Pressure 0. 10. 0.001 position 1. 0.5 -0.5
global gmsh eqn1.Velocity 0. 3.0 0.0006
global gmsh eqn1.Pressure 0. 3.0 0.0006
}
end
//this ends the flw
//here is the geo file
Point(1) = {1, 0, 0, 0.08};
Point(2) = {0, 0, 0, 0.08};
Point(3) = {0, 1, 0, 0.08};
Point(4) = {1, 1, 0, 0.08};
Point(5) = {1, 1, 1, 0.08};
Point(6) = {0, 0, 1, 0.08};
Point(7) = {1, 0, 1, 0.08};
Point(8) = {0, 1, 1, 0.08};
Point(9) = {0.5, 0.5, 0, 0.08};
Point(11) = {0.5, 0.25, 0, 0.02};
Point(12) = {0.5, 0.75, 0, 0.02};
Point(13) = {0.25, 0.5, 0, 0.02};
Point(14) = {0.75, 0.5, 0, 0.02};
Point(15) = {0.5, 0.75, -0.25, 0.08};
Point(16) = {0.25, 0.5, -0.25, 0.08};
Point(17) = {0.75, 0.5, -0.25, 0.08};
Point(18) = {0.5, 0.25, -0.25, 0.08};
Point(19) = {0.5, 0.5, -0.25, 0.08};
Point(20) = {0.375, 0.5, -0.25, 0.08};
Point(21) = {0.375, 0.5, 0, 0.02};
Point(22) = {0.625, 0.5, -0.25, 0.08};
Point(23) = {0.625, 0.5, 0, 0.02};
Point(24) = {0.5, 0.375, 0, 0.02};
Point(25) = {0.5, 0.375, -0.25, 0.08};
Point(26) = {0.5, 0.625, 0, 0.02};
Point(27) = {0.5, 0.625, -0.25, 0.08};
Circle (2) = {11, 9, 13} Plane{0, 0, 1};
Circle (3) = {13, 9, 12} Plane{0, 0, 1};
Circle (4) = {12, 9, 14} Plane{0, 0, 1};
Circle (5) = {14, 9, 11} Plane{0, 0, 1};
Line (6) = {4, 3};
Line (7) = {3, 2};
Line (8) = {2, 1};
Line (9) = {1, 4};
Line (10) = {4, 5};
Line (11) = {5, 8};
Line (12) = {8, 3};
Line (13) = {6, 8};
Line (14) = {5, 7};
Line (15) = {7, 6};
Line (16) = {6, 2};
Line (17) = {1, 7};
Line (18) = {12, 15};
Line (19) = {13, 16};
Line (20) = {14, 17};
Line (21) = {11, 18};
Circle (22) = {15, 19, 16} Plane{0, 0, 1};
Circle (23) = {16, 19, 18} Plane{0, 0, 1};
Circle (24) = {18, 19, 17} Plane{0, 0, 1};
Circle (25) = {17, 19, 15} Plane{0, 0, 1};
Line (30) = {13, 2};
Line (101) = {13, 3};
Line (102) = {11, 2};
Line (103) = {14, 1};
Line (104) = {1, 11};
Line (105) = {14, 4};
Line (106) = {4, 12};
Line (107) = {12, 3};
Line (1002154) = {16, 20};
Line (1002156) = {17, 22};
Line (1002159) = {18, 25};
Line (1002161) = {15, 27};
Circle (1002162) = {26, 9, 21} Plane{0, 0, 1};
Circle (1002163) = {21, 9, 24} Plane{0, 0, 1};
Circle (1002164) = {24, 9, 23} Plane{0, 0, 1};
Circle (1002165) = {23, 9, 26} Plane{0, 0, 1};
Circle (1002166) = {27, 19, 20} Plane{0, 0, 1};
Circle (1002167) = {20, 19, 25} Plane{0, 0, 1};
Circle (1002168) = {25, 19, 22} Plane{0, 0, 1};
Circle (1002169) = {22, 19, 27} Plane{0, 0, 1};
Line (1002170) = {27, 26};
Line (1002171) = {22, 23};
Line (1002172) = {25, 24};
Line (1002173) = {20, 21};
Line Loop (1001111) = {21, -23, -19, -2};
Ruled Surface (1111) = {1001111};
Line Loop (1001113) = {20, -24, -21, -5};
Ruled Surface (1113) = {1001113};
Line Loop (1001115) = {25, -18, 4, 20};
Ruled Surface (1115) = {1001115};
Line Loop (1001117) = {22, -19, 3, 18};
Ruled Surface (1117) = {1001117};
Line Loop (1001119) = {106, 107, -6};
Plane Surface (1119) = {1001119};
Line Loop (1001121) = {3, 107, -101};
Plane Surface (1121) = {1001121};
Line Loop (1001123) = {101, 7, -30};
Plane Surface (1123) = {1001123};
Line Loop (1001127) = {102, 8, 104};
Plane Surface (1127) = {1001127};
Line Loop (1001129) = {5, -104, -103};
Plane Surface (1129) = {1001129};
Line Loop (1001131) = {103, 9, -105};
Plane Surface (1131) = {1001131};
Line Loop (1001133) = {105, 106, 4};
Plane Surface (1133) = {1001133};
Line Loop (1001135) = {6, -12, -11, -10};
Plane Surface (1135) = {1001135};
Line Loop (1001137) = {9, 10, 14, -17};
Plane Surface (1137) = {1001137};
Line Loop (1001139) = {8, 17, 15, 16};
Plane Surface (1139) = {1001139};
Line Loop (1001141) = {16, -7, -12, -13};
Plane Surface (1141) = {1001141};
Line Loop (1001143) = {13, -11, 14, 15};
Plane Surface (1143) = {1001143};
Line Loop (1002150) = {30, -102, 2};
Plane Surface (2150) = {1002150};
Line Loop (2002175) = {1002163, 1002164, 1002165, 1002162};
Plane Surface (1002175) = {2002175};
Line Loop (2002177) = {1002154, -1002166, -1002161, 22};
Plane Surface (1002177) = {2002177};
Line Loop (2002179) = {1002169, -1002161, -25, 1002156};
Plane Surface (1002179) = {2002179};
Line Loop (2002181) = {1002156, -1002168, -1002159, 24};
Plane Surface (1002181) = {2002181};
Line Loop (2002183) = {1002159, -1002167, -1002154, 23};
Plane Surface (1002183) = {2002183};
Line Loop (2002185) = {1002172, -1002163, -1002173, 1002167};
Ruled Surface (1002185) = {2002185};
Line Loop (2002187) = {1002173, -1002162, -1002170, 1002166};
Ruled Surface (1002187) = {2002187};
Line Loop (2002189) = {1002170, -1002165, -1002171, 1002169};
Ruled Surface (1002189) = {2002189};
Line Loop (2002191) = {1002171, -1002164, -1002172, 1002168};
Ruled Surface (1002191) = {2002191};
Surface Loop (2002152) = {1002185, 1002191, 1002189, 1002187, 1002175, 1002179, 1002177, 1002181, 1002183, 1137, 1131, 1129, 1113, 1115, 1117, 1111, 2150, 1123, 1121, 1119, 1133, 1135, 1141, 1139, 1127, 1143};
Volume (1002152) = {2002152};
Physical Surface (1144) = {1002185, 1002191, 1002189, 1002187, 1002175, 2150, 1135, 1119, 1133, 1131, 1129, 1113, 1115, 1117, 1111, 1123, 1121, 1141, 1139, 1127, 1137};
Physical Surface (1146) = {1143};
Physical Surface (1147) = {1002179, 1002177, 1002181, 1002183};
Physical Volume (1002153) = {1002152};
Hi Aomedina,
Here are some clues for your specific problem:
An equation that would represent your inlet for the fan would be something like:
u = -(y-0.5)*0.2
v = (x-0.5)*0.2
w = 2.0
It is centered on a circle of center O(x=0.5 ; y=0.5) and on the plan z=constant.
The magnitude of the tangential velocity is adjusted with the 0.2 factor.
The inlet normal flowrate is 2.0 in our case.
Also, find below a .geo and a .flw file that look nicer (in terms of mesh optimization and geometrical created entities) than the original ones.
Hope it helps !
VortexFlow.
.geo File:
lc = 0.03;
neg = -0.25;
pos = 1.0;
nt = 10;
nT = 20;
Point(1) = {1, 0, 0, 0.08};
Point(2) = {0, 0, 0, 0.08};
Point(3) = {0, 1, 0, 0.08};
Point(4) = {1, 1, 0, 0.08};
Point(9) = {0.5, 0.5, 0, 0.08};
Point(11) = {0.5, 0.25, 0, lc};
Point(12) = {0.5, 0.75, 0, lc};
Point(13) = {0.25, 0.5, 0, lc};
Point(14) = {0.75, 0.5, 0, lc};
Point(21) = {0.375, 0.5, 0, lc};
Point(23) = {0.625, 0.5, 0, lc};
Point(24) = {0.5, 0.375, 0, lc};
Point(26) = {0.5, 0.625, 0, lc};
Circle(1) = {13,9,12};
Circle(2) = {12,9,14};
Circle(3) = {14,9,11};
Circle(4) = {11,9,13};
Circle(5) = {21,9,26};
Circle(6) = {26,9,23};
Circle(7) = {23,9,24};
Circle(8) = {24,9,21};
Line(9) = {3,4};
Line(10) = {4,1};
Line(11) = {1,2};
Line(12) = {2,3};
Line Loop(13) = {9,10,11,12};
Line Loop(14) = {2,3,4,1};
Plane Surface(15) = {13,14};
Line Loop(16) = {6,7,8,5};
Plane Surface(17) = {14,16};
Plane Surface(18) = {16};
Extrude Surface {15, {0.0,0.0,pos}} { Recombine; Layers { {nT}, {9000}, {1} }; };
Extrude Surface {17, {0.0,0.0,pos}} { Recombine; Layers { {nT}, {9000}, {1} }; };
Extrude Surface {18, {0.0,0.0,pos}} { Recombine; Layers { {nT}, {9000}, {1} }; };
Extrude Surface {17, {0.0,0.0,neg}} { Recombine; Layers { {nt}, {9000}, {1} }; };
// walls
Physical Surface(1) = {15,18,31,43,35,39,137,149,141,145,153,157,161,165};
// outlet
Physical Surface(2) = {60,102,124};
// inlet
Physical Surface(3) = {166};
Physical Volume(100) = {9000};
.flw File:
TimeBegin 0.
TimeEnd 1.0
MaxTimeSteps 1000
CFL 0.4
Medium water
{
rho 1.
mu 0.001
}
Algorithm AlgoNavierStokes { eqn1 }
Mesh gmsh
{
file simplified.msh
frontiers
{
surface 3 inlet
surface 2 outlet
surface 1 walls
}
}
Equation navier_stokes_incompressible eqn1
{
Medium water
// boundary conditions block
boundary_condition wall walls 0. 0. 0
boundary_condition velocity inlet x*0.5-0.25 0.25-0.5*y 2.0
boundary_condition pressure_outlet outlet 0.0
operator diffusion
operator convection
solver GMRES
Initial_Condition Expr 0. 0. 2.0
}
// Post_Processing block
post_processing
{
probe eqn1.Velocity 0. 10. 10.0e-8 position 1. 0.5 -0.5
probe eqn1.Pressure 0. 10. 10.0e-8 position 1. 0.5 -0.5
global tecplot eqn1.Velocity 0. 3.0 0.01
global tecplot eqn1.Pressure 0. 3.0 0.01
}
end
I tried this - pretty cool, I also tried reversing the flow direction from what the above file has,
( boundary_condition velocity inlet -x*0.5-0.25 -0.25-0.5*y -2.0 also works fine.
I have been playing around with Netgen 4.4 which can import STEP files from a cad system (pro-e)
and export a .msh file readable by gmsh, but unfortunately cannot get surfaces to apply boundary conditions
does anyone have a work around for this ?
read my least post about the stl importer. Also From the GMSH forum, I know that they are going to release in the coming moths a version that will open STEP and IGES by using OPENcascade the 3-d open standard.
From there to actually getting a mesh for openflower, I have no idea how it may play out. But I think my perl script will actually do some good. The problem with it right now is that it repeats lines. I'm fixing this today and then re posting it tomorrow or so. Last time it took my like a week to figure out how to kill repeated points, so I might also get stuck on lines. Cuz its not just filtering, but you need to keep the right hand rule and be able to know wich point number is each point after it has been repeated once. Same thing for lines. ech line loop has to know what line number to use if it encounters a repeated line.
Alfonso
The Stl importer is still working well. I go to PRo/e and then save an assembly to IGES, reimport that then save as stl and import in GMSH. Importing step directly I haven't figured out how to apply boundary conditions.