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Meshing in OpenFOAM®

• OpenFOAM® comes with the following meshing applications:


• blockMesh
• snappyHexMesh
• foamyHexMesh
• foamyQuadMesh
• We are going to work with blockMesh and snappyHexMesh.
• blockMesh is a multi-block mesh generator.
• snappyHexMesh is an automatic split hex mesher, refines and snaps to surface.
• If you are not confortable using OpenFOAM® meshing applications, you can use an
external mesher.
• OpenFOAM® comes with many mesh conversion utilities. Many popular meshing
formats are supported. To name a few: gambit, cfx, fluent, gmsh, ideas, netgen,
plot3d, starccm, VTK.
• In this module, we are going to address how to mesh using OpenFOAM®
technology, how to convert meshes to OpenFOAM® format, and how to assess
mesh quality in OpenFOAM®.

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Meshing in OpenFOAM®
By the end of this module, you will realize that
You will use snappyHexMesh to mesh the sphinx

You will use blockMesh to mesh the pyramids

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