OpenFOAM-12/etc/templates/closedVolumeRotating/system/blockMeshDict

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FoamFile
{
    format      ascii;
    class       dictionary;
    object      blockMeshDict;
}
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// Example configuration:
// - Cylindrical mesh along z-axis (0 < z < 10)
// - External boundary (fixed.obj) radius = 3
// - Rotating zone (rotatingZone.obj) radius = 1

backgroundMesh
{
    radOut     3.06; // larger than fixed.obj by ~ 1/cos(45/boxCells)
    radIn      1.02; // larger than rotatingZone.obj (see above)
    radBox     0.30; // ~30% of rotatingZone.obj

    zMin       0;
    zMax       10;   // External boundary axial length

    boxCells   5;    // Cells across inner box-shaped block
    inCells    5;    // Cells in radial direction, inner cylinder
    outCells   8;    // Cells in radial direction, outer cylinder
    zCells     50;   // Cells in axial direction

    outGrading 2.0;  // Expansion ratio in outer region, radial direction

    radOutN    #neg $radOut;
    radInN     #neg $radIn;
    radBoxN    #neg $radBox;
}

geometry
{
    rotatingZone
    {
        type   searchableCylinder;
        point1 (0 0 -100);
        point2 (0 0  100);
        radius $!backgroundMesh/radIn;
    }

    fixed
    {
        type   searchableCylinder;
        point1 (0 0 -100);
        point2 (0 0  100);
        radius $!backgroundMesh/radOut;
    }
}

convertToMeters 1;

vertices
(
    ($!backgroundMesh/radBoxN $!backgroundMesh/radBoxN $!backgroundMesh/zMin)
    ($!backgroundMesh/radBox  $!backgroundMesh/radBoxN $!backgroundMesh/zMin)
    ($!backgroundMesh/radBox  $!backgroundMesh/radBox  $!backgroundMesh/zMin)
    ($!backgroundMesh/radBoxN $!backgroundMesh/radBox  $!backgroundMesh/zMin)

    project
    ($!backgroundMesh/radInN $!backgroundMesh/radInN $!backgroundMesh/zMin)
    (rotatingZone)

    project
    ($!backgroundMesh/radIn $!backgroundMesh/radInN $!backgroundMesh/zMin)
    (rotatingZone)

    project
    ($!backgroundMesh/radIn $!backgroundMesh/radIn $!backgroundMesh/zMin)
    (rotatingZone)

    project
    ($!backgroundMesh/radInN $!backgroundMesh/radIn $!backgroundMesh/zMin)
    (rotatingZone)

    project
    ($!backgroundMesh/radOutN $!backgroundMesh/radOutN $!backgroundMesh/zMin)
    (fixed)

    project
    ($!backgroundMesh/radOut  $!backgroundMesh/radOutN $!backgroundMesh/zMin)
    (fixed)

    project
    ($!backgroundMesh/radOut  $!backgroundMesh/radOut  $!backgroundMesh/zMin)
    (fixed)

    project
    ($!backgroundMesh/radOutN $!backgroundMesh/radOut  $!backgroundMesh/zMin)
    (fixed)

    ($!backgroundMesh/radBoxN $!backgroundMesh/radBoxN $!backgroundMesh/zMax)
    ($!backgroundMesh/radBox  $!backgroundMesh/radBoxN $!backgroundMesh/zMax)
    ($!backgroundMesh/radBox  $!backgroundMesh/radBox  $!backgroundMesh/zMax)
    ($!backgroundMesh/radBoxN $!backgroundMesh/radBox  $!backgroundMesh/zMax)

    project
    ($!backgroundMesh/radInN  $!backgroundMesh/radInN  $!backgroundMesh/zMax)
    (rotatingZone)

    project
    ($!backgroundMesh/radIn   $!backgroundMesh/radInN  $!backgroundMesh/zMax)
    (rotatingZone)

    project
    ($!backgroundMesh/radIn   $!backgroundMesh/radIn   $!backgroundMesh/zMax)
    (rotatingZone)

    project
    ($!backgroundMesh/radInN  $!backgroundMesh/radIn   $!backgroundMesh/zMax)
    (rotatingZone)

    project
    ($!backgroundMesh/radOutN $!backgroundMesh/radOutN $!backgroundMesh/zMax)
    (fixed)

    project
    ($!backgroundMesh/radOut  $!backgroundMesh/radOutN $!backgroundMesh/zMax)
    (fixed)

    project
    ($!backgroundMesh/radOut  $!backgroundMesh/radOut  $!backgroundMesh/zMax)
    (fixed)

    project
    ($!backgroundMesh/radOutN $!backgroundMesh/radOut  $!backgroundMesh/zMax)
    (fixed)
);

boxMesh
($!backgroundMesh/boxCells $!backgroundMesh/boxCells $!backgroundMesh/zCells)
simpleGrading (1 1 1);

inMesh
($!backgroundMesh/boxCells $!backgroundMesh/inCells $!backgroundMesh/zCells)
simpleGrading (1 1 1);

outMesh
($!backgroundMesh/boxCells $!backgroundMesh/outCells $!backgroundMesh/zCells)
simpleGrading (1 $!backgroundMesh/outGrading 1);

blocks
(
    hex (0 1 2 3 12 13 14 15) $boxMesh

    hex (1 0 4 5 13 12 16 17) $inMesh
    hex (0 3 7 4 12 15 19 16) $inMesh
    hex (2 1 5 6 14 13 17 18) $inMesh
    hex (3 2 6 7 15 14 18 19) $inMesh

    hex (5 4  8  9 17 16 20 21) $outMesh
    hex (4 7 11  8 16 19 23 20) $outMesh
    hex (6 5  9 10 18 17 21 22) $outMesh
    hex (7 6 10 11 19 18 22 23) $outMesh
);

edges
(
    project  4  5  (rotatingZone)
    project  5  6  (rotatingZone)
    project  6  7  (rotatingZone)
    project  7  4  (rotatingZone)
    project 16 17  (rotatingZone)
    project 17 18  (rotatingZone)
    project 18 19  (rotatingZone)
    project 19 16  (rotatingZone)

    project  8  9  (fixed)
    project  9 10  (fixed)
    project 10 11  (fixed)
    project 11  8  (fixed)
    project 20 21  (fixed)
    project 21 22  (fixed)
    project 22 23  (fixed)
    project 23 20  (fixed)
);

defaultPatch
{
    name background;
    type internal;
}

boundary
(
);

mergePatchPairs
(
);

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