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Chapter 5 Prism Meshing ICEM CFD Introductory Course ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary July 2009 © 2009 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. 5-1 Inventory #002664 Prism Meshing Prism Meshing Training Manual • Inflation layers – To better simulate boundary layer effects – Mesh orthogonal to surface with faces perpendicular to boundary layer flow direction • Procedure – Set Global Prism Parameters – Select Parts to grow layers from • Typically wall boundaries – Set Local Parameters for each part • Local overrides global • Zero or blank entries will defer to global settings – Run mesher • From existing mesh – Extrude into tetra/hexa mesh – Extrude from surface tri mesh, then fill volumes • Run automatically during Volume Mesh creation ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary July 2009 © 2009 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. 5-2 Inventory #002664 Prism Meshing Prism - Global Parameters Training Manual • Global Prism Parameters – Growth law • exponential: height = h(r)(n-1) [n is layer #] • linear: height = h(1+(n-1)(r-1)) – Initial height of first layer – h in formulae above • Auto calculated if not specified – Based on factor of edge length of base triangle/quad – Height determi