Ansys TUROBGRID

- November 1, 2022 at 5:07 am
  
  yew511
  Subscriber
  
  Can I mesh other geometry such as channel in ansys turbogrid. I found it difficult because for channel they dont have tip and shroud, hence I cant import them into the software. Any insight how to do this?
- November 1, 2022 at 10:17 pm
  
  rfblumen
  Ansys Employee
  
  TurboGrid is primarily for meshing bladed components. If using point data for input to TurboGrid, three files are needed: hub.curve, shroud.curve, profile.curve. Hub.curve and shroud.curve contain the (x,y,z) coordinates defining the hub and shroud curves, respectively. Profile.curve contains (x,y,z) points defining the blade surface at different span sections. The resulting mesh can have an inlet block and an outlet block. The inlet and outlet blocks have four surfaces bounding them: hub, shroud, periodic1 and periodic2. The inlet and outlet mesh blocks resemble a channel but it's not possible to control the shape of the periodic surfaces - this is controlled by the mesh topology in TurboGrid.
  If the channel you wish to mesh has a specific cross-section you wish to maintain, you could import the channel geometry into Ansys Meshing and mesh it with that tool.
- November 2, 2022 at 2:31 am
  
  yew511
  Subscriber
  
  What is the best meshing software to mesh this geometry with teeth? I have been told turbogrid can did this, but I am confused because turbogrid only accepts geometry with shroud, tip, if I don't have this, how can I input my geometry to turbogrid. Otherwise, can you suggest any other meshing tool that can properly capture the teeth.