{"id":290502,"date":"2023-06-27T07:11:20","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T07:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/stretching-cells-away-from-a-narrow-gap-face-cells-per-gap-1\/"},"modified":"2023-06-27T07:11:20","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T07:11:20","slug":"stretching-cells-away-from-a-narrow-gap-face-cells-per-gap-1","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/stretching-cells-away-from-a-narrow-gap-face-cells-per-gap-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Stretching Cells Away from a Narrow Gap Face (Cells Per Gap &lt; 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">I am working on a fluent model where <strong>minimum cell volume <\/strong>in my domain is of determining importance. There is a baffle in my model (See image 1). Assuming that minimum sized cells are produced around the baffle (See image 2), I want these minimum sized cells to stretched away from the groove narrow face (See image 2) so that the minimum cell volume in the domain is increased. How can I achieve this?&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Image 1\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/27-06-2023-1687849770-screenshot_32.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"699\" height=\"428\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Image 2\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/27-06-2023-1687849800-screenshot_33.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"718\" height=\"432\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">PN: Only if proximity size function is a solution, I know that &#8220;cells per gap&#8221; in the proximity size function accepts values less than unity with 0.01 being the minimum. However, I can&#8217;t figure out how it works despite my tests on some dummy models I have. The Fluent User Guide 2023 pp. 561-2 reads:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>For proximity size functions, the number of cells per gap can be a real value, with a minimum of 0.01. This has the effect of increasing the size of face elements located farther away from edges, and stretching face elements with larger sizes <strong>along side faces<\/strong>, or gaps, thereby reducing the overall face count, and ultimately the cell count.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>In the exerpt from Fluent Guide above, what exactly is meant by &#8220;side faces&#8221;?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-290502","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-meshing","topic-tag-proximity"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["130676","199"],"_bbp_author_ip":["96.7.74.191"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["1097"],"_edit_lock":["1687850134:171674"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["290502"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27792"],"_bbp_engagement":["199","130676"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["3"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["290514"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["290514"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2023-06-27 08:31:24"]},"test":"sardar-svngmail-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/290502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/290502\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}