{"id":452299,"date":"2026-02-09T19:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T19:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/icfd-mesh-initialization-issue\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T19:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T19:20:10","slug":"icfd-mesh-initialization-issue","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/icfd-mesh-initialization-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"ICFD mesh Initialization issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hi &#8211; I am running an FSI simulation and my ICFD mesh cannot initialize.&nbsp; I have a very fine mesh and mesh controls, MESH_BL, ICFD_CONTROL_GAP and other controls for the FSI mesh.&nbsp; I am running into this error. &#8220;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&nbsp;Implicit dynamics is now active&lt;br&gt;&nbsp;ICFD::Mesh -&gt; Start Mesh Generation&lt;br&gt;&nbsp;ICFD::Mesh: Initializing.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;===================================================================================&lt;br&gt;= &nbsp; BAD TERMINATION OF ONE OF YOUR APPLICATION PROCESSES&lt;br&gt;= &nbsp; RANK 1 PID 3849779 RUNNING AT g040&lt;br&gt;= &nbsp; KILLED BY SIGNAL: 9 (Killed)&lt;br&gt;===================================================================================&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I think it may be due to some of the folds in my parts (which is why I added the ICFD_CONTROL_GAP parameter). but I have not had this issue before until now. Any ideas? thanks&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-452299","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-icfd-1","topic-tag-initialization","topic-tag-lsdyna","topic-tag-mesh"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27814"],"_bbp_topic_id":["452299"],"_bbp_subscription":["549058","523"],"_bbp_author_ip":["108.1.96.66"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["452982"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["452982"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2026-02-19 17:22:43"],"_bbp_reply_count":["5"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_engagement":["549058","523"],"_btv_view_count":["167"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"]},"test":"ah3616columbia-edu"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/452299","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\/452299\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}