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Intake manifold: trimmed mesh
Problem description
Simple laminar flow through an intake manifold.
Physics and modelling
OpenFOAM defines a mesh as a set of arbitrary polyhedral cells in 3-D, bounded by arbitrary polygonal faces, i.e. the cells can have an unlimited number of faces where, for each face, there is no limit on the number of edges nor any restriction on its alignment. Here the mesh had been created by taking a block of cells and trimming them using the surface model of the intake manifold. The resulting mesh is made up of a variety of polyhedral shapes.
Images
The images show firstly the mesh and then the solution for pressure.
Author
Simulation by Nabla Ltd. with data supplied by Audi AG.

Intake manifold: mesh

Mesh

Intake manifold: pressure

Pressure