Mesh

Create Mesh

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Increase Near-Wall Resolution

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Label Boundaries

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Step 3: Mesh

 
Save your work in Workbench window. In the Workbench window, right click on Mesh, and click Edit. A new ANSYS Mesherwindow will open. We will create a mesh with 200x30 elements along the pipe. This means that we will divide the pipe with 200 elements in axial direction and 30 elements along the radial direction.

In ANSYS Mesher, make sure that the unit we are working on is meter Metric unit. On the top menu, click on Units and make sure that Metric (m, kg, N, s, V, A) is selected.

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Meshing Method

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Edge Sizing

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Now continue with the sizing in the axial direction.

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We have specified all the meshing conditions. Click Update on the third menu to see the mesh.

Click on Mesh and look under Details of "Mesh", next to Statistics, you should see that we have 6120 Elements for our mesh.

Create Named Selection

Next, we will name the edges accordingly so that we can specify the appropriate boundary conditions in the later step. We know the bottom edges of the geometry are the centerline of the pipe, the left edge is the inlet of the pipe, the right edge is the outlet of the pipe, top side edges are wall and the top middle edge is the heated wall section. Let's name the edges according to the diagram below. Remember to click on the Edge tabon the Fluid flow Fluent - Mesh window and then press Ctrl + mouse click to multiple select the 3 line sections that make up the center line before naming it.
Select the left edge and right click and select Create Named Selection. Enter Inlet and click OK. Under Outline, you will see the name Inlet under Named Selections.
Finish naming rest of the edges. Finally, click Update . 
Go to Step 4: Setup (Physics)