Systems and Means of Informatics
2020, Volume 30, Issue 3, pp 133-144
DEVELOPMENT OF A MODULE FOR GRINDING MESHES CELLS IN SEVERAL DIRECTIONS AND ITS INTEGRATION INTO THE GUI FOR THE OpenFOAM SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENT
Abstract
This article is devoted to the development of a software module that extends the source code of the graphical shell rCF_GUI, created by the author, and that allows automating one of the stages of a numerical experiment for the problems of continuum
mechanics
- grinding cells of computational meshes in several directions.
This stage is performed as a part of preprocessing of a numerical experiment and determines the accuracy
of the result (final numerieal model).
The goal of the study and the set of tasks for its achievement
are formulated.
The stack of technologies
necessary
for development of the module is defined, its block diagram and diagram describing
the logic of use are presented. The implemented module is integrated into the current version of the graphical
shell rCF_GUF which is available in the public access on the GitHub service. The module's capabilities
have been tested as a part of the research
with the training task of continuum mechanies in the field of aerodynamies, which is a part of the OpenFOAM software environment
distribution. The results of the study are summarized, its novelty and practical
significance are revealed.
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[+] About this article
Title
DEVELOPMENT OF A MODULE FOR GRINDING MESHES CELLS IN SEVERAL DIRECTIONS AND ITS INTEGRATION INTO THE GUI FOR THE OpenFOAM SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENT
Journal
Systems and Means of Informatics
Volume 30, Issue 3, pp 133-144
Cover Date
2020-11-10
DOI
10.14357/08696527200312
Print ISSN
0869-6527
Publisher
Institute of Informatics Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences
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Key words
numerical simulation; continuum mechanics; refineMesh utility; OpenFOAM; open source software; graphical user interface; Python programming language; PyQt library
Authors
V. E. Gavrilov 
Author Affiliations
South Urals Federal Researeh Center of Mineralogy and Geoeeology of the Urals Braneh of the Russian Aeademy of Seienees, Ilmen reserve, Miass, Chelyabinsk Region 456317, Russian Federation
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