This tutorial gives you an introduction to the concepts and use of a powerful, state-of-the-art software application: STAR-CCM+. STAR-CCM+'s features use continuum-based modeling while giving you full interactive control over the modeling process.
A copy of a polyhedral mesh file is included with this software installation. This chapter will use that mesh to set up, run and post-process a transonic-flow analysis over a symmetrical blunt body in a wind tunnel.
The problem itself is fairly simple from a CFD perspective, but it is small enough that a solution can be reached fairly quickly, which makes the tutorial easy to follow. This allows you to focus on the STAR-CCM+ concepts and user interface rather than get bogged down by the size of the problem.
For a clearer understanding of this tutorial, refer to the typographic conventions.
The illustration below gives an overview of how you will be setting up this problem in the following pages.
The steps you will be following include:
.ccm format polyhedral mesh;Other, more complex, problems may require additional steps, such as scaling the mesh, merging and splitting boundaries and defining interfaces. This functionality will not be covered in this booklet, although you can find more details in the STAR-CCM+ online help.