[Gmsh] 3D stretched grid

[Christophe Geuzaine]

Emmanuel Chane wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to create a simple 3D stretched grid with GMSH but I
> experienced some problems. I would like to have a simple cube with a
> small spherical hole in the middle. It works fine. Then, in the .geo
> file, I give a small density to the elements on the sphere and a big
> density to the elements on the cube. The goal is to have a good grid
> close to the sphere and a coarse grid far to the sphere. The size of the
> cells should increase progressively between the two boundaries. But when
> I generate the grid, I have small cells close to the sphere and suddenly
> big cells.
> 
> To solve the problem, I decided to use a background grid. The .pos file
> look like this:
> 
> View "background mesh" {
> ...
> SP(-20,-20,-20){1.5}; #big density far awy from the sphere
> SP(-1,-1,-1){0.1}; #small density close to the sphere
> ...
> };
> with a lot of lines.
> It work more or less: the size of the cells increase progressively but
> if I look exactly on the sphere boundary, I have huge cells.
> 
> I am sure I missed something and I am sure there is a simple solution,
> but I really cannot find it.

No, the background mesh is not fully respected for 3D meshes at the 
moment. Gmsh 2.0 (if it ever comes out... :-)) will fix that.


> 
> Best regards,
> Emmanuel Chané.
> 
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Christophe Geuzaine
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