Case Study: Carleton University achieves automated high-quality structured multi-block hexa meshing with ANSYS ICEM CFD

Scripted geometry creation and structured multi-block hexa meshing

Carleton University’s Rotorcraft Research Group, which develops smart rotor technologies under the SHARCS program, faced a challenge creating high‑quality structured multi‑block hexahedral meshes needed for weeks‑long CFD simulations. Manually building advanced grids for each variant would be very time‑intensive, so the team selected ANSYS (using the ANSYS ICEM CFD meshing solution) to reduce the meshing burden and accelerate research.

ANSYS ICEM CFD’s full scripting capability let the group automate geometry and mesh generation: users supply airfoil coordinates and flow parameters, and the tool writes replay scripts to produce optimized structured meshes with just a few clicks. By using ANSYS ICEM CFD, the team significantly reduced manual meshing effort, accelerated deployment through step‑by‑step tutorials and responsive support, and gained precise control over mesh distribution and multi‑block hexa output—freeing researchers to focus on analysis and experiments.

Carleton University