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Tutorials show you how to use Simcenter STAR-CCM+ for various applications in a step-by-step format with recommendations for setup, initialization and steps of the solution process specific to the application. Macro and simulation files are available for download for a large proportion of cases.
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The tutorials in this set illustrate various STAR-CCM+ features for building CFD meshes.
Turbomachinery Mesher: Compressor Stage
When modelling the flow in turbomachinery applications, a flow-aligned structured mesh is required for accurate solution analysis. The Turbomachinery Mesh operation in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ generates a flow-aligned structured mesh from user-specified input surfaces and parameters.
Creating the Contacts
Before assigning the parts to regions, you define geometry contacts between the parts. As the geometry is a sector of a compressor stage, you define periodic contacts between the surfaces enclosing the sector. Additionally, you create a contact for the mixing-plane interface between the rotor and the stator regions.

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Tutorials
Tutorials show you how to use Simcenter STAR-CCM+ for various applications in a step-by-step format with recommendations for setup, initialization and steps of the solution process specific to the application. Macro and simulation files are available for download for a large proportion of cases.
- Using Tutorial Macros and Files
  Macros, input files, and final simulation files for a range of tutorials are provided as an optional download package on the Support Center website. These macros and final simulation files are provided as an aid to the written tutorials, so that you can check your final results against the downloaded files, or against a simulation that is built and run using the macros.
- Introduction
  Welcome to the Simcenter STAR-CCM+ introductory tutorial. In this tutorial, you explore the important concepts and workflow. Complete this tutorial before attempting any others.
- Foundation Tutorials
  The foundation tutorials showcase the major features of Simcenter STAR-CCM+ in a series of short tutorials.
- Geometry
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various Simcenter STAR-CCM+ features for creating and working with parts and 3D-CAD.
- Mesh
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various STAR-CCM+ features for building CFD meshes.
  - Surface Wrapper: Intake Manifold
    This tutorial demonstrates how to use the surface wrapper to extract the internal fluid surface from a collection of parts that represent an intake manifold assembly.
  - Surface Repair Tools Brake Assembly
    Simcenter STAR-CCM+ provides a suite of tools to help you prepare surface geometry so that it is ready for meshing. This tutorial provides an introduction to some of these tools, using the example of a brake assembly.
  - Parts-Based Meshing External Aerodynamics
    This tutorial demonstrates how to set up a simulation using the parts-based meshing approach.
  - Mesh Operations: Imported Control Valve
    This tutorial demonstrates how to use the surface and volume meshing operations within Simcenter STAR-CCM+ to generate a polyhedral volume mesh with prism layers for a single region. The inputs required to build a trimmed cell mesh with prism layers are also covered.
  - Meshing: Multi-Part Heat Exchanger
    This tutorial demonstrates how to use the surface and volume meshing tools while working with multiple parts within Simcenter STAR-CCM+.
  - Directed Meshing: Electrical Machine
    This tutorial demonstrates how to use the directed meshing tool in STAR-CCM+. Directed meshing allows you to generate a high-quality structured mesh by creating quadrilateral elements on a surface of a body and then sweeping them through its volume.
  - Local Wrapper: European Truck
    Local wrapping speeds up re-execution of the surface wrapper after local changes are made to the input geometry or wrapper settings.
  - Gap Closure in Surface Wrapper: Drone Main Body
    When using the surface wrapper for geometries that have feature-level holes or gaps, you can find that the core wrapper is unable to cover the whole surface with a closed wrap. To assist, Simcenter STAR-CCM+ provides a gap closure option that detects and fills these larger voids in the surface.
  - Turbomachinery Mesher: Compressor Stage
    When modelling the flow in turbomachinery applications, a flow-aligned structured mesh is required for accurate solution analysis. The Turbomachinery Mesh operation in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ generates a flow-aligned structured mesh from user-specified input surfaces and parameters.
    - Loading the Simulation
      For this tutorial, you are provided with a starting simulation that contains the compressor geometry and the relevant part surfaces.
    - Creating the Contacts
      Before assigning the parts to regions, you define geometry contacts between the parts. As the geometry is a sector of a compressor stage, you define periodic contacts between the surfaces enclosing the sector. Additionally, you create a contact for the mixing-plane interface between the rotor and the stator regions.
    - Assigning the Parts to Regions
      Create separate regions for the rotor and stator passages. When creating the regions, Simcenter STAR-CCM+ creates the interfaces from the periodic and in-place contacts.
    - Preparing and Executing the Mesh
      Create mesh operations for the stator and rotor passages.
- Incompressible Flow
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various Simcenter STAR-CCM+ features for incompressible fluid flows as well as porosity and solution recording
- Compressible Flow
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various Simcenter STAR-CCM+ features for compressible fluid flows as well as harmonic balance.
- Heat Transfer and Radiation
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various Simcenter STAR-CCM+ features for heat transfer, radiation, and thermal comfort.
- Multiphase Flow
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various Simcenter STAR-CCM+ features for simulating multiphase fluid flow problems
- Discrete Element Method
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various Simcenter STAR-CCM+ features for simulating Discrete Element Method problems
- Motion
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various STAR-CCM+ features for simulating problems with moving geometries and meshes, dynamic fluid body interaction, and rigid body motion:
- Reacting Flow
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various Simcenter STAR-CCM+ features for simulating reacting flows such as combustion.
- Solid Stress
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various Simcenter STAR-CCM+ features for computing deformation, strain, and stresses in solid regions. They also show how such computations can be coupled to the fluid behavior in an analysis of fluid-structure interaction.
- Aeroacoustics
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various Simcenter STAR-CCM+ features for solving aeroacoustic simulations.
- Electromagnetism
  The following tutorials illustrate features for solving problems that involve electromagnetic fields.
- Electrochemistry
  The following tutorial demonstrates chemical reactions induced by an electrical current.
- Battery
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various Simcenter STAR-CCM+ features for setting up a battery model:
- Automation
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various Simcenter STAR-CCM+ automation and macro features.
- Design Exploration
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various features for running design exploration studies in Design Manager.
- Coupling with CAE Codes
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various Simcenter STAR-CCM+ features for coupling with CAE codes:
- Analysis Methods
  The tutorials in this set illustrate various Simcenter STAR-CCM+ features for analysing and visualizing simulation data.
- Simcenter STAR-CCM+ In-cylinder
  The tutorials in this set illustrate features for simulating internal combustion engines in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ using the dedicated add-on Simcenter STAR-CCM+ In-cylinder.

Creating the Contacts

Before assigning the parts to regions, you define geometry contacts between the parts. As the geometry is a sector of a compressor stage, you define periodic contacts between the surfaces enclosing the sector. Additionally, you create a contact for the mixing-plane interface between the rotor and the stator regions.

To create the periodic contact for the rotor:

Expand the Geometry > Parts > Rotor Passage > Surfaces node and multi-select the P1 and P2 nodes.
The corresponding surfaces are highlighted in the Geometry Scene 1 window.
Right-click one of the selected nodes and select Create Periodic.
Simcenter STAR-CCM+ adds the rotor periodic contact to the Geometry > Contacts node.

To create the periodic contact for the stator:

Expand the Parts > StatorPassage > Surfaces node and multi-select the P1 and P2 nodes.
Right-click one of the selected nodes and select Create Periodic.

To define the mixing-plane contact between the stator and rotor, you create a weak-in-place contact:

Multi-select the Parts > RotorPassage > Surfaces > Int_1 and Parts > StatorPassage > Surfaces > Int_2 nodes.
Right-click one of the selected nodes and click Create Weak In-Place Contact.
Simcenter STAR-CCM+ adds the in-place contact, StatorPassage/RotorPassage, to the Contacts node.

The periodic transformation applied to the periodic contacts is both rotational and translational. For the rotation, you specify the axis of rotation:

Multi-select the Contacts > RotorPassage/RotorPassage > P1/P2 > Periodic Transformation and Contacts > StatorPassage/StatorPassage > P1/P2 > Periodic Transformation nodes and set Axis of Rotation Specification to Specify Axis.
The axis specification for the periodic contacts defaults to the positive Z-axis of the Laboratory coordinate system.
Save the simulation.