Swash Plate Piston Pump Mesher

6.7.2 Swash Plate Piston Pump Mesher

This section explains the settings available in the Swash Plate Piston template, to generate the dynamic mesh for the pumping chamber. The template enables the creation of mesh with appropriate quality and minimal user effort. The leakages in the swash plate piston pump can also be defined and controlled while meshing. The mesh related settings are accessed as follows

Mesh Panel > Rotor Template Mesher

The following mesh related settings are available in the Geometry Tab of the Properties Panel as shown in Figure 6.403 and Figure 6.404

Create/Replace Mesh:Allows the user to select one of the following

New Mesh: To create a new mesh
Store Build Mesh: To store the mesh settings without generating any mesh.
Replace: piston: To replace the existing mesh with new mesh settings.

Mesh Name: Allows the user to name the mesh prior to mesh creation.This option is available when New Mesh or Store Build Mesh is selected under Create/Replace Mesh.

Setup Options: Allows the user to create the mesh using one of the following modes.

Normal Mode: This mode provides standard access to the basic parameters to create the mesh.
Advanced Mode: This mode provides full access to all the meshing parameters to create the mesh.

Rotor Type: Select Swash Plate Piston from the drop-down list.

On defining the above settings, further meshing parameters are specified for:

Figure 6.403 - Rotor type-Swash plate

Figure 6.404 - Build swash plate piston mesh

Once the parameters for meshing are defined, click Build Swash Plate Piston Mesh in the Geometry Tab of the Properties Panel. The piston mesh is created and added under Built Meshes and the corresponding Volumes are generated in the Geometric Entities Panel. Also, Swash Plate Piston module is added to the Model Panel.