Make a grid for a non-rectangular geometry

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Ann St
Ann St on 25 Apr 2015
Commented: Jeremy Ahner on 15 Jul 2022
I have a code that makes a grid for a rectangular geometry. Then it solves equations at each grid point. I want to make the geometry a little more complex (like in the diagram attached--a tank with an outlet attached to it), but don't know how. There is probably information out there about this, but I am not experienced in using Matlab and probably am not using the right search terms. If someone could help, I would be very grateful.
Here is the code I have:
Nx = 20; Ny = Nx; % Number of nodes in x and y direction.
% Lx and Ly are the lengths of each side of the rectangle.
% Grid
x = linspace(0,Lx,Nx); y = linspace(0,Ly,Ny);
delta_x = Lx/(Nx-1); delta_y = Ly/(Ny-1); % Spacing between nodes
% Initial condition
psi = zeros(Nx,Ny); var_store = zeros(Nx,Ny); omega = zeros(Nx,Ny);
How can I modify this to make it appropriate for the shape I want?
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Khatereh Danaei
Khatereh Danaei on 8 Nov 2018
Hi dear, I have a question exactly like you. do you find any answer? thank you.

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Answers (2)

KSSV
KSSV on 8 Nov 2018
L = 10; % length
H1 = 5 ;
H2 = 7 ;
%
% Full rectangle
M = 500 ;
x1 = linspace(0,L,M)' ;
y1 = linspace(0,H1,M)' ;
[X1,Y1] = meshgrid(x1,y1) ;
%
N = nnz(x1>=4 & x1<=7);
% Create top notch rectangle from x = 4 t0 7
x2 = linspace(4,7,N)' ;
y2 = linspace(H1,H2,N)' ;
[X2,Y2] = meshgrid(x2,y2) ;
% Merge the double nodes present
idx = knnsearch([X1(end,:)' Y1(end,:)'],[X2(1,:)' Y2(1,:)']) ;
X2(1,:) = X1(end,idx) ;
Y2(1,:) = Y1(end,idx) ;
figure
hold on
plot(X1,Y1,'.r')
plot(X2,Y2,'.b')

Peter
Peter on 22 Feb 2022
Another answer for this is to leave the nominal XY grid defining the mesh, but use NaN outside of the prefered geometry.
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Jeremy Ahner
Jeremy Ahner on 15 Jul 2022
How would you go about assigning NaN values outside of the geometry?

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