> On 10 Oct 2018, at 12:16, Nathan RICKS <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi Gmsh users/developers,
> 
> I'm working on a simple 2D airfoil mesh (coarse geo file attached) - I would 
> like the boundary layer to not have a uniform discretization along the 
> airfoil surface. I would like "wider" cells mid chord, and "narrower" cells 
> near the leading and trailing edges. From what I can work out, the boundary 
> layer cell width is only defined by the characteristic length given at the 
> first point of the curve?

You can use all the usual tools to define mesh sizes along the profile - cf. 
e.g. tutorial/t10.geo

> 
> ie. hypothetical boundary layer cell "width" on a curve shown below: 
> leading                   mid                     trailing
> |-|-|--|--|--|----|----|----|----|--|--|--|-|-|
> 
> Is there a way to enforce this?
> 
> Thank you in advance,
> Kind Regards,
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Nathan Ricks | PhD Student
> 
> Department of Mechanical Engineering
> Thermo and Fluid dynamics (FLOW)
> 
> Brussels Faculty of Engineering (BRUFACE)
> Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
> 
> 
> 
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