[krsp]

Hi everyone,

I would like to create a logarithmic velocity profile at the inlet. I have tried with "groovyBC", however I keep getting the same error:

--> FOAM FATAL ERROR:
Parser Error at "1.8-9" :"field uf not existing or of wrong type"
"vector(uf/K*log(zp/z0), 0.0, 0.0)"
" ^^ "
From function parsingValue
in file PatchValueExpressionDriver.C at line 192.
FOAM exiting

In the 0/U-file, I have typed the following for my BC:
inlet
{
type groovyBC
variables "uf=0.002257;ks=0.0051;z0=ks/30;K=0.4;zp=pts().z;";
valueExpression "vector(uf/K*log(zp/z0), 0.0, 0.0)";
}

Can anyone tell me, what I have done wrong? (I use OpenFoam 1.6-ext)

Thanks in advance

[gschaider]

Originally Posted by krsp

Hi everyone,

I would like to create a logarithmic velocity profile at the inlet. I have tried with "groovyBC", however I keep getting the same error:

--> FOAM FATAL ERROR:
Parser Error at "1.8-9" :"field uf not existing or of wrong type"
"vector(uf/K*log(zp/z0), 0.0, 0.0)"
" ^^ "
From function parsingValue
in file PatchValueExpressionDriver.C at line 192.
FOAM exiting

In the 0/U-file, I have typed the following for my BC:
inlet
{
type groovyBC
variables "uf=0.002257;ks=0.0051;z0=ks/30;K=0.4;zp=pts().z;";
valueExpression "vector(uf/K*log(zp/z0), 0.0, 0.0)";
}

Can anyone tell me, what I have done wrong? (I use OpenFoam 1.6-ext)

Thanks in advance

Should work. Some questions:

- which version of groovyBC are you using? (To put it differently: is is a version that supports variables?)
- Have you tried deliberatly introducing a syntax error into the evaluation of uf (for instance "uf=nix*0.002257;") to see whether it is evaluated at all

Bernhard

[krsp]

I think you were right, that I was using a wrong version of groovyBC.. Now I have downloaded swak4Foam (1.7), and I think it works

Thank you!