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Old   July 10, 2012, 12:02
Default controlDict in interFOAM
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Hi friends
can some1 explain how does result write with controlDict in interfoam?
my mean is that data for which times will be written?



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\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
version 2.0;
format ascii;
class dictionary;
location "system";
object controlDict;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

application interFoam;

startFrom startTime;

startTime 0;

stopAt endTime;

endTime 100;

deltaT 0.001;

writeControl adjustableRunTime;

writeInterval 0.05;

purgeWrite 0;

writeFormat ascii;

writePrecision 6;

writeCompression uncompressed;

timeFormat general;

timePrecision 6;

runTimeModifiable yes;

adjustTimeStep yes;

maxCo 0.5;

maxDeltaT 1;
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Hi,

You can change the value of writeInterval to change when time steps are stored. Fields are now stored each 0.05 second, and since you have an endTIme of 100, this will result in 100/0.05 = 50000 saved time steps!
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