[nesca87]

Greetings to all FOAMers,

Recently, I tried to modified interFoam by adding temperature transport equation just like myinterfoamdiabatic by Qingming Liu with a few modification. http://www.tfd.chalmers.se/~hani/kur...ingmingLiu.pdf

I used user directory for both the new library and the new solver. The modified one works very well. However, when I tried to run the original interDyMFoam, the following error appeared:

PHP Code:

--> FOAM FATAL IO ERROR: 
keyword cp is undefined in dictionary "/home/hicha2/OpenFOAM/hicha2-2.3.0/run/tutorials/multiphase/interDyMFoam/ras/sloshingTank2D/constant/transportProperties.water"

file: /home/hicha2/OpenFOAM/hicha2-2.3.0/run/tutorials/multiphase/interDyMFoam/ras/sloshingTank2D/constant/transportProperties.water from line 22 to line 24.

    From function dictionary::lookupEntry(const word&, bool, bool) const
    in file db/dictionary/dictionary.C at line 437.

FOAM exiting 


I did copy interDyMFoam tutorial to the user run directory, though. But, before I modified the interFoam, interDyMFoam worked well even though I used user run directory for simulation. I think the problem was about a constant which I added in the modified interFoam source library (cp, as shown in the error message), but I can't prove it since in there isn't anything about the library written in the error message. I assume the interFoam affects interDyMFoam because in OF solvers directory they're in the same folder.

Is there anyone who has experienced this problem? How can we move back to the standard OpenFOAM source library directory, after using user source library directory of another solver?

I am a newbie with OF and I have already tried to google this problem, but there is no a good result.

I'm using OD 2.3.0 in Ubuntu 12.04. Any kind of help is very appreciated.

Thank you,

Hicha

[Bloerb]

I think you made the following mistake. You compiled your new solver with the same name. You have basically overwritten your current solver

Inside make/files change

interFoam.C

EXE = $(FOAM_APPBIN)/interFoam

to

myInterFoam.C

EXE = $(FOAM_USER_APPBIN)/myInterFoam

Also rename your C file and compile the solver again. You can now call your solver by myInterFoam. Now recompile the standard interfoam solver.

[nesca87]

hello Bloerb,

Thanks for your answer.
However, I don't have any problem with the new solver.
The failed one is the original version in OpenFoam-2.3.0 directory which I didn't do any changes. I used user-2.3.0 directory for the new solver.

Just now, I realized that not only interDyMFoam, the standard solver of interFoam doesn't work as well.

[Bloerb]

Yes and if you give your solver the same name that still applies. The easy way to check is to go inside your user directory ($FOAM_USER_APPBIN) and remove the solver. It should be in the platforms/..../bin folder. After that open a new terminal and check again.

[nesca87]

Originally Posted by Bloerb

Yes and if you give your solver the same name that still applies. The easy way to check is to go inside your user directory ($FOAM_USER_APPBIN) and remove the solver. It should be in the platforms/..../bin folder. After that open a new terminal and check again.

Both solver had different names. It seems because OF used user directory platform instead the main one which usually been used by the standard solvers.
I solved the problem by compile again the library in main directory and it kind of work for me.

Anyway, thank you for your kind answer. I wouldn't realize if you didn't mention about the platform directory in the user directory.

[genshih]

Hi Hicha,
Could you please elaborate a little more since i am also facing the same problem now.

Regards,

[genshih]

Originally Posted by nesca87

Both solver had different names. It seems because OF used user directory platform instead the main one which usually been used by the standard solvers.
I solved the problem by compile again the library in main directory and it kind of work for me.

Anyway, thank you for your kind answer. I wouldn't realize if you didn't mention about the platform directory in the user directory.

Hi Hicha,
Could you please elaborate a little more since i am also facing the same problem now.

Regards,

[nesca87]

Hi genshih.

Would you tell me more detail of your problem?