Continuing firefoam solver from latesttime

dduon101 · August 4, 2020, 16:47

I am having an issue with continuing the firefoam solver with a radiation model.

I had run the solver for awhile and the simulation stopped at some point due to power being cut out, and I have some saved time folders. However, when I changed the controldict option startFrom entry from startTime to latestTime, it says the latest time folder is missing the IDefault file. It is present in the 0 file, but it appears it was not calculated (?) and/or stored in the other time folders during the solving.

Is there a way I can continue the solver from the latest time, although the required file is not there? Thank you very much.

tomf · August 5, 2020, 10:21

Hi,

I guess it will be ok to copy the IDefault file from the 0 folder to the latestTime folder. If you run in parallel you would need to do it for all processor folders.

Cheers,
Tom

dduon101 · August 28, 2020, 14:01

Hello! Sorry for getting back so late. Thank you! It worked perfectly. Thanks again.

August 4, 2020, 16:47	Continuing firefoam solver from latesttime	#1
dduon101 New Member Join Date: Aug 2020 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 6	I am having an issue with continuing the firefoam solver with a radiation model. I had run the solver for awhile and the simulation stopped at some point due to power being cut out, and I have some saved time folders. However, when I changed the controldict option startFrom entry from startTime to latestTime, it says the latest time folder is missing the IDefault file. It is present in the 0 file, but it appears it was not calculated (?) and/or stored in the other time folders during the solving. Is there a way I can continue the solver from the latest time, although the required file is not there? Thank you very much.

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August 5, 2020, 10:21		#2
tomf Senior Member Tom Fahner Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Breda, Netherlands Posts: 647 Rep Power: 32	Hi, I guess it will be ok to copy the IDefault file from the 0 folder to the latestTime folder. If you run in parallel you would need to do it for all processor folders. Cheers, Tom

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dduon101 New Member Join Date: Aug 2020 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 6	Hello! Sorry for getting back so late. Thank you! It worked perfectly. Thanks again.