'sonicFoam' not found

alcarnielo · September 18, 2020, 14:36

Good afternoon all,

I was trying to reproduce this tutorial:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds0e...nEnQqB&index=4

but I faced a fail with openFoam. I had issue only on solving part (not on mesh part). When I typed the sonicFoam command, the openFoam returned that sonicFoam was not found.

"""
Command 'sonicFoam' not found, but can be installed with:

sudo apt install openfoam
"""

Them, Ubuntu suggested to install OpnFoam by sudo apt install openfoam.

I tried that and it didn't solve my issue.

I also searched on google for this issue and didn't find any solution.

By the way, I am using:
- Ubuntu18.04;
- OpenFoam8

Krapf · September 18, 2020, 18:57

Since OpenFOAM 7 the functionality of sonicFoam is integrated into rhoPimpleFoam. You have to set "transonic true;" in the PIMPLE sub-dictionary in fvSolution to activate it. See: https://github.com/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM...865321af6dd6ca

R.M · December 25, 2020, 22:10

Many thanks Krapf for your help. Actually I had the same problem, but I have solved it by ur help.

dlahaye · December 26, 2020, 07:47

Two questions on the thermodynamics in sonicFoam and rho(S/P)impleFoam:

1/ Did sonicFoam allow to choose between rhoThermo and psiThermo?

2/ Any examples that show the benefit of rhoThermo and psiThermo given a certain application?

Thx!

September 18, 2020, 14:36	'sonicFoam' not found	#1
alcarnielo New Member Join Date: Sep 2020 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 6	Good afternoon all, I was trying to reproduce this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds0e...nEnQqB&index=4 but I faced a fail with openFoam. I had issue only on solving part (not on mesh part). When I typed the sonicFoam command, the openFoam returned that sonicFoam was not found. """ Command 'sonicFoam' not found, but can be installed with: sudo apt install openfoam """ Them, Ubuntu suggested to install OpnFoam by sudo apt install openfoam. I tried that and it didn't solve my issue. I also searched on google for this issue and didn't find any solution. By the way, I am using: - Ubuntu18.04; - OpenFoam8

September 18, 2020, 18:57		#2
Krapf Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2017 Posts: 133 Rep Power: 9	Since OpenFOAM 7 the functionality of sonicFoam is integrated into rhoPimpleFoam. You have to set "transonic true;" in the PIMPLE sub-dictionary in fvSolution to activate it. See: https://github.com/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM...865321af6dd6ca R.M and cfdberkeley like this.

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