[ARC_P&P]

Hello everyone,



I am actually implementing a simulation in heat transfer with OpenFOAM 8.
The geometry has an interface between the fluid (water) and the solid (iron) exchanging heat through it. Other boundaries are external boundaries on the solid region and are subject to convective heat fluxes with the ambient air.


The main problem is the following, the heat exchange coefficient h in [W/m²/K] is time dependent and profile is stored in a data table. What I managed to do is to read a 'h.data' table and to run the simulation. Here after is the boundary condition on T I inputtedin 0/solid/T on the patch top:


top
{

type groovyBC;
variables "Tinf=350.0;lambda=44.5;";
timelines (
{
name conv;
outOfBounds clamp;
file "h.data";
}
);
gradientExpression "-h*(T-Tinf)/lambda";
fractionExpression "0";
value uniform 400;
}




What brought me to create this thread is that in the log.reconstructPar (parallel simulation) I find the error :


Reconstructing FV fields

Reconstructing volScalarFields

T

--> FOAM FATAL IO ERROR:
keyword name is undefined in dictionary "/home/user/Desktop/testCase/processor0/0.001/solid/T/boundaryField/top/timelines"

file: /home/user/Desktop/testCase/processor0/0.001/solid/T/boundaryField/top/timelines from line 59 to line 60.

From function const Foam::entry& Foam::dictionary::lookupEntry(const Foam::word&, bool, bool) const
in file db/dictionary/dictionary.C at line 797.

FOAM exiting

So what I understand is that there is a problem with the "timelines" keyword but i don't know why.Therefore, when I open it in paraFoam, I get the time 0 solution, but get a "T (?)" in SolidColor for t>0s.


If you have any hint or piece advice for this matter, please feel free to get in touch

Thank you very much in advance,



Jordan



PS: on the following link https://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/C...oovyBC#wobbler there is an example that inspired me for my boundary condition.

Also concerning this wobbler test case, I couldn't find it on Google.