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andrea.pasquali · November 26, 2009, 08:18

Hello,
I generated a model of a rotating cylinder.
I used the example in icoDyMFoam/mixerGgi in OpenFOAM1.5-dev.
I attached one image of the model (ggi.jpeg).
There is: the rotating patch "cilindro", the fixed patch "wall" and the patches "insideSlider" and "outsideSlider".
When I try to run icoDyMFoam, I obtain:

Quote:

This mesh contains patches of type empty but is not 1D or 2D
by virtue of the fact that the number of faces of this
empty patch is not divisible by the number of cells.

Could anyone explain this error? The empty patches are on front and back of the model. What "the number of faces of this empty patch is not divisible by the number of cells" means?

Thanks in advance for any reply

Andrea

lord_kossity · November 27, 2009, 04:23

Hello Andrea,

it seems like you declared your defaultFaces to be of boundary type "empty" (look in your constant/polyMesh/boundary file). If this assumption is correct change "empty" in that file to the proper boundary type (e.g. "patch", "wall", ...) . When you did that, change your initial conditions in 0/ and the Error Messgae from above won't appear.

Best,
Andreas

andrea.pasquali · November 27, 2009, 05:54

Thank you very muck Andreas,
I understood my error! Now it's running

Best regards

Andrea

November 27, 2009, 05:54		#3
andrea.pasquali Senior Member Andrea Pasquali Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 142 Rep Power: 17	Thank you very muck Andreas, I understood my error! Now it's running Best regards Andrea __________________ Andrea Pasquali

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November 27, 2009, 04:23		#2
lord_kossity Member Andreas Dietz Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Munich Posts: 79 Rep Power: 17	Hello Andrea, it seems like you declared your defaultFaces to be of boundary type "empty" (look in your constant/polyMesh/boundary file). If this assumption is correct change "empty" in that file to the proper boundary type (e.g. "patch", "wall", ...) . When you did that, change your initial conditions in 0/ and the Error Messgae from above won't appear. Best, Andreas