Is there a way to get rid of fields at timestep output?

Peter_600 · December 16, 2009, 09:37

Hi,

I am running a huge case with pimpleFoam and am limited by my hard disk. Therefore, I just would like to write out the U an p fields at each time step and skip the others.

Is there a way to do that?

Best regards
Peter

fs82 · December 17, 2009, 03:39

I think this is not so easy. In my opinion this has to be done as a hack in your solver (createFields.H) and in your SGS/RAS Model. Every field you do not need has do be set to NO_WRITE instead of AUTO_WRITE. But you should be carefull some fields might be neccesary for a restart.

December 16, 2009, 09:37	Is there a way to get rid of fields at timestep output?	#1
Peter_600 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 140 Rep Power: 17	Hi, I am running a huge case with pimpleFoam and am limited by my hard disk. Therefore, I just would like to write out the U an p fields at each time step and skip the others. Is there a way to do that? Best regards Peter

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December 17, 2009, 03:39		#2
fs82 Senior Member Dr. Fabian Schlegel Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Dresden, Germany Posts: 222 Rep Power: 18	I think this is not so easy. In my opinion this has to be done as a hack in your solver (createFields.H) and in your SGS/RAS Model. Every field you do not need has do be set to NO_WRITE instead of AUTO_WRITE. But you should be carefull some fields might be neccesary for a restart.