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gashishr · October 10, 2011, 14:32

Hi,

I am solving an airfoil case for different angles of attack using simpleFoam. I have results for AOA 2deg. I want to solve for an AOA 4deg with results from 2deg as initial values. How can I do that?

chegdan · October 10, 2011, 16:40

try using the mapFields utility between the two cases if they have the same boundary condition names. If the mesh is a different shape (i.e. geometrically non-similar) then I'm not sure how it interpolates to the new mesh and if it can even be used. Its worth a try.

to find the usage, try

Code:

mapFields -help

if they are identical in every way except the number of cells, then it should work. Otherwise you might have to make a mapFieldsDict that is in:

OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.0.x/applications/utilities/preProcessing/mapFields

folder.

cheers,

October 10, 2011, 14:32	Restarting OpenFoam run	#1
gashishr New Member Ashish Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 15	Hi, I am solving an airfoil case for different angles of attack using simpleFoam. I have results for AOA 2deg. I want to solve for an AOA 4deg with results from 2deg as initial values. How can I do that?

October 10, 2011, 16:40		#2
chegdan Senior Member Daniel P. Combest Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: St. Louis, USA Posts: 621 Rep Power: 0	try using the mapFields utility between the two cases if they have the same boundary condition names. If the mesh is a different shape (i.e. geometrically non-similar) then I'm not sure how it interpolates to the new mesh and if it can even be used. Its worth a try. to find the usage, try Code: mapFields -help if they are identical in every way except the number of cells, then it should work. Otherwise you might have to make a mapFieldsDict that is in: OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.0.x/applications/utilities/preProcessing/mapFields folder. cheers,

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