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April 6, 2012, 07:56 |
chtMultiRegionFoam
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Samuele Z
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Dear all,
just a very fast question: what about the changeDictionaryDict dictionary in chtMultiRegionFoam? Should I edit them on my own or I can use a command that prepares them and then I fix the BC that I want to? Thanks a lot, Samuele |
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April 6, 2012, 18:28 |
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Quick answer: "changeDictionaryDict" exists to make life easier for repetitive or automated dictionary editing.
Example: it's a fast way for reseting multiple boundary fields, after a failed execution of setFields.
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April 10, 2012, 05:41 |
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Dear Bruno, Dear all,
thanks for this answer, too. Also, sorry if I opened different threads, but I thought it was easier to manage the discussions. Anyway, I looked at the user guide and I am finding it difficult to understand how to use the chtMultiRegion solver. Could you give me a very brief explanation of the steps? Let me explain my case: 1. I import a .msh mesh from Ansys. 2. I have this situation: - a 0 folder with the following files: epsilon, k, p, p_rgh, T, U, Tchar, Ypmma - a constant folder with some subfolders and the regionProperties file. The subfolders are the following: door_and_roof, external_air, internal_air and polyMesh - the system folder. 3. I now give the fluent3DMeshToFoam command and in the polymesh subfolder some files are created: boundary, cellZones, faces, faceZones, neighbour, owner, points, pointZones 4. the cellZone is the file where I have all the info about the different zones. 5. the topoSetDict (in the system subfolder) is the following: Code:
/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\ | ========= | | | \\ / F ield | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox | | \\ / O peration | Version: dev | | \\ / A nd | Web: www.OpenFOAM.org | | \\/ M anipulation | | \*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ FoamFile { version 2.0; format ascii; class dictionary; object topoSetDict; } // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * // actions ( { name door_and_roof; type cellZoneSet; action new; source zoneToCell; sourceInfo { set door_and_roof; // name of cellSet } } { name internal_air; type cellZoneSet; action new; source zoneToCell; sourceInfo { set internal_air; // name of cellSet } } { name external_air; type cellZoneSet; action new; source zoneToCell; sourceInfo { set external_air; // name of cellSet } } ); // ************************************************************************* // Is that correct? What should I do, then? Thanks for your help, Samuele |
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April 11, 2012, 10:36 |
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Dear All,
I am ready to run my case. There is one more problem. I think it's something linked with the BC. I get this: Code:
lab@lab-laptop:~/Documenti/cases_OF/OF_case11_test$ chtMultiRegionFoam /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\ | ========= | | | \\ / F ield | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox | | \\ / O peration | Version: 2.1.0 | | \\ / A nd | Web: www.OpenFOAM.org | | \\/ M anipulation | | \*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ Build : 2.1.0-0bc225064152 Exec : chtMultiRegionFoam Date : Apr 11 2012 Time : 15:23:03 Host : "lab-laptop" PID : 8053 Case : /home/lab/Documenti/cases_OF/OF_case11_test nProcs : 1 sigFpe : Enabling floating point exception trapping (FOAM_SIGFPE). fileModificationChecking : Monitoring run-time modified files using timeStampMaster allowSystemOperations : Disallowing user-supplied system call operations // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * // Create time Create fluid mesh for region internal_air for time = 0 Create fluid mesh for region external_air for time = 0 Create solid mesh for region door_and_roof for time = 0 *** Reading fluid mesh thermophysical properties for region internal_air Adding to thermoFluid Selecting thermodynamics package hRhoThermo<pureMixture<constTransport<specieThermo<hConstThermo<perfectGas>>>>> #0 Foam::error::printStack(Foam::Ostream&) in "/opt/openfoam210/platforms/linux64GccDPOpt/lib/libOpenFOAM.so" #1 Foam::sigFpe::sigHandler(int) in "/opt/openfoam210/platforms/linux64GccDPOpt/lib/libOpenFOAM.so" #2 in "/lib/libc.so.6" #3 Foam::hRhoThermo<Foam::pureMixture<Foam::constTransport<Foam::specieThermo<Foam::hConstThermo<Foam::perfectGas> > > > >::calculate() in "/opt/openfoam210/platforms/linux64GccDPOpt/lib/libbasicThermophysicalModels.so" #4 Foam::hRhoThermo<Foam::pureMixture<Foam::constTransport<Foam::specieThermo<Foam::hConstThermo<Foam::perfectGas> > > > >::hRhoThermo(Foam::fvMesh const&) in "/opt/openfoam210/platforms/linux64GccDPOpt/lib/libbasicThermophysicalModels.so" #5 Foam::basicRhoThermo::addfvMeshConstructorToTable<Foam::hRhoThermo<Foam::pureMixture<Foam::constTransport<Foam::specieThermo<Foam::hConstThermo<Foam::perfectGas> > > > > >::New(Foam::fvMesh const&) in "/opt/openfoam210/platforms/linux64GccDPOpt/lib/libbasicThermophysicalModels.so" #6 Foam::basicRhoThermo::New(Foam::fvMesh const&) in "/opt/openfoam210/platforms/linux64GccDPOpt/lib/libbasicThermophysicalModels.so" #7 in "/opt/openfoam210/platforms/linux64GccDPOpt/bin/chtMultiRegionFoam" #8 __libc_start_main in "/lib/libc.so.6" #9 in "/opt/openfoam210/platforms/linux64GccDPOpt/bin/chtMultiRegionFoam" Floating point exception Thanks a lot, Samuele |
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April 11, 2012, 17:42 |
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Hi Samuele,
I'll have to be quick... This seems to indicate that there was a division by zero or by infinity or a log(0), when defining the thermodynamic properties: Quote:
Best regards, Bruno
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April 30, 2012, 06:02 |
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Dear colleagues,
I'm trying to run chtMultiRgionHeater tutorial to understand how this stuff works. At first, I ran 'Allrun" but it created a few log files containing the information that changedictionary command were not found. it refeers to certain line in Allrun: for i in bottomAir topAir heater leftSolig rightSolid do changeDictionary -region $i > log.changeDictionary.$i 2>&1 done What's the problem and what can I do to fix it? BR Adam |
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May 3, 2012, 04:05 |
Problem setting up chtMultiRegion Case
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Hi Samiam,
I hope you managed to solve your problem and run your case. I am having some problems in running the case with chtMultiRegionFoam too. I have two independent mesh, both meshed by snappyHexMesh. These two meshes together makes my complete geometry. With these two meshes, I create two cellZones. Now, to make the polyMesh directory of the base mesh, I mergeMesh the two meshes. Then, I use splitMeshRegions -cellZones -overwrite to update my mesh in two zones correctly, solid and fluid. When I run the case, I see that the temperature is not passed from the fluid side to the solid side. I use the standard BCs from the tutorial of chtMultiRegionHeater for the temperature field. When I run checkMesh on the base mesh, I see that it generates a message Code:
The mesh has multiple regions which are not connected by any face. <<Writing region information to "0.0038/cellToRegion" Thanks, Dhruv. Quote:
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May 3, 2012, 12:05 |
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I wonder why it would write to a folder 0.0038/cellToRegion. At which timestep do you start?
I would suggest to have a look into your system/controlDict and check if it really works from the correct timestep... Though I would not know how this problem comes into existence... |
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May 3, 2012, 12:28 |
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Oh.. this is because I used checkMesh -latestTime. Otherwise, I start from 0 timestep.
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May 7, 2012, 04:11 |
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Ok... so, I did a little more investigation into the case, and found out that, when the splitMeshRegions is used in the chtMultiRegionFoam tutorial, it generates some intermediate patches at the interface, e.g bottomair_to_heater, etc. However, when I use splitMeshRegions to split my base mesh, it does not generate these patches. I think therein lies the problem. Now, as I understand, in tutorial, the regions are created from a single base mesh, and hence the creation of intermediate patches are necessary. In my case, I have two separate mesh. Is it necessary here too? How can I resolve this? Please, any suggestions.
Thanks, Dhruv. |
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May 7, 2012, 15:03 |
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What information do you get in "0.0038/cellToRegion"? Could the existence of regions not connected by any faces be caused by the interfaces not being everywhere coincident?
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May 8, 2012, 06:03 |
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Thanks for the response. What do you exactly mean by coincident? I have two regions in my mesh. If I view them in parafoam, they perfectly align over each other. |
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May 8, 2012, 10:17 |
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I was just thinking you might have some small void spaces between the two mesh patches that form the interface. This could happen, for example, if the interface is a curved surface and the two zones have been independently snappyHex'd.
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May 9, 2012, 03:43 |
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Yes, i have meshed the two zones separately by snappy. So, i just made two cases, which have the same geometry and blockMesh, and changed the locationInMesh in both, to generate my solid and fluid region. Thereafter, I created zones in these meshes, and used mergeMesh to create my base mesh for chtMultiRegionFoam. Is there any other way that I can do this? Please suggest me.
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June 4, 2012, 11:02 |
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Have you been able to solve your problem. Can you please share the solution too? I feel there might be a problem in inputting the values in thermophysicalproperties.... Thanks..... Raghu |
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