Manual initialization in SU2

Zhen ZHANG · April 7, 2021, 10:55

Hi all,
I am dealing with film cooling problems, where there are many inlets. The default uniform initialization does not work. Can I manually initialize the calculation domain? For example, different velocities and pressure in different regions. To do so, which part of the source code should I modify?
Thanks!

bigfootedrockmidget · April 10, 2021, 08:24

Hi,

The easiest is maybe this:
save the results after 1 iteration as an ASCII file using

Code:

READ_BINARY_RESTART= NO
OUTPUT_FILES= RESTART_ASCII

You now have a .csv file with x,y,z, pressure, velocity, etc.

You can manipulate this file using your favorite tool (matlab, python work very well)
Then restart from this file.

Zhen ZHANG · April 12, 2021, 04:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigfootedrockmidget

Hi,

The easiest is maybe this:
save the results after 1 iteration as an ASCII file using

Code:

READ_BINARY_RESTART= NO
OUTPUT_FILES= RESTART_ASCII

You now have a .csv file with x,y,z, pressure, velocity, etc.

You can manipulate this file using your favorite tool (matlab, python work very well)
Then restart from this file.

This works. Thank you!

April 7, 2021, 10:55	Manual initialization in SU2	#1
Zhen ZHANG Member Zhen ZHANG Join Date: Jun 2018 Location: Beijing, China Posts: 56 Rep Power: 8	Hi all, I am dealing with film cooling problems, where there are many inlets. The default uniform initialization does not work. Can I manually initialize the calculation domain? For example, different velocities and pressure in different regions. To do so, which part of the source code should I modify? Thanks!

April 10, 2021, 08:24		#2
bigfootedrockmidget Senior Member bigfoot Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Netherlands Posts: 679 Rep Power: 21	Hi, The easiest is maybe this: save the results after 1 iteration as an ASCII file using Code: READ_BINARY_RESTART= NO OUTPUT_FILES= RESTART_ASCII You now have a .csv file with x,y,z, pressure, velocity, etc. You can manipulate this file using your favorite tool (matlab, python work very well) Then restart from this file.

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