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Old   March 21, 2013, 15:06
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Hi everyone,
I am trying to run an impeller simulation with MRFSimpleFoam, but i am receiving an error message like follows:

--> FOAM FATAL ERROR:
cannot find MRF cellZone rotor

From function Foam::MRFZone::MRFZone(const fvMesh&, Istream&)
in file cfdTools/general/MRF/MRFZone.C at line 285.

FOAM exiting


does anyone of you know how can i fix this problem?

i am using OpenFOAM 2.1.x

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Old   March 21, 2013, 22:19
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Hi everyone,
i am trying to run an impeller simulation with MRFSimple in openFoam 2.1.x, but i am getting an error message. do you know how can i fix this?

--> FOAM FATAL ERROR:
cannot find MRF cellZone rotor

From function Foam::MRFZone::MRFZone(const fvMesh&, Istream&)
in file cfdTools/general/MRF/MRFZone.C at line 285.

FOAM exiting

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Hi dogan,

Which mesh generator do you use?anyway,make sure your cellzonesDict have rotate zone.If your mesh is .msh. Dont forget use -writeZones.

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Old   March 22, 2013, 01:41
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message is obvious , it can not find MRFZone which called here rotor.
when you are using MRFSolver (MRFSimpleFoam, MRFInterFoam and so on ) you should define at least one zone az MRF zone.
MRFzone should define by snappyHexMesh or by toposet and called from MRFZoneDict
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Old   April 2, 2013, 06:45
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Hi sharonyue and nimasam,
i am using fluent as the mesh generator. my mesh is .msh format, but as i read, i don't need to do -writeMesh in O.F.2.1.x.
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Hi,

i use blockmesh and snappyhexmesh to generate a mesh from a stl-file.
i get this error, too.
my cellzones file is emty. i wrote the patch from stl file into the mrfzones file.
like:
Code:
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(
    *patchfromfile*
    {
        patches(*patchfromfile*);
        // Fixed patches (by default they 'move' with the MRF zone)
        // nonRotatingPatches ();

        origin    (0 0 0);
        axis      (0 0 1);
        omega     constant 10;
    }
)

// *****
*patchfromfile* ist the name of the patch from the stl file.
whats wrong? do i have to use cellset and toposet?
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Old   October 7, 2013, 08:46
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you should define MRFzone not patch or something else!
you need to declare a zone
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