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Simple Foam(Cannot find patchField entry for movingwall file: /home/nithish/OpenFOA)

Hello All,

When i tried to solve using simple foam this is what i am getting.can any one help me with this ?

Code:

Cannot find patchField entry for movingwall



file: /home/nithish/OpenFOAM/nithish-2.2.1/run/tutorials/incompressible/simpleFoam/pitzDaily/0/p.boundaryField from line 25 to line 47.

Code:

/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\

| =========                 |                                                 |

| \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox           |

|  \\    /   O peration     | Version:  2.2.1                                 |

|   \\  /    A nd           | Web:      www.OpenFOAM.org                      |

|    \\/     M anipulation  |                                                 |

\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

FoamFile

{

    version     2.0;

    format      ascii;

    class       volScalarField;

    object      p;

}

// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //



dimensions      [0 2 -2 0 0 0 0];



internalField   uniform 0;



boundaryField

{

    inlet

    {

        type            zeroGradient;

    }



    outlet

    {

        type            fixedValue;

        value           uniform 0;

    }



     movingWall

    {

        type           zeroGradient;

        

    }



    fixedWalls

    {

        type            zeroGradient;

    }



    frontAndBack

    {

        type            empty;

    }

}



// ************************************************************************* //

Hello,odellar
I have met similar problem like yours, could you please tell how you deal with it
Thank you!

linux is case sensitive,

he wrote movingWall in his /0 file, but he build his patch with blockMesh as movingwall.

so the solver is searching for wall but only gets Wall.

greetings
Patrick