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Old   October 22, 2013, 10:01
Default Simple Foam(Cannot find patchField entry for movingwall file: /home/nithish/OpenFOA)
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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;
    }
}

// ************************************************************************* //
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Old   October 22, 2013, 10:10
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Problem solved
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Old   February 27, 2014, 08:55
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Hello,odellar
I have met similar problem like yours, could you please tell how you deal with it
Thank you!
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Old   February 28, 2014, 05:40
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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.


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