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Old   August 8, 2009, 14:21
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Being unhappy/disappointed with the results obtained by OpenFOAM after my first tutorial ( http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/ope...-tutorial.html ) I decided to search for validation cases.
Searching the internet provides a good number of examples, but, in most of these cases, the results of OpenFOAM are presented as images, and comparing the results with those obtained by commercial solvers.
'This actually is not the correct way of validating a programme. When doing CFD analysis, the design engineer is looking for numerical values not pictures.
I decided to open this thread looking for your help. I hope the so many users of openFOAM can share their results with new users like me.
As a starter, I have prepared a case for the well documented flow over a flat plate, since we have the well known solution of Blasius.
Here is the blockMesh Dictionary
/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
| ========= | |
| \\ / F ield | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox |
| \\ / O peration | Version: 1.6 |
| \\ / A nd | Web: http://www.OpenFOAM.org |
| \\/ M anipulation | |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
version 2.0;
format ascii;
class dictionary;
object blockMeshDict;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

convertToMeters 1;

vertices
(
(0 0 0)
(1 0 0)
(1 0.1 0)
(0 0.1 0)
(0 0 0.1)
(1 0 0.1)
(1 0.1 0.1)
(0 0.1 0.1)
);

blocks
(
hex (0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7) (100 50 1) simpleGrading (1 15 1)
);

edges
(
);

patches
(
patch inlet
(
(0 4 7 3)
)
patch outlet
(
(1 5 6 2)
)
wall fixedWall
(
(0 1 5 4)
)
patch top
(
(3 2 6 7)
)
empty frontAndBack
(
(0 1 2 3)
(4 5 6 7)
)
);

mergePatchPairs
(
);

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


and the transport properties

/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
| ========= | |
| \\ / F ield | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox |
| \\ / O peration | Version: 1.6 |
| \\ / A nd | Web: www.OpenFOAM.org |
| \\/ M anipulation | |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
version 2.0;
format ascii;
class dictionary;
location "constant";
object transportProperties;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

nu nu [ 0 2 -1 0 0 0 0 ] 15.08e-06;


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


here we have the controlDictionary

/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
| ========= | |
| \\ / F ield | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox |
| \\ / O peration | Version: 1.6 |
| \\ / A nd | Web: www.OpenFOAM.org |
| \\/ M anipulation | |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
version 2.0;
format ascii;
class dictionary;
location "system";
object controlDict;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

application icoFoam;

startFrom startTime;

startTime 0;

stopAt endTime;

endTime 0.01;

deltaT 1e-06;

writeControl runTime;

writeInterval 0.00015;

purgeWrite 0;

writeFormat ascii;

writePrecision 6;

writeCompression uncompressed;

timeFormat general;

timePrecision 6;

runTimeModifiable yes;


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


here we have the initial conditions

/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
| ========= | |
| \\ / F ield | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox |
| \\ / O peration | Version: 1.6 |
| \\ / A nd | Web: http://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 101325;

boundaryField
{
inlet
{
type fixedValue;
value uniform 101325;
}
outlet
{
type zeroGradient;
}
fixedWall
{
type zeroGradient;
}
top
{
type fixedValue;
value uniform 101325;
}
defaultFaces
{
type empty;
}
}


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

and the U file


/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
| ========= | |
| \\ / F ield | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox |
| \\ / O peration | Version: 1.6 |
| \\ / A nd | Web: http://www.OpenFOAM.org |
| \\/ M anipulation | |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
version 2.0;
format ascii;
class volVectorField;
object U;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

dimensions [0 1 -1 0 0 0 0];

internalField uniform (100.0 0.0 0);

boundaryField
{
inlet
{
type fixedValue;
value uniform (100.0 0 0);
}
outlet
{
type zeroGradient;
}
fixedWall
{
type fixedValue;
value uniform (0 0 0);
}
top
{
type fixedValue;
value uniform (100.0 0 0);
}
defaultFaces
{
type empty;
}
}


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


I also attach images of the mesh and the results.

I am looking for your comments and corrections, but most importantly, I hope the readers will add their own validation cases
Attached Images
File Type: jpg Mesh1.jpg (22.5 KB, 180 views)
File Type: jpg Mesh1-inlet.jpg (57.9 KB, 174 views)
File Type: jpg U-magnitude-Inlet.jpg (18.0 KB, 231 views)
File Type: jpg U-magnitude-Outlet.jpg (17.1 KB, 199 views)
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Old   August 9, 2009, 04:01
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Searching the internet provides a good number of examples, but, in most of these cases, the results of OpenFOAM are presented as images, and comparing the results with those obtained by commercial solvers.
'This actually is not the correct way of validating a programme. When doing CFD analysis, the design engineer is looking for numerical values not pictures.
You just did the same: posted pictures

Out of joke, the idea of posting validation cases is surely interesting.
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Old   August 9, 2009, 04:38
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Dear Ahmed,

the Special Interest Group Turbomachinery is doing exactly what you describe.

http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Sig_Turbomachinery

They picked well-known validation cases

http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Si...ion_test_cases

ran the problem in different academic and commercial CFD groups compared the results with experimental data and presented the results at the workshop. The case setups and codes are available from sourceforge - So everybody can redo the exercise. Validation does not get better than this and it completely transparent - down to the last line of code.

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You just did the same: posted pictures

Out of joke, the idea of posting validation cases is surely interesting.
That is correct, I posted the code and pictures hoping that readers can repeat the analysis and share their results and comments with the rest of us (Check the above post by Henrik Rusche)
You see, the U magnitude reported by my solution is greater than what I specified as the free stream condition, is my set up giving reasonable answers or is it the programme itself that is accumulating too much rounding errors?
Good luck and waiting to see your comments soon
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Dear Ahmed,

the Special Interest Group Turbomachinery is doing exactly what you describe.

http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Sig_Turbomachinery

They picked well-known validation cases

http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Si...ion_test_cases

ran the problem in different academic and commercial CFD groups compared the results with experimental data and presented the results at the workshop. The case setups and codes are available from sourceforge - So everybody can redo the exercise. Validation does to get better than this and it completely transparent - down to the last line of code.

Henrik
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Thanks for the information, I hope to see more validation cases on this forum
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Dear Ahmed,

I believe your solution is correct. You have imposed a uniform fixed velocity at the inlet, and a fixed velocity on the top wall. As the boundary layer develops, the fluid within it slows down, and therefore to maintain mass continuity the fluid in the freestream region must speed up, above the 100m/s you have specified.

If you were to increase the height of your domain, then this "error" would be decreased. (also, you will likely observe a velocity gradient between the top surface, and the bulk flow).

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Dear Ahmed and All,

You can find a nice validation case here:

http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Bl...Flow_Benchmark

Hope that helps.

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And if anyone knows of a good site for some fundamental examples, I would greatly appreciate it.
For the basic solvers (compressible/incompressible) the examples in the tutorial folder are relatively easy, even if I am well aware of the time it takes to learn OF ;-)

You can find some additional information on the wiki, but unfortunately explained tutorial are not many.

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New case added, LES around a square cylinder from the QNet-Ercoftac database,
Underlying Flow Regime 2-02.
http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Be...coftac_ufr2-02
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I've started a similar thread here. http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/ope...nfoam-v-v.html

A question that came up for me on that thread is what should one expect for the convergence of residual for steady viscous runs for incompressible external aerodynamics. It seems that one should not necessarily expect the pressure equation to converge lower than 1e-6.

So my question here is, how far did the residual converge for flat plate example given at the beginning of this thread? It's been a while since this thread was active, but thought I would give it a try.
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Are there more validation cases recently?

Thank you!
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