[mechy]

what is the best values for GAMG parameters specially for
nCellsInCoarsestLevel , nPreSweeps 0, nPostSweeps

is there a formula to calculate those based on the number of cells ?

Regards

[chegdan]

Try this

GAMG hexa vs. tetrahedron meshes

There are several other threads, but the settings and concepts from this thread I use with my own simulations.

[mechy]

Dear Daniel
thanks so much for your answer.
in most of OF tutorials the value of nCellsInCoarsestLevel is set to 10 (or 20)
but in your link it is set to 500 (or sqrt(#cell))
do you know why OF used the 10 or 20 values ?

Regards

[chegdan]

This is one of those situations where something has been tested and found to work for a particular situation. You can always try the sqrt(ncells), 10, 20, 50 or 100 and then see which one is the best for your case.

I have read that 10 or 20 for larger cases is too low and can be inefficient. Hence why I stay a bit higher with sqrt(nCells). However, its a case by case change.

[kmooney]

I've seen similar changes in convergence speed by altering the nCellsInCoarsestLevel setting. In once case I had pressure converge twice as fast for a relatively large case @ 600k cells on about 50 processors. I don't have the solver settings on hand unfortunately.

It is definitely worth investigating before starting big parametric or large parallel cases.

[mechy]

Originally Posted by chegdan

This is one of those situations where something has been tested and found to work for a particular situation. You can always try the sqrt(ncells), 10, 20, 50 or 100 and then see which one is the best for your case.

I have read that 10 or 20 for larger cases is too low and can be inefficient. Hence why I stay a bit higher with sqrt(nCells). However, its a case by case change.

Hi Daniel

by increasing the nCellsInCoarsestLevel value, the convergency increased but the high value of nCellsInCoarsestLevel may be increase the cpu time for solution
in other word by the high value of nCellsInCoarsestLevel solution converged, certainly
am I right ?

Regards