Forum: OpenFOAM
April 5, 2014, 16:09
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Greetings to all!
@Kumudu: Sorry for taking...
Greetings to all!
@Kumudu: Sorry for taking so long to answer you, but I haven't had the time to look into your questions sooner.
Let's see...
Let me think a bit... one way is to run the...
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Forum: OpenFOAM
March 2, 2014, 14:58
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Hi Kumudu,
So, this is basically several...
Hi Kumudu,
So, this is basically several problems in a single case.
Firstly, you're using chtMultiRegionFoam, which is a transient solver and which requires for the Courant number to stick to...
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Forum: OpenFOAM
February 2, 2014, 15:23
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Hi Kumudu,
You have the boxes defined too...
Hi Kumudu,
You have the boxes defined too tightly. Basically, if a box has a lower Z of 40 and a higher Z of 40, nothing can fit inside, because it's a plane and not a box :)
Keep in mind that...
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Forum: OpenFOAM
January 10, 2014, 14:44
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Hi Kumudu,
If you study this guide:...
Hi Kumudu,
If you study this guide: http://linuxcommand.org/learning_the_shell.php - you should be able to figure it out on your own ;)
But the answer is simple:
"refineMeshByCellSet()"...
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Forum: OpenFOAM
January 5, 2014, 18:05
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Hi Kumudu,
First problem - this line: ...
Hi Kumudu,
First problem - this line:
topoSet -dict system/topoSetDict1Should be:
topoSet -dict system/topoSetDict01Reason: topoSet was complaining that it could not open the file...
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Forum: OpenFOAM
January 5, 2014, 16:41
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Hi Kumudu,
I need to see the full command...
Hi Kumudu,
I need to see the full command you used and the full output message from that command. Otherwise, I can't deduce what went wrong.
The reason why there are still faces associated to...
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Forum: OpenFOAM
January 5, 2014, 15:04
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Hi Kumudu,
The "-region" option, I referred...
Hi Kumudu,
The "-region" option, I referred to it here: http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/openfoam/106545-irregular-model-simulation-chtmultiregionfoam.html#post467877 post 18
Examples:
topoSet...
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Forum: OpenFOAM
January 5, 2014, 12:45
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Hi Kumudu,
Good thing you listed the whole...
Hi Kumudu,
Good thing you listed the whole list. I forgot about splitMeshRegions. My advice is to do it in this order:
blockMesh
topoSet to define cellSet that corresponding to fine mesh...
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Forum: OpenFOAM
January 5, 2014, 10:58
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Hi Kumudu,
Ah, much better! The PDF is a lot...
Hi Kumudu,
Ah, much better! The PDF is a lot clearer!
I think you can easily use the current configuration you have for "blockMeshDict". You need to create a "cellSet" that selects all cells...
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Forum: OpenFOAM
January 5, 2014, 09:09
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Hi Kumudu,
I cannot open properly the DOCX...
Hi Kumudu,
I cannot open properly the DOCX file because I'm using LibreOffice. If you could attach in PDF format, it would be easier for me to properly see the content.
In general, there are at...
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Forum: OpenFOAM
December 28, 2013, 12:18
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Like I wrote/implied above, the sets (those...
Like I wrote/implied above, the sets (those created with topoSet or setSet) are only selections. You will be able to select cells whose centre is within the cylinder define with "cylinderToCell". But...
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Forum: OpenFOAM
December 28, 2013, 08:40
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Forum: OpenFOAM
December 28, 2013, 06:16
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Hi Kumudu,
You're welcome!
Keep in mind...
Hi Kumudu,
You're welcome!
Keep in mind that the "faceSet" is a selection of faces. So don't expect square-like faces to magically adjust to the shape of a cylinder face ;)
In other words: the...
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Forum: OpenFOAM
December 27, 2013, 14:46
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Hi Kumudu,
Yes, the ".*" automatically...
Hi Kumudu,
Yes, the ".*" automatically selects all other patch names.
Yes, "bottomWater_to_.*" selects all patch names that start with "bottomWater_to_".
Mmm... I thought it was a...
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Forum: OpenFOAM
December 26, 2013, 14:28
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Forum: OpenFOAM
December 26, 2013, 12:29
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:eek: That was quick! ;)
OK, then what...
:eek: That was quick! ;)
OK, then what exactly do you have?
A single "blockMeshDict" file?
Two "blockMeshDict" files?
Can you share the "blockMeshDict" file(s)? It would make it easier...
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Forum: OpenFOAM
December 26, 2013, 12:08
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Forum: OpenFOAM
September 4, 2012, 14:59
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Hi lg88,
OK, let's try to do this in steps...
Hi lg88,
OK, let's try to do this in steps then. Here's what I'm going to ask you to do:
Create a very simple geometry, conceptually similar to what you're trying to do now. For example, a...
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Forum: OpenFOAM
September 2, 2012, 07:33
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Hi lg88,
I wrote "at some point", in the...
Hi lg88,
I wrote "at some point", in the sense of bullet points. The steps I imagined were:
Export mesh from ICEM as separate volumes.
Define cells for each volume as a particular cell...
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Forum: OpenFOAM
September 2, 2012, 04:33
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Hi lg88,
Have you never used snappyHexMesh?...
Hi lg88,
Have you never used snappyHexMesh? STL is the usual file format for 3D geometries, which was the first format used with snappyHexMesh in the famous "motorBike" tutorial. You can find such...
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Forum: OpenFOAM
September 1, 2012, 08:44
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Hi lg88,
Well... since the mesh is coming...
Hi lg88,
Well... since the mesh is coming from somewhere else, you'll need some form of identification coming from the ICEM's side.
So it really depends on how far you've gotten right now. Are...
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