Error #001100279 Floating point exception: Zero divide

ch_ohm · April 30, 2013, 13:55

Dear all,

Now I have simulated the warehouse size 20*20*30 meters. It is quite big. I need to simulate and monitor the air temp in the warehouse (10 h). I work with transient model with time step = 1 hour. But I face with error as above

Error #001100279
Floating point exception: Zero divide

The software is Ansys 14 CFX. CPU core i5 with RAM 6 gb

Please help .

Thank you

evcelica · April 30, 2013, 17:25

What influenced you to choose a 1 hour time step? That's probably several orders of magnitude too big!

ghorrocks · April 30, 2013, 19:36

FAQ: http://www.cfd-online.com/Wiki/Ansys...do_about_it.3F

But Erik is right - your time step is miles too big.

JuPa · May 1, 2013, 05:09

In your warehouse do you have buoyancy driven flow?

In the CFX manual it tells you how to estimate the time step.

If you're doing transient simulations you might want to consider adaptive time stepping. Set the maximum time step to something like 1hr and the minimum to something small like 1e-8s and try to converge within 5-10 loops.

ghorrocks · May 1, 2013, 07:01

Agreed, adaptive timestepping is the best choice - especially for beginners who have no idea of what timestep is really required. I would say that half the convergence problems we see on this forum are just from too large a timestep.

For most simulations 3-5 coeff loops is more appropriate. 5-10 is only required for models with tricky physics to converge suck as multiphase (but for most multphase models I still use 3-5).

JuPa · May 1, 2013, 07:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by ghorrocks

Agreed, adaptive timestepping is the best choice - especially for beginners who have no idea of what timestep is really required. I would say that half the convergence problems we see on this forum are just from too large a timestep.

For most simulations 3-5 coeff loops is more appropriate. 5-10 is only required for models with tricky physics to converge suck as multiphase (but for most multphase models I still use 3-5).

Would you consider buoyancy driven flow to be "tricky".

ghorrocks · May 1, 2013, 08:05

No. 'Tricky' means in this case where complex coupling between phases/physics is required; such as 2-way coupled particle tracking, eularian particle models, chemistry, radiation modelling where the fluid flow interacts 2-ways with the radiation modelling and things like that.

Buoyancy is still single phase so that is best done with short time steps converged quickly - so 3-5 coeff loops per iteration.

ch_ohm · May 4, 2013, 05:47

Thank you all. I will try follow your suggest. Thank you again.

April 30, 2013, 13:55	Error #001100279 Floating point exception: Zero divide	#1
ch_ohm New Member Seran Reschim Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 9 Rep Power: 13	Dear all, Now I have simulated the warehouse size 202030 meters. It is quite big. I need to simulate and monitor the air temp in the warehouse (10 h). I work with transient model with time step = 1 hour. But I face with error as above Error #001100279 Floating point exception: Zero divide The software is Ansys 14 CFX. CPU core i5 with RAM 6 gb Please help . Thank you

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April 30, 2013, 17:25		#2
evcelica Senior Member Erik Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Earth (Land portion) Posts: 1,167 Rep Power: 23	What influenced you to choose a 1 hour time step? That's probably several orders of magnitude too big!

April 30, 2013, 19:36		#3
ghorrocks Super Moderator Glenn Horrocks Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,703 Rep Power: 143	FAQ: http://www.cfd-online.com/Wiki/Ansys...do_about_it.3F But Erik is right - your time step is miles too big.

May 1, 2013, 05:09		#4
JuPa Senior Member Mr CFD Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Britain Posts: 361 Rep Power: 14	In your warehouse do you have buoyancy driven flow? In the CFX manual it tells you how to estimate the time step. If you're doing transient simulations you might want to consider adaptive time stepping. Set the maximum time step to something like 1hr and the minimum to something small like 1e-8s and try to converge within 5-10 loops.

May 1, 2013, 07:01		#5
ghorrocks Super Moderator Glenn Horrocks Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,703 Rep Power: 143	Agreed, adaptive timestepping is the best choice - especially for beginners who have no idea of what timestep is really required. I would say that half the convergence problems we see on this forum are just from too large a timestep. For most simulations 3-5 coeff loops is more appropriate. 5-10 is only required for models with tricky physics to converge suck as multiphase (but for most multphase models I still use 3-5).

May 1, 2013, 08:05		#7
ghorrocks Super Moderator Glenn Horrocks Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,703 Rep Power: 143	No. 'Tricky' means in this case where complex coupling between phases/physics is required; such as 2-way coupled particle tracking, eularian particle models, chemistry, radiation modelling where the fluid flow interacts 2-ways with the radiation modelling and things like that. Buoyancy is still single phase so that is best done with short time steps converged quickly - so 3-5 coeff loops per iteration.

May 4, 2013, 05:47		#8
ch_ohm New Member Seran Reschim Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 9 Rep Power: 13	Thank you all. I will try follow your suggest. Thank you again.