[vasava]

I have openFoam 2.2 and I added the wave2Foam toolbox to it. I have this toolbox folder on my desktop and could compile it without any problem.

But when I try to run the 3Dwaves tutorial I get the following error:

Unknown patchField type waveVelocity for patch type patch

Valid patchField types are :

67
(
SRFFreestreamVelocity
SRFVelocity
activeBaffleVelocity
activePressureForceBaffleVelocity
advective
atmBoundaryLayerInletVelocity
calculated
codedFixedValue
codedMixed
cyclic
cyclicAMI
cyclicSlip
cylindricalInletVelocity
directionMixed
empty
fixedGradient
fixedInternalValue
fixedJump
fixedJumpAMI
fixedMean
fixedNormalSlip
fixedValue
flowRateInletVelocity
fluxCorrectedVelocity
freestream
inletOutlet
kqRWallFunction
mapped
mappedField
mappedFixedInternalValue
mappedFixedPushedInternalValue
mappedFlowRate
mappedVelocityFlux
mixed
movingWallVelocity
nonuniformTransformCyclic
oscillatingFixedValue
outletInlet
outletMappedUniformInlet
partialSlip
pressureDirectedInletOutletVelocity
pressureDirectedInletVelocity
pressureInletOutletParSlipVelocity
pressureInletOutletVelocity
pressureInletUniformVelocity
pressureInletVelocity
pressureNormalInletOutletVelocity
processor
processorCyclic
rotatingPressureInletOutletVelocity
rotatingWallVelocity
sliced
slip
supersonicFreestream
surfaceNormalFixedValue
swirlFlowRateInletVelocity
symmetryPlane
timeVaryingMappedFixedValue
translatingWallVelocity
turbulentInlet
uniformFixedValue
uniformJump
uniformJumpAMI
variableHeightFlowRateInletVelocity
waveTransmissive
wedge
zeroGradient
)


file: /home/paritosh/Desktop/currentWork/waveTests/3Dwaves/0/U.boundaryField.inlet0 from line 26 to line 30.

    From function fvPatchField<Type>::New(const fvPatch&, const DimensionedField<Type, volMesh>&, const dictionary&)
    in file /home/opencfd/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.2.0/src/finiteVolume/lnInclude/fvPatchFieldNew.C at line 136.

FOAM exiting

I doubt that this error is due to the fact that the toolbox folder is on my desktop and not with openfoam directory. But I would like to hear what you guys have to say about it.

So any help or suggestion?

[vasava]

Originally Posted by vasava

........I doubt that this error is due to the fact that the toolbox folder is on my desktop and not with openfoam directory.

I could fix the issue by correcting the waveProperties file.

[ngj]

Hi Paritosh and others,

I cannot reproduce the error, as I have been able to execute the 3Dwaves tutorial straight out of the box on OF2.2.

I used a check-out of revision 2040.

Kind regards,

Niels

[vasava]

Originally Posted by ngj

Hi Paritosh and others,

I cannot reproduce the error, as I have been able to execute the 3Dwaves tutorial straight out of the box on OF2.2.

I used a check-out of revision 2040.

Kind regards,

Niels

Do you mean the toolbox comes with openfoam 2.2 (and later versions)??

[ngj]

No, I mean that by using the most recent svn revision of waves2Foam, I cannot reproduce the error.

waves2Foam is a plugin to OpenFoam, and I try to keep it up to date with new versions, but it is not natively distributed with neither OpenFoam nor the foam-extend project.

Kind regards,

Niels

[vasava]

Ok, I got it now. I simply misunderstood your sentence and started looking for the wave2Foam in openFoam folders. Silly me!!

[Anthony Danv]

I also faced the same trouble for "Unknown patchField type waveVelocity". May you help me fix it?. Thanks

[ngj]

Hi Anthony,


You need to provide a lot more information to expect qualified help.


Kind regards


Niels

[zyfsoton]

Hi, I have had the same problem recently.

I copied the DTCHullWave tutorial case into my own directory then I replaced the STL file and then did my own blockMesh, refineMesh and snappyHexMesh etc. Then I did renumberMesh, the error reported:

--> FOAM FATAL IO ERROR:
Essential entry 'value' missing

file: /home/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-7/run/KCSDRIFTINWAVE/0/U.boundaryField.inlet from line 31 to line 31.

Then I had to add value in alpha.water and U files in 0 folder (value $internalField; in both inlet BCs in both files)

Then setWaves and decomposePar ran smoothly without any error.

Finally, running interFoam, error reads: Unknown patchField type waveVelocity for patch type patch; (/0/U.boundaryField.inlet)

I think the same error will reported in 0/alpha.water.inlet as well for Unknown patchField type waveAlpha for patch type patch;

Please let me know if you have any hint to resolve this issue! Many thanks and Btw I am using OF version 7 and the patches of waveAlpha and waveVelocity should have been included in OFv7, and I can run DTCHullWave tutorial case without any error!

Any help will be appreciated!
Tony

[zyfsoton]

Originally Posted by ngj

Hi Anthony,


You need to provide a lot more information to expect qualified help.


Kind regards


Niels

Hi Niels,

Please see my post above, any help will be appreciated!

Many thanks,
Tony

[ngj]

Hi Tony,


The way you describe the workflow, you rely on the wave models in OpenFoam 7 or olaFlow. Neither of these are related to waves2Foam, so I can only recommend that you direct your question to a suitable thread.


Kind regards


Niels

[zyfsoton]

Originally Posted by ngj

Hi Tony,


The way you describe the workflow, you rely on the wave models in OpenFoam 7 or olaFlow. Neither of these are related to waves2Foam, so I can only recommend that you direct your question to a suitable thread.


Kind regards


Niels

Dear Niels,

Thank you for your quick reply!

As mentioned before, I am using OF to simulate ships in waves. Is waves2Foam compatible within OpenFOAMv7? I am thinking to use waves2Foam for wave generation instead of OF own one now.

Many thanks,
Tony