[luiceur]

I am trying to run a simulation which uses simpleFOAM. The output log indicates the following:

Starting time loop

End

Finalising parallel run

I have run this with other OF installations so I am tempted to think that this could be due to a bad installation. How can I debug this problem? What am I really missing?


Cheers

[luiceur]

It seems that is not due to the installation.

First time is run works well, but the following runs using the same decomposition files don't work. Without knowing much, I think OF understands that the solver has been run already (time files inside processor directories).

[Yann]

Check your controlDict setup, especially the startFrom, startTime, stopAt and endTime parameters.

It looks like you are trying to rerun a simulation which already reached the endTime.


Cheers,
Yann

[luiceur]

Originally Posted by Yann

It looks like you are trying to rerun a simulation which already reached the endTime.

Indeed, for benchmarking purposes I want to rerun the simulation several times. So far I've overcome the problem deleting the Time directories from within the processes folders. Is there any better/cleaner solution?

[Yann]

Yes, by setting the startFrom parameter:

  startFrom       startTime;  
  startTime       0;

You can find more details in the user guide : https://cfd.direct/openfoam/user-gui...#x19-1410004.4


Yann