[blockMesh] Issue with mergePatchPairs

JohnnyMercu · May 11, 2021, 08:08

Hi everyone,
As a beginner with OpenFOAM, I wanted to realize a mesh composed of 9 different zones with different mesh refinements. To avoid the necessity of continuous mesh between the zones, I've read I could use mergePatchPairs. The thing is I am not sure I am coding it right and I don't really know which zone should I define as Master or as Slave. Here is the blockMeshDict I use and the error message :

Code:

/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
| =========                 |                                                 |
| \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox           |
|  \\    /   O peration     | Version:  7                                     |
|   \\  /    A nd           | Web:      www.OpenFOAM.com                      |
|    \\/     M anipulation  |                                                 |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
    version     2.0;
    format      ascii;
    class       dictionary;
    object      blockMeshDict;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

#include "../../include/initialConditions"

scale   1;

vertices
(

    //Block 0
    ( -60   6.7      -60)
    (-7.2   6.7      -60)
    (-7.2   6.8      -60)
    ( -60   6.8      -60)
    ( -60   6.7     -7.2)
    (-7.2   6.7     -7.2)
    (-7.2   6.8     -7.2)
    ( -60   6.8     -7.2)

    //Block 1
    (-7.2   6.7      -60)
    ( 7.2   6.7      -60)
    ( 7.2   6.8      -60)
    (-7.2   6.8      -60)
    (-7.2   6.7     -7.2)
    ( 7.2   6.7     -7.2)
    ( 7.2   6.8     -7.2)
    (-7.2   6.8     -7.2)

    //Block 2

    ( 7.2   6.7      -60)
    ( 120   6.7      -60)
    ( 120   6.8      -60)
    ( 7.2   6.8      -60)
    ( 7.2   6.7     -7.2)
    ( 120   6.7     -7.2)
    ( 120   6.8     -7.2)
    ( 7.2   6.8     -7.2)

    //Block 3

    ( 7.2   6.7     -7.2)
    ( 120   6.7     -7.2)
    ( 120   6.8     -7.2)
    ( 7.2   6.8     -7.2)
    ( 7.2   6.7      7.2)
    ( 120   6.7      7.2)
    ( 120   6.8      7.2)
    ( 7.2   6.8      7.2)

    //Block 4

    (-7.2   6.7     -7.2)
    ( 7.2   6.7     -7.2)
    ( 7.2   6.8     -7.2)
    (-7.2   6.8     -7.2)
    (-7.2   6.7      7.2)
    ( 7.2   6.7      7.2)
    ( 7.2   6.8      7.2)
    (-7.2   6.8      7.2)

    //Block 5

    ( -60   6.7     -7.2)
    (-7.2   6.7     -7.2)
    (-7.2   6.8     -7.2)
    ( -60   6.8     -7.2)
    ( -60   6.7      7.2)
    (-7.2   6.7      7.2)
    (-7.2   6.8      7.2)
    ( -60   6.8      7.2)

    //Block 6

    ( -60   6.7      7.2)
    (-7.2   6.7      7.2)
    (-7.2   6.8      7.2)
    ( -60   6.8      7.2)
    ( -60   6.7       60)
    (-7.2   6.7       60)
    (-7.2   6.8       60)
    ( -60   6.8       60)

    //Block 7

    (-7.2   6.7      7.2)
    ( 7.2   6.7      7.2)
    ( 7.2   6.8      7.2)
    (-7.2   6.8      7.2)
    (-7.2   6.7       60)
    ( 7.2   6.7       60)
    ( 7.2   6.8       60)
    (-7.2   6.8       60)

    //Block 8

    ( 7.2   6.7      7.2)
    ( 120   6.7      7.2)
    ( 120   6.8      7.2)
    ( 7.2   6.8      7.2)
    ( 7.2   6.7       60)
    ( 120   6.7       60)
    ( 120   6.8       60)
    ( 7.2   6.8       60)



/*
    ($min_box  1.7  $min_box)
    ($max_box  1.7  $min_box)
    ($max_box  1.8  $min_box)
    ($min_box  1.8  $min_box)
    ($min_box  1.7  $max_box)
    ($max_box  1.7  $max_box)
    ($max_box  1.8  $max_box)
    ($min_box  1.8  $max_box)
    */
);

blocks
(
    hex (0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7)           (10 1 10)     simpleGrading (1 1 1)
    hex (8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15)     (29 1 10)     simpleGrading (1 1 1)
    hex (16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23)   (10 1 10)     simpleGrading (1 1 1)
    hex (24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31)   (10 1 29)     simpleGrading (1 1 1)
    hex (32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39)   (29 1 29)     simpleGrading (1 1 1)
    hex (40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47)   (10 1 29)     simpleGrading (1 1 1)
    hex (48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55)   (10 1 10)     simpleGrading (1 1 1)
    hex (56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63)   (29 1 10)     simpleGrading (1 1 1)
    hex (64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71)   (10 1 10)     simpleGrading (1 1 1)
);

edges
(
);

boundary
(   
    topAndBottom
    {
        type patch;
        faces
        (
            (52 53 54 55)
            (60 61 62 63)
            (68 69 70 71)
            (0 1 2 3)
            (8 9 10 11)
            (16 17 18 19)
        );
    }

    inlet
    {
        type patch;
        faces
        (            
            (0 4 7 3)
            (40 44 47 43)
            (48 52 55 51)
        );
    }

    outlet
    {
        type patch;
        faces
        (
            (17 21 22 18)
            (25 29 30 26)
            (65 69 70 66)

        );
    }

    front
    {
        type empty;
        faces
        (
            (3 2 6 7)
            (11 10 14 15)
            (19 18 22 23)
            (27 26 30 31)
            (35 34 38 39)
            (43 42 46 47)
            (51 50 54 55)
            (59 58 62 63)
            (67 66 70 71)
        );
    }

    back
    {
        type empty;
        faces
        (
            (0 1 5 4)
            (8 9 13 12)
            (16 17 21 20)
            (24 25 29 28)
            (32 33 37 36)
            (40 41 45 44)
            (48 49 53 52)
            (56 57 61 60)
            (64 65 69 68)
        );
    }

    face05
    {
        type patch;
        faces
        (
            (4 5 6 7)
        );
    }

    face50
    {
        type patch;
        faces
        (
            (40 41 42 43)
        );
    }

    face01
    {
        type patch;
        faces
        (
            (1 5 6 2)
        );
    }

    face10
    {
        type patch;
        faces
        (
            (8 12 15 11)
        );
    }

    face14
    {
        type patch;
        faces
        (
            (12 13 14 15)
        );
    }

    face41
    {
        type patch;
        faces
        (
            (32 33 34 35)
        );
    }

    face12
    {
        type patch;
        faces
        (
            (9 13 14 10)
        );
    }

    face21
    {
        type patch;
        faces
        (
            (16 20 23 19)
        );
    }

    face23
    {
        type patch;
        faces
        (
            (20 21 22 23)
        );
    }

    face32
    {
        type patch;
        faces
        (
            (24 25 26 27)
        );
    }

    face34
    {
        type patch;
        faces
        (
            (24 28 31 27)
        );
    }

    face43
    {
        type patch;
        faces
        (
            (33 37 38 34)
        );
    }

    face45
    {
        type patch;
        faces
        (
            (32 36 39 35)
        );
    }

    face54
    {
        type patch;
        faces
        (
            (41 45 46 42)
        );
    }

    face56
    {
        type patch;
        faces
        (
            (44 45 46 47)
        );
    }

    face65
    {
        type patch;
        faces
        (
            (48 49 50 51)
        );
    }

    face67
    {
        type patch;
        faces
        (
            (49 53 54 50)
        );
    }

    face76
    {
        type patch;
        faces
        (
            (56 60 63 59)
        );
    }

    face78
    {
        type patch;
        faces
        (
            (57 61 62 58)
        );
    }

    face87
    {
        type patch;
        faces
        (
            (64 68 71 67)
        );
    }

    face47
    {
        type patch;
        faces
        (
            (36 37 38 39)
        );
    }

    face74
    {
        type patch;
        faces
        (
            (56 57 58 59)
        );
    }

    face38
    {
        type patch;
        faces
        (
            (28 29 30 31)
        );
    }

    face83
    {
        type patch;
        faces
        (
            (64 65 66 67)
        );
    }
   
);

mergePatchPairs
(
    (face01 face10)
    (face12 face21)
    (face23 face32)
    (face41 face14)
    (face05 face50)
    (face45 face54)
    (face43 face34)
    (face56 face65)
    (face47 face74)
    (face38 face83)
    (face67 face76)
    (face78 face87)
);

// ************************************************************************* //

Code:

--> FOAM FATAL ERROR: (openfoam-2012)
Face 7504 reduced to less than 3 points.  Topological/cutting error A.
Old face: 2(1101 1123) new face: 2(1101 1123)

    From void Foam::slidingInterface::coupleInterface(Foam::polyTopoChange&) const
    in file slidingInterface/coupleSlidingInterface.C at line 1450.

FOAM aborting

#0  Foam::error::printStack(Foam::Ostream&) at ??:?
#1  Foam::error::exitOrAbort(int, bool) at ??:?
#2  Foam::slidingInterface::coupleInterface(Foam::polyTopoChange&) const at ??:?
#3  Foam::slidingInterface::setRefinement(Foam::polyTopoChange&) const at ??:?
#4  Foam::polyTopoChanger::topoChangeRequest() const at ??:?
#5  Foam::polyTopoChanger::changeMesh(bool, bool, bool, bool) at ??:?
#6  Foam::attachPolyTopoChanger::attach(bool) at ??:?
#7  ? at ??:?
#8  __libc_start_main in /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
#9  ? at ??:?
./run_full: line 102: 17686 Aborted                 blockMesh > log.blockMesh


--> FOAM FATAL ERROR: (openfoam-2012)
Cannot find file "points" in directory "polyMesh" in times "0" down to constant

    From virtual Foam::IOobject Foam::fileOperation::findInstance(const Foam::IOobject&, Foam::scalar, const Foam::word&) const
    in file global/fileOperations/fileOperation/fileOperation.C at line 1003.

FOAM exiting



--> FOAM FATAL ERROR: (openfoam-2012)
Cannot find file "points" in directory "polyMesh" in times "0" down to constant

    From virtual Foam::IOobject Foam::fileOperation::findInstance(const Foam::IOobject&, Foam::scalar, const Foam::word&) const
    in file global/fileOperations/fileOperation/fileOperation.C at line 1003.

FOAM exiting



--> FOAM FATAL ERROR: (openfoam-2012)
Cannot find file "points" in directory "polyMesh" in times "0" down to constant

    From virtual Foam::IOobject Foam::fileOperation::findInstance(const Foam::IOobject&, Foam::scalar, const Foam::word&) const
    in file global/fileOperations/fileOperation/fileOperation.C at line 1003.

FOAM exiting



--> FOAM FATAL ERROR: (openfoam-2012)
Cannot find file "points" in directory "polyMesh" in times "0" down to constant

    From virtual Foam::IOobject Foam::fileOperation::findInstance(const Foam::IOobject&, Foam::scalar, const Foam::word&) const
    in file global/fileOperations/fileOperation/fileOperation.C at line 1003.

FOAM exiting



--> FOAM FATAL ERROR: (openfoam-2012)
Cannot find file "points" in directory "polyMesh" in times "0" down to constant

    From virtual Foam::IOobject Foam::fileOperation::findInstance(const Foam::IOobject&, Foam::scalar, const Foam::word&) const
    in file global/fileOperations/fileOperation/fileOperation.C at line 1003.

FOAM exiting



--> FOAM FATAL ERROR: (openfoam-2012)
Cannot find file "points" in directory "polyMesh" in times "0" down to constant

    From virtual Foam::IOobject Foam::fileOperation::findInstance(const Foam::IOobject&, Foam::scalar, const Foam::word&) const
    in file global/fileOperations/fileOperation/fileOperation.C at line 1003.

FOAM exiting



--> FOAM FATAL ERROR: (openfoam-2012)
Cannot find file "points" in directory "polyMesh" in times "0" down to constant

    From virtual Foam::IOobject Foam::fileOperation::findInstance(const Foam::IOobject&, Foam::scalar, const Foam::word&) const
    in file global/fileOperations/fileOperation/fileOperation.C at line 1003.

FOAM exiting



--> FOAM FATAL ERROR: (openfoam-2012)
Cannot find file "points" in directory "polyMesh" in times "0" down to constant

    From virtual Foam::IOobject Foam::fileOperation::findInstance(const Foam::IOobject&, Foam::scalar, const Foam::word&) const
    in file global/fileOperations/fileOperation/fileOperation.C at line 1003.

FOAM exiting



--> FOAM FATAL ERROR: (openfoam-2012)
Cannot find file "points" in directory "polyMesh" in times "0" down to constant

    From virtual Foam::IOobject Foam::fileOperation::findInstance(const Foam::IOobject&, Foam::scalar, const Foam::word&) const
    in file global/fileOperations/fileOperation/fileOperation.C at line 1003.

FOAM exiting



--> FOAM FATAL ERROR: (openfoam-2012)
Cannot find file "points" in directory "polyMesh" in times "0" down to constant

    From virtual Foam::IOobject Foam::fileOperation::findInstance(const Foam::IOobject&, Foam::scalar, const Foam::word&) const
    in file global/fileOperations/fileOperation/fileOperation.C at line 1003.

FOAM exiting



--> FOAM FATAL ERROR: (openfoam-2012)
Cannot find file "points" in directory "polyMesh" in times "0" down to constant

    From virtual Foam::IOobject Foam::fileOperation::findInstance(const Foam::IOobject&, Foam::scalar, const Foam::word&) const
    in file global/fileOperations/fileOperation/fileOperation.C at line 1003.

FOAM exiting

I tried to find a solution, and I am sorry if the subject has already been solved before.

If anyone could help me I would be very grateful !

anaspauzi · May 30, 2021, 00:24

Same, I'm having the same problem and found the solution.

Quote:

--> FOAM FATAL ERROR: (openfoam-2012)
Face XXX reduced to less than 3 points. Topological/cutting error A.
Old face: 2(XXX XXX) new face: 2(XXX XXX)

From void Foam::slidingInterface::coupleInterface(Foam:

oly TopoChange&) const
in file slidingInterface/coupleSlidingInterface.C at line XXX.

FOAM aborting

I trace back every vertices and make sure the pair of vertices in the internal faces are exactly oppose to each other, only then, the mergePatchPairs works fine

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