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Hello everyone! I am new to openfoam. I met a problem and have been stuck for several days. Could someone figure me out where the problem is and how should I change it? Many thanks in advance.

Code:

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FoamFile

{

    format      ascii;

    class       dictionary;

    object      blockMeshDict;

}

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convertToMeters 1;





vertices

(

    (0 0 0)              //0

    (0 0.7071 0.7071)   

    (0 -0.7071 0.7071)   //2

    (0 -0.7071 -0.7071)

    (0 0.7071 -0.7071)   //4

    (0 1.4142 1.4142)

    (0 -1.4142 1.4142)   //6

    (0 -1.4142 -1.4142)

    (0 1.4142 -1.4142)   //8

    (10 0.7071 0.7071)   

    (10 -0.7071 0.7071)  //10

    (10 -0.7071 -0.7071)

    (10 0.7071 -0.7071)  //12

    (10 1.4142 1.4142)

    (10 -1.4142 1.4142)  //14

    (10 -1.4142 -1.4142)

    (10 1.4142 -1.4142)  //16

    (10 0 0)

);



blocks

(

    // inlet block

    hex (1 2 3 4 9 10 11 12) (100 10 10) simpleGrading (1 1 1)

    hex (1 5 6 2 9 13 14 10) (100 10 10) simpleGrading (1 1 1)

    hex (2 6 7 3 10 14 15 11) (100 10 10) simpleGrading (1 1 1)  

    hex (3 7 8 4 11 15 16 12) (100 10 10) simpleGrading (1 1 1)

    hex (4 8 5 1 12 16 13 9) (100 10 10) simpleGrading (1 1 1)   

);



edges

(      

    arc 1 2 (0 0 1) 

    arc 2 3 (0 -1 0) 

    arc 3 4 (0 0 -1)

    arc 4 1 (0 1 0)    

    arc 5 6 (0 0 2)

    arc 6 7 (0 -2 0) 

    arc 7 8 (0 0 -2)

    arc 8 5 (0 2 0)

    arc 9 10 (10 0 1) 

    arc 10 11 (10 -1 0) 

    arc 11 12 (10 0 -1)

    arc 12 9 (10 1 0)    

    arc 13 14 (10 0 2)

    arc 14 15 (10 -2 0) 

    arc 15 16 (10 0 -2)

    arc 16 13 (10 2 0)    

);



boundary

(

    inlet

    {

        type patch;

        faces

        (

           (1 2 3 4)

           (1 5 6 2)

           (2 6 7 3)

           (3 7 8 4)

           (4 8 5 1)

           

        );

    }



    outlet

    {

        type patch;

        faces

        (

           (9 12 11 10)

           (9 10 14 13)

           (10 11 15 14)

           (11 12 16 15)

           (12 9 13 16)

        );

    }



    walls

    {

        type wall;

        faces

        (

            (13 14 6 5)

            (14 15 7 6)

            (15 16 8 7)

            (16 13 5 8)

        );

    }

);







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This is the problem.

Quote:

FOAM FATAL ERROR:
Inconsistent number of faces between block pair 0 and 1

From function void Foam::blockMesh::calcMergeInfo()
in file blockMesh/blockMeshMerge.C at line 222.

FOAM exiting