suGWFoam: Richards equation solver for porous media flows

liu · November 11, 2012, 20:09

Hi all,

I have developed a Richards equation solver on OpenFOAM. The solver has a name of "suGWFoam", which stands for "saturated-unsaturated groundwater flow solver using OpenFOAM".

I wrote the solver because I want to solve groundwater flows and its interaction with surface water, such as river and coastal flows. But I tried to make it more general. It is essentially a Richards equation solver.

The nice thing about OpenFOAM is that you can easily couple suGWFoam with other solvers. This is sometime not necessarily an easy task for other porous media code.

The code and test cases can be downloaded from my website.
http://engineering.utsa.edu/~xiaofen...edia%20Flows]]

I have a technical report explaining some of things in the code. It can also be downloaded from my website. The report was based on a journal manuscript under review.

Enjoy!

Qihao · December 12, 2017, 08:44

Hi, the file did not existed,can you share it again?

wouter · December 12, 2017, 18:15

a simple google search gave me
http://water.engr.psu.edu/liu/openFOAM-suGWFoam.html

hope this helps
wouter

rakesh927 · February 8, 2018, 08:04

Hi liu,
I am interested in using suGWFoam, but lately when I am trying to compile in OFv1712, it's throwing so many errors. Kindly help me with the following error:

#
suGWFoam.C: In function ‘int main(int, char**)’:
suGWFoam.C:137:48: error: passing ‘const Foam::GeometricField<double, Foam::fvPatchField, Foam::volMesh>::Boundary’ as ‘this’ argument discards qualifiers [-fpermissive]
h_old_tmp.boundaryField().updateCoeffs();
#

Thank you.

mdelisle · February 10, 2021, 15:14

Hi liu,

I recently tried to access suGWFoam from your website here: http://water.engr.psu.edu/liu/openFOAM-suGWFoam.html, but I'm getting 404 error codes for the code, test cases, and PDF. Please let me know if there is a different host for suGWFoam that I can access.

Many thanks in advance,

MP

November 11, 2012, 20:09	suGWFoam: Richards equation solver for porous media flows	#1
liu Senior Member Xiaofeng Liu Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: State College, PA, USA Posts: 118 Rep Power: 17	Hi all, I have developed a Richards equation solver on OpenFOAM. The solver has a name of "suGWFoam", which stands for "saturated-unsaturated groundwater flow solver using OpenFOAM". I wrote the solver because I want to solve groundwater flows and its interaction with surface water, such as river and coastal flows. But I tried to make it more general. It is essentially a Richards equation solver. The nice thing about OpenFOAM is that you can easily couple suGWFoam with other solvers. This is sometime not necessarily an easy task for other porous media code. The code and test cases can be downloaded from my website. http://engineering.utsa.edu/~xiaofen...edia%20Flows]] I have a technical report explaining some of things in the code. It can also be downloaded from my website. The report was based on a journal manuscript under review. Enjoy! ngj, chegdan, wyldckat and 4 others like this. __________________ Xiaofeng Liu, Ph.D., P.E., Assistant Professor Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Penn State University 223B Sackett Building University Park, PA 16802 Web: http://water.engr.psu.edu/liu/

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December 12, 2017, 08:44		#2
Qihao New Member Qihao Jiang Join Date: Dec 2017 Posts: 20 Rep Power: 8	Hi, the file did not existed,can you share it again?

December 12, 2017, 18:15		#3
wouter Senior Member Wouter van der Meer Join Date: May 2009 Location: Elahuizen, Netherlands Posts: 203 Rep Power: 17	a simple google search gave me http://water.engr.psu.edu/liu/openFOAM-suGWFoam.html hope this helps wouter

February 8, 2018, 08:04		#4
rakesh927 New Member rakesh Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Nagpur, India Posts: 16 Rep Power: 10	Hi liu, I am interested in using suGWFoam, but lately when I am trying to compile in OFv1712, it's throwing so many errors. Kindly help me with the following error: # suGWFoam.C: In function ‘int main(int, char**)’: suGWFoam.C:137:48: error: passing ‘const Foam::GeometricField<double, Foam::fvPatchField, Foam::volMesh>::Boundary’ as ‘this’ argument discards qualifiers [-fpermissive] h_old_tmp.boundaryField().updateCoeffs(); # Thank you.

February 10, 2021, 15:14		#5
mdelisle New Member MP Delisle Join Date: Dec 2019 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 6	Hi liu, I recently tried to access suGWFoam from your website here: http://water.engr.psu.edu/liu/openFOAM-suGWFoam.html, but I'm getting 404 error codes for the code, test cases, and PDF. Please let me know if there is a different host for suGWFoam that I can access. Many thanks in advance, MP