OLAFOAM, the evolution of IHFOAM

aji · September 30, 2017, 20:54

Hi Foamers
I am a new windows user for openFoam get to know about olaFoam. I am trying to run my first basewaveflume tutorial and I ran theblock mesh. but I cannot run the case. can anyone help me with the steps follow. I ran the setfields and its failed with the warning "field alpha1 not found"

Ahmed Elhanafi · September 30, 2017, 21:35

Hi aji,

Make sure you have a file named "alpha1" in "0" folder. you might find a file named "alpha1.org" in "0" folder, so copy it and rename it to remove ".org".

Regards,
Ahmed

aji · September 30, 2017, 21:46

Thanks ahmad. what is the solver for these cases. In dambreak case I ran interfoam but olafoam cases those are not working

Ahmed Elhanafi · October 1, 2017, 00:19

Hi aji,

I'm not sure what solver you have in your case in OLAFOAM, but you need to be careful when using capital and small letters. The solver name is written in your controlDict file in "system" folder. For "interfoam", it is "interFoam".

I hope this works for you.

Regards,
Ahmed

aji · October 1, 2017, 00:50

I checked the controldict file for basewaveflume. application name is olaFoam. but when I run it its gives Bash No commands found. I check the case sensitivity as well.

Ahmed Elhanafi · October 1, 2017, 00:54

Have you sourced olaFoam in your ".bashrc" file of your operating system?

Phicau · October 1, 2017, 21:23

Dear all,

this is not a support thread, it is meant to publish announcements. The support thread can be found here:

The OLAFOAM Thread

More people monitor that thread and some questions have already been answered there, and are only a search away from you.

By the way, Aji, there is no need to duplicate or triplicate your questions in 3 different threads. This is often thought as rude and does not usually help you to get faster answers. I will reply to your questions in the other threads when I have some time.

Best,

Pablo

September 30, 2017, 20:54	Olafoam first run	#21
aji New Member Surrey Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 13 Rep Power: 8	Hi Foamers I am a new windows user for openFoam get to know about olaFoam. I am trying to run my first basewaveflume tutorial and I ran theblock mesh. but I cannot run the case. can anyone help me with the steps follow. I ran the setfields and its failed with the warning "field alpha1 not found"

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September 30, 2017, 21:35		#22
Ahmed Elhanafi Member Ahmed Elhanfi Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 30 Rep Power: 11	Hi aji, Make sure you have a file named "alpha1" in "0" folder. you might find a file named "alpha1.org" in "0" folder, so copy it and rename it to remove ".org". Regards, Ahmed

September 30, 2017, 21:46		#23
aji New Member Surrey Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 13 Rep Power: 8	Thanks ahmad. what is the solver for these cases. In dambreak case I ran interfoam but olafoam cases those are not working

October 1, 2017, 00:19		#24
Ahmed Elhanafi Member Ahmed Elhanfi Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 30 Rep Power: 11	Hi aji, I'm not sure what solver you have in your case in OLAFOAM, but you need to be careful when using capital and small letters. The solver name is written in your controlDict file in "system" folder. For "interfoam", it is "interFoam". I hope this works for you. Regards, Ahmed

October 1, 2017, 00:50		#25
aji New Member Surrey Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 13 Rep Power: 8	I checked the controldict file for basewaveflume. application name is olaFoam. but when I run it its gives Bash No commands found. I check the case sensitivity as well.

October 1, 2017, 00:54		#26
Ahmed Elhanafi Member Ahmed Elhanfi Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 30 Rep Power: 11	Have you sourced olaFoam in your ".bashrc" file of your operating system?

October 1, 2017, 21:23		#27
Phicau Senior Member Pablo Higuera Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Auckland Posts: 627 Rep Power: 19	Dear all, this is not a support thread, it is meant to publish announcements. The support thread can be found here: The OLAFOAM Thread More people monitor that thread and some questions have already been answered there, and are only a search away from you. By the way, Aji, there is no need to duplicate or triplicate your questions in 3 different threads. This is often thought as rude and does not usually help you to get faster answers. I will reply to your questions in the other threads when I have some time. Best, Pablo