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Default rhocentralFoam error while modelling hypersonic flow
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Nathan Donaldson
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Hello all,

I'm a newcomer to OpenFOAM and am trying to model a hypersonic calibration model using rhoCentralFoam. After completing the Wedge15Ma5 and motorBike tutorials, I successfully created a mesh of my geometry using snappyHexMesh.

The problem I'm having is that whenever I run the case and post-process it, the results (velocity, temperature and pressure) are all completely uniform. checkMesh returns no errors, and I've used a very small time step (0.001). Also, the mean and maximum Courant numbers remain constant between iterations, and the residuals prefixed with 'rho' are perpetually 0.

The freestream boundary conditions I've tried to code are:

Mach number = 17.8
Pressure = 29.5 Pa
Temperature = 287K

I've pasted in the Ma, p, U, T and blockMeshDict files below. Are there any errors that are immediately obvious? I'm sure it'll be something basic that I'm missing.

Many thanks,

Nathan

Code:
/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
| =========                 |                                                 |
| \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox           |
|  \\    /   O peration     | Version:  2.1.0                                 |
|   \\  /    A nd           | Web:      www.OpenFOAM.org                      |
|    \\/     M anipulation  |                                                 |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
    version     2.0;
    format      ascii;
    class       volScalarField;
    object      Ma;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

dimensions      [0 0 0 0 0 0 0];

internalField   uniform 17.8;

boundaryField
{
    frontAndBack
    {
        type            symmetryPlane;
    }
    outlet
    {
        type            calculated;
        value           uniform 17.8;
    }
    inlet
    {
        type            calculated;
        value           uniform 17.8;
    }
    lowerAndUpperWall
    {
        type            symmetryPlane;
    }
  
    "HB2.*"
    {
        type            calculated;
    }

    defaultFaces
    {
        type            empty;
    }

}

// ************************************************************************* //
Code:
/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
| =========                 |                                                 |
| \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox           |
|  \\    /   O peration     | Version:  2.1.0                                 |
|   \\  /    A nd           | Web:      www.OpenFOAM.org                      |
|    \\/     M anipulation  |                                                 |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
    version     2.0;
    format      ascii;
    class       volScalarField;
    object      p;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

dimensions      [1 -1 -2 0 0 0 0];

internalField   uniform 29.5;

boundaryField
{
    frontAndBack
    {
        type            symmetryPlane;
    }

    inlet
    {
        type            zeroGradient;
        value           uniform 29.5;
    }

    outlet
    {
        type            zeroGradient;
        value           uniform 29.5;
    }

    lowerAndUpperWall
    {
        type            symmetryPlane;
    }

    "HB2.*"
    {
        type            zeroGradient;
    }

    defaultFaces
    {
        type            empty;
    }

}

// ************************************************************************* //
Code:
/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
| =========                 |                                                 |
| \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox           |
|  \\    /   O peration     | Version:  2.1.0                                 |
|   \\  /    A nd           | Web:      www.OpenFOAM.org                      |
|    \\/     M anipulation  |                                                 |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
    version     2.0;
    format      ascii;
    class       volScalarField;
    object      T;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

dimensions      [0 0 0 1 0 0 0];

internalField   uniform 287;

boundaryField
{
    frontAndBack
    {
        type            symmetryPlane;
    }

    inlet
    {
        type            fixedValue;
        value           uniform 287;
    }

    outlet
    {
        type            inletOutlet;
        inletValue      uniform 287;
        value           uniform 287;
    }

    lowerAndUpperWall
    {
        type            symmetryPlane;
    }

    "HB2.*"
    {
        type            zeroGradient;
    }

    defaultFaces
    {
        type            empty;
    }

}

// ************************************************************************* //
Code:
/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
| =========                 |                                                 |
| \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox           |
|  \\    /   O peration     | Version:  2.1.0                                 |
|   \\  /    A nd           | Web:      www.OpenFOAM.org                      |
|    \\/     M anipulation  |                                                 |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
    version     2.0;
    format      ascii;
    class       volVectorField;
    object      U;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

dimensions      [0 1 -1 0 0 0 0];

internalField   uniform (17.8 0 0);

boundaryField
{
    frontAndBack
    {
        type            symmetryPlane;
    }

    inlet
    {
        type            fixedValue;
        value           uniform (17.8 0 0);
    }

    outlet
    {
        type            inletOutlet;
        inletValue      uniform (17.8 0 0);
        value           uniform (17.8 0 0);
    }

    lowerAndUpperWall
    {
        type            symmetryPlane;
    }

    "HB2.*"
    {
        type            zeroGradient;
    }

    defaultFaces
    {
        type            empty;
    }
}

// ************************************************************************* //
Code:
/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
| =========                 |                                                 |
| \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox           |
|  \\    /   O peration     | Version:  2.1.0                                 |
|   \\  /    A nd           | Web:      www.OpenFOAM.org                      |
|    \\/     M anipulation  |                                                 |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
    version     2.0;
    format      ascii;
    class       dictionary;
    object      blockMeshDict;
}

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

convertToMeters 1;

vertices
(
    (-100 -50 -50)
    (-100 50 -50)
    (-100 50 50)
    (-100 -50 50)
    (400 -50 -50)
    (400 50 -50)
    (400 50 50)
    (400 -50 50)
);

blocks
(
    hex (0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7) (10 10 50) simpleGrading (1 1 1)
);

edges
(
);

boundary
(
    frontAndBack
    {
        type symmetryPlane;
        faces
        (
            (2 3 7 6)
            (0 1 5 4)
        );
    }
    inlet
    {
        type patch;
        faces
        (
            (0 3 2 1)
        );
    }
    outlet
    {
        type patch;
        faces
        (
            (4 5 6 7)
        );
    }
    lowerAndUpperWall
    {
        type symmetryPlane;
        faces
        (
            (0 4 7 3)
            (1 2 6 5)
        );
    }
);

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