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Old   August 15, 2012, 19:24
Default Continuity Error: Mass Inflow/Outflow
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Hi, I'm new to OpenFOAM. I'm trying to model the flow of a mixture of liquids in a cylindrical shape with interFoam. When I try running the solver, I get the error below. I set up the shape to be enclosed by walls on all sides (where one of the walls rotates). I don't have an inflow or outflow that I'm aware of. I don't understand why I'm getting this error. Any ideas?

Create time

Create mesh for time = 0


PIMPLE: Operating solver in PISO mode

Reading field p_rgh

Reading field alpha1

Reading field U

Reading/calculating face flux field phi

Reading transportProperties

Selecting incompressible transport model Newtonian
Selecting incompressible transport model Newtonian
Selecting turbulence model type LESModel
Selecting LES turbulence model Smagorinsky
SmagorinskyCoeffs
{
ce 1.05;
ck 0.07;
}


Reading g
Calculating field g.h

time step continuity errors : sum local = 4.35666e-18, global = 2.09e-19, cumulative = 2.09e-19


--> FOAM FATAL ERROR:
Continuity error cannot be removed by adjusting the outflow.
Please check the velocity boundary conditions and/or run potentialFoam to initialise the outflow.
Total flux : 1e-300
Specified mass inflow : 2.89178e-15
Specified mass outflow : 3.18322e-15
Adjustable mass outflow : 0


From function adjustPhi(surfaceScalarField& phi, const volVectorField& U,const volScalarField& p
in file cfdTools/general/adjustPhi/adjustPhi.C at line 118.

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