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November 29, 2016, 23:25	What are the specific equations of residuals?	#1
chonmage New Member MURAKAMI, Y. Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Hi, I'm using simpleFoam and pimpleFoam. Now I'm interested in residuals in log files. Smaller value would be better, but I want to know the equation of these residuals and which is the residual of NS equations and continuity equation. Log files and foamLog output 'time step continuity errors' but there are three values: local, global, cumulative. What the difference? thank you.

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