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Old   September 16, 2021, 22:01
Default Residual plot is varying after some iterations
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The steady state simulation is done and obtained an residual plot. Residuals values are below 10^-6 but after that varying. Do I have to perform transient simulation or can I modify some parameters to decrease those variations here only?

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Old   September 18, 2021, 08:01
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Check your solution tolerance in fvSolution. You'll find something like this:

Code:
    p_rgh
    {
        solver          GAMG;
        smoother        GaussSeidel;
        tolerance       1e-06;
        relTol          0.05;
    }

Which means either solving down to a tolerance of 1e-6 or reducing it to 0.05 of the previous value. Hence once you reach the tolerance values below it are by chance a bit below 1e-6 or quite a lot. You could reduce this tolerance further if needed. This wiggling will occur however once you reach the solution threshold.
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