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Old   March 26, 2024, 07:58
Post Ramping velocity inlet for ship simulation
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Hi Foamers,

I'm facing a problem to use a ramp as a velocity inlet for a simulation based on the tutorial DTCHull that is not using it in the v11 of Openfoam I am working on. This could improve my simulations' time of calculation as for now are working but take quite a long time.

I tried to refer to these two pervious posts before asking:
Trying to apply linearRamp for flow velocity in DTCHull
Unsteady ramp inlet velocity
that were quite recent, but I could not figure out my problem as it is a bit different.

To add the ramping condition, I tried the same way a developper discribed it (here: https://github.com/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM...b9f829e4ec3ec4) meaning I changed my inlet and outlet BC in 0/U.orig as you will see lower on this post, and added a fvModels file (I think in the 11th version of Openfoam it is called like that instead of fvOptions) in the constant/ directory.

But, when I start my solver I have this error written (with the previous U.orig used I had no problems my simulation was launched directly):

Code:
Pstream initialised with:
    floatTransfer      : false
    nProcsSimpleSum    : 0
    commsType          : nonBlocking
    polling iterations : 0
sigFpe : Enabling floating point exception trapping (FOAM_SIGFPE).
fileModificationChecking : Monitoring run-time modified files using timeStampMaster (fileModificationSkew 10)
allowSystemOperations : Allowing user-supplied system call operations

// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
Create time

Create mesh for time = 0

Selecting fvMeshMover motionSolver
Selecting motion solver: rigidBodyMotion
[86] --> FOAM FATAL ERROR: 
[86] cannot find file "processor86/0/pointDisplacement"
From function virtual Foam::autoPtr<Foam::ISstream> Foam::fileOperations::uncollatedFileOperation::readStream(Foam::regIOobject&, const Foam::fileName&, const Foam::word&, bool) const
[86]     in file global/fileOperations/uncollatedFileOperation/uncollatedFileOperation.C at line 539.
[86] 
FOAM parallel run exiting

This is the beginnng of the error message, the end is exactly the same but repeated for all numbers of processors used in parallel.

I think Openfoam does not really understand the BC I want to put and this might be because of a version issue compared to the developper's reference I used, but I have nothing else to compare to or to use as a tutorial to make this work.

If anyone has already faced this kind of problem or would have an idea about it I would be grateful!

Here are the files of interest:

U.orig with ramping velocity inlet:

Code:
/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
  =========                 |
  \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
   \\    /   O peration     | Website:  https://openfoam.org
    \\  /    A nd           | Version:  11
     \\/     M anipulation  |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
    format      ascii;
    class       volVectorField;
    location    "0";
    object      U;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

UMean 1.02889; // 2 kt

// UMean 3.08667; // 6 kt

// UMean 5.14444; // 10 kt

duration = 2.0;

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

internalField   uniform (#neg $UMean 0 0);

boundaryField
{
    //- Set patchGroups for constraint patches
    #includeEtc "caseDicts/setConstraintTypes"

    inlet
    {
        type            fixedValue;
        value           $internalField;
    }

    outlet
    {
        type            outletPhaseMeanVelocity;
        alpha           alpha.water;
        value           $internalField;
        UnMean          
		{
			value		$UMean;
			type		scale;
			scale
			{
				type		quarterSineRamp;
				start		0;
				duration	$duration;
			}
		}
    }

    atmosphere
    {
        type            pressureInletOutletVelocity;
        tangentialVelocity $internalField;
        value           uniform (0 0 0);
    }

    hull
    {
        type            movingWallVelocity;
        value           uniform (0 0 0);
    }

    rudder
    {
        type            movingWallVelocity;
        value           uniform (0 0 0);
    }

    keel
    {
        type            movingWallVelocity;
        value           uniform (0 0 0);
    }

    shaft
    {
        type            movingWallVelocity;
        value           uniform (0 0 0);
    }
}


// ************************************************************************* //
Former U.orig that works:

Code:
/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
  =========                 |
  \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
   \\    /   O peration     | Website:  https://openfoam.org
    \\  /    A nd           | Version:  11
     \\/     M anipulation  |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
    format      ascii;
    class       volVectorField;
    location    "0";
    object      U;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

UMean 1.02889; // 2 kt

// UMean 3.08667; // 6 kt

// UMean 5.14444; // 10 kt

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

internalField   uniform (#neg $UMean 0 0);

boundaryField
{
    //- Set patchGroups for constraint patches
    #includeEtc "caseDicts/setConstraintTypes"

    inlet
    {
        type            fixedValue;
        value           $internalField;
    }

    outlet
    {
        type            outletPhaseMeanVelocity;
        alpha           alpha.water;
        UnMean          $UMean;
        value           $internalField;
    }

    atmosphere
    {
        type            pressureInletOutletVelocity;
        tangentialVelocity $internalField;
        value           uniform (0 0 0);
    }

    hull
    {
        type            movingWallVelocity;
        value           uniform (0 0 0);
    }

    rudder
    {
        type            movingWallVelocity;
        value           uniform (0 0 0);
    }

    keel
    {
        type            movingWallVelocity;
        value           uniform (0 0 0);
    }

    shaft
    {
        type            movingWallVelocity;
        value           uniform (0 0 0);
    }
}


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

pointDisplacement.orig:

Code:
/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
  =========                 |
  \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
   \\    /   O peration     | Website:  https://openfoam.org
    \\  /    A nd           | Version:  11
     \\/     M anipulation  |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
    format      ascii;
    class       pointVectorField;
    location    "0";
    object      pointDisplacement;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

dimensions      [0 1 0 0 0 0 0];

internalField   uniform (0 0 0);

boundaryField
{
    //- Set patchGroups for constraint patches
    #includeEtc "caseDicts/setConstraintTypes"

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

    outlet
    {
        type            fixedValue;
        value           uniform (0 0 0);
    }

    atmosphere
    {
        type            fixedValue;
        value           uniform (0 0 0);
    }

    hull
    {
        type            calculated;
    }

    rudder
    {
        type            calculated;
    }

    keel
    {
        type            calculated;
    }

    shaft
    {
        type            calculated;
    }
}


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


fvModels:
Code:
/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
  =========                 |
  \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
   \\    /   O peration     | Website:  https://openfoam.org
    \\  /    A nd           | Version:  dev
     \\/     M anipulation  |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
    version     2.0;
    format      ascii;
    class       dictionary;
    location    "constant";
    object      fvOptions;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

#include	"../0/U.orig";

elocityRamping
    {
        type        velocityRamping;
        active      on;
        selectionMode all;
        U           U;
        velocity    (#neg $UMean 0 0);
        ramp
        {
            type        quarterSineRamp;
            start       0;
            duration    $duration;
        }
    }
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Hello there,

I have made progress with my issues. The main problem was unclear declaration of ramping inlet and outlet in 0/0.orig and fvModels in constant/. The error appeared in log.decomposePar at the end, not in log.foamRun. I should have checked all my logs thoroughly.

I have attached corrected versions of U.orig and fvModels files to this message.

However, I am still encountering an issue. Despite using the same expressions to describe a ramp as another thread using OF V7 (Inconsistent behaviour of function object "scale"), I'm on V11 and believe there are no differences in declaring ramping conditions.

My simulation initiates, but after one iteration, I encounter the following error:

Code:
Pstream initialised with:
    floatTransfer      : false
    nProcsSimpleSum    : 0
    commsType          : nonBlocking
    polling iterations : 0
sigFpe : Enabling floating point exception trapping (FOAM_SIGFPE).
fileModificationChecking : Monitoring run-time modified files using timeStampMaster (fileModificationSkew 10)
allowSystemOperations : Allowing user-supplied system call operations

// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
Create time

Create mesh for time = 0

Selecting fvMeshMover motionSolver
Selecting motion solver: rigidBodyMotion
Selecting rigidBodySolver Newmark
Selecting solver incompressibleVoF
Selecting viscosity model constant
Selecting viscosity model constant
No MRF models present

Courant Number mean: 0 max: 0
Interface Courant Number mean: 0 max: 0
Selecting turbulence model type RAS
Selecting RAS turbulence model kOmegaSST
Selecting patchDistMethod meshWave
RAS
{
    model           kOmegaSST;
    turbulence      on;
    printCoeffs     on;
    alphaK1         0.85;
    alphaK2         1;
    alphaOmega1     0.5;
    alphaOmega2     0.856;
    gamma1          0.555556;
    gamma2          0.44;
    beta1           0.075;
    beta2           0.0828;
    betaStar        0.09;
    a1              0.31;
    b1              1;
    c1              10;
    F3              false;
}

GAMG:  Solving for pcorr, Initial residual = 0, Final residual = 0, No Iterations 0
GAMG:  Solving for pcorr, Initial residual = 0, Final residual = 0, No Iterations 0
Creating fvModels from "constant/fvModels"

Selecting finite volume model type accelerationSource
    Name: accelerationSource1
    - selecting all cells
    - selected 3521430 cell(s) with volume 15096.6

PIMPLE: No convergence criteria found


PIMPLE: No corrector convergence criteria found
        Calculations will do 3 corrections


PIMPLE: Operating solver in transient mode with 3 outer correctors


forces forces_total:
    Not including porosity effects
forces forces_rudder:
    Not including porosity effects
forces forces_keel:
    Not including porosity effects

Starting time loop

forces forces_total write:
    sum of forces:
        pressure : (-0.0136678 4046.13 5846.9)
        viscous  : (0 0 0)
        porous   : (0 0 0)
    sum of moments:
        pressure : (-694.144 -131.242 821.948)
        viscous  : (0 0 0)
        porous   : (0 0 0)

forces forces_rudder write:
    sum of forces:
        pressure : (0.397721 493.921 18.9689)
        viscous  : (0 0 0)
        porous   : (0 0 0)
    sum of moments:
        pressure : (169.498 52.1376 -1354.77)
        viscous  : (0 0 0)
        porous   : (0 0 0)

forces forces_keel write:
    sum of forces:
        pressure : (1.05095 13.3691 173.197)
        viscous  : (0 0 0)
        porous   : (0 0 0)
    sum of moments:
        pressure : (-41.7689 -23.4386 3.75107)
        viscous  : (0 0 0)
        porous   : (0 0 0)

Constructing face momentum Uf
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Thank you,
Antoine

P.S. I apologize for the previous lengthy post, it was my first one. I'll aim to keep my messages concise in the future.



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Hi Antoine,


try with a very small neg. start value for your ramp, e.g. -0.00001, so you have a small velocity at time=0 s. Not sure, but I think the error you get is due to some division by zero due to zero velocity.



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Hello Jan,

Thanks a lot for your advice, it worked! I set a very low value as internalfield for time=0 and then it started well. The simulation now converges very smoothly with the ramping inlet compared to the case without it.

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Good to hear that your simulation runs fine now. Yes, the ramping is quite beneficial in most cases.
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