Dear All. I'm trying to use
 

Dear All.

I'm trying to use the coupled solver downloaded here:

http://powerlab.fsb.hr/ped/kturbo/OpenFOAM/release/

I successfully built the source ThirdParty.General_2008-12-11.tgz + OpenFOAM-1.5-dev.General_2008-12-11.tgz

When i run the conjugateHeatFoam tutorial i get the following error:

Unknown patchTypefield type regionCouple

Valid patchField types are :

11
(
symmetryPlane
cyclicGgi
ggi
empty
fixedValue
cyclic
regionCoupling
processor
calculated
sliced
wedge
)


From function fvsPatchField<type>::New(const word&, const fvPatch&, const DimensionedField<type,>)
in file /home/simulation15/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.5-dev/src/finiteVolume/lnInclude/newFvsPa tchField.C at line 59.

FOAM exiting



Does someone know how to fix this error? I didn't find a solution in the forum until now.
thanks in advance.

Stefano

hi Stefano. its just a guess,
 

hi Stefano. its just a guess, but in the list of valid patch types is a "regionCoupling". have you tried editing the patch type to this (instead of patch type "regionCouple")

also: i have been trying to compile 1.5-dev and thirdparty-12-11 for weeks and i dont know what i am doing wrong. could you tell me how you did it

peter

Hello Peter, The regionCoup
 

Hello Peter,

The regionCouple is only in the boundary file in the polyMesh directory as explained in previous posts in this forum. If i select regionCopuling there the following error happens:

Attempt to cast type genericPatch to type lduInterface

From function refCast<to>(From&)
in file /home/simulation15/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.5-dev/src/OpenFOAM/lnInclude/typeInfo.H at line 106.

FOAM aborting

Aborted



Which are the errors you got during the compiling? It is better you show me the first errors you got in the compiling operation. I think the next errors could be caused by some errors at the start.

I'm new user but maybe i could help you.

Stefano

im not quite sure what the pro
 

im not quite sure what the problem is. here is what i do:
1) unpack openfoam-1.5-dev, openfoam-1.5-linuxGccDPOpt, thirdparty.general, thirdparty.linuxGcc
2) then i copy the folders in openfoam-1.5 folder into openfoam-1.5-dev but i do not replace any of the 1.5-dev files.
3) i go into the 1.5-dev directory and "./Allwmake"
4)after a long time i try icofoam but it doesnt even recognize blockmesh

i am not even sure if merging the directories is the right idea.

peter
peter

Here what i did (I'm using ubu
 

Here what i did (I'm using ubuntu 8.04):

sudo apt-get install gcc lsh-client lsh-server
sudo apt-get install libqt4-core libqt4-gui libqt4-sql

-After i created a new user:

sudo adduser simualtion15
ssh -X simulation15@localhost
mkdir OpenFOAM

-After i log-out from the administrator and connected as simulation15. I downloaded the packages from http://powerlab.fsb.hr/ped/kturbo/OpenFOAM/release/. Only ThirdParty.General_2008-12-11.tgz and OpenFOAM-1.5-dev.General_2008-12-11.tgz.

- then i unack by:

tar xzf ThirdParty.General_2008-12-11.tgz
tar xzf OpenFOAM-1.5-dev.General_2008-12-11.tgz

- and i connected the packages by adding the following line to the /.bashrc file in the directory simulation15:

. $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.5-dev/etc/bashrc

Finally i went into the 1.5-dev directory and "./Allwmake"
The compiling takes some hours.

At this moment i'm compiling the OpenFOAM-1.5-dev_2008-12-31.tgz. Maybe it will solve my problem. Hope it is useful. Let me know if not.

Stefano

Heya, regionCoupling and re
 

Heya,

regionCoupling and regionCouple: in fact, this is my problem: a BUG (sorry for using dirty words).

There has been some mess in the newFvsPatchField, which insists that if a patch is coupled, the field name and patch name must be the same.

There's a lot of other mess in the same file and I am cleaning it up now. Will post again when the code works as it should. Apologies for inconvenience, I have missed this one in the merge.

Hrv

No problem. Thanks for let me
 

No problem. Thanks for let me know.
Let me know when you solved the problems.

Stefano

Hi Stefano You explained how
 

Hi Stefano
You explained how you compiled 1.5-dev. is it working that way ? please let me know
I compiled it a few weeks ago, but now I tried it again and it fails.

Naish

Hello. Yes, it works. I tried
 

Hello.
Yes, it works. I tried again for new packages in http://powerlab.fsb.hr/ped/kturbo/OpenFOAM/release/
and it works.
I forgot to tell to install "flex" before compiling....maybe that it's the problem.

Which error you got?

Stefano

Thanks The missing flex was it
 

Thanks The missing flex was it, now it the compiling was successful

Hi all, I am in the process
 

Hi all,

I am in the process of converting the conjugateHeatFoam solver in 1.5-dev to a multiphase (e.g., air/water) conjugate mass transfer solver. Basically, I have an air region and a water region and I want to solve for species transport in and between the two phases. This has been pretty straight forward so far, except for the boundary condition at the air-liquid interface. Unlike thermal energy transport, where the temperature is continuous across an interface, there is a discontinuity in concentration at an air-liquid interface. The discontinuity is related to the "solubility" of a species in the liquid and is described by:

Ci_liquid = Ci_air / partitionCoefficient

where Ci_liquid is the species concentration in the liquid at the interface, Ci_air is the air-phase species concentration at the interface, and partitionCoefficient is a constant.


So, conceptually at the boundary I simply need to implement the above equation in place of the continuous BC. Any suggestions on where/how I should do this? I've been going through the regionCouple boundary condition and it's obvious how to implement this.


Thanks.

-Brent

Hi Brent,

Did you succeed in creating a conjugate mass transfer solver? It would be good to hear from your experience!

Regards,
Jose Santos

Hi Brent,
I am trying to create a new solver based on conjugateHeatFoam called conjugateInterHeatFoam: a transient solver for incompressible, laminar, two phase flow of non-isothermal, non-Newtonian fluids with conjugate heat transfer. I can compile through the new solver with wmake. When running the solver with a 2D test, the calculation stopped with a "segmentation fault" error.

Has your multiphase conjugate mass transfer solver finished? How do you treat with the boundary condition at the multi-phase interface? Would you mind giving me some hints:).Thanks in advance.

Kind Regards
Jitao

Dear stephano,

I have the same problem.:(

did solved it?

Best

Dear Hrv

Could u share the fixed file?

Best
Mahdi