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Old   April 7, 2009, 10:25
Question stedystate twoPhaseEulerFoam ?
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Hi everybody,

I'm new to OpenFoam and I need some information concerning twoPhaseEulerFoam solver.

Can be used for steady state solutions? I'm simulating a electrolytic cell. Basically, it is a channel where hydrogen bubbles are generated at one of the walls. I run the transient simulation without problems, but when I changed in the file fvSchemes:

ddtSchemes
{
default Euler;
}

to

ddtSchemes
{
default steadyState;
}

the code gives the following error

#0 Foam::error:rintStack(Foam::Ostream&) in "/home/sersunzo/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.5/lib/linuxGccDPOpt/libOpenFOAM.so"
#1 Foam::sigFpe::sigFpeHandler(int) in "/home/sersunzo/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.5/lib/linuxGccDPOpt/libOpenFOAM.so"
#2 Uninterpreted: [0xb7f3b400]
#3 Foam:ILUPreconditioner::calcReciprocalD(Foam::Fi eld<double>&, Foam::lduMatrix const&) in "/home/sersunzo/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.5/lib/linuxGccDPOpt/libOpenFOAM.so"
#4 Foam:ILUPreconditioner:ILUPreconditioner(Foam: :lduMatrix::solver const&, Foam::Istream&) in "/home/sersunzo/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.5/lib/linuxGccDPOpt/libOpenFOAM.so"
#5 Foam::lduMatrix:reconditioner::addasymMatrixCons tructorToTable<Foam:ILUPreconditioner>::New(Foam ::lduMatrix::solver const&, Foam::Istream&) in "/home/sersunzo/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.5/lib/linuxGccDPOpt/libOpenFOAM.so"
#6 Foam::lduMatrix:reconditioner::New(Foam::lduMatr ix::solver const&, Foam::Istream&) in "/home/sersunzo/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.5/lib/linuxGccDPOpt/libOpenFOAM.so"
#7 Foam::PBiCG::solve(Foam::Field<double>&, Foam::Field<double> const&, unsigned char) const in "/home/sersunzo/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.5/lib/linuxGccDPOpt/libOpenFOAM.so"
#8 Foam::fvMatrix<double>::solve(Foam::Istream&) in "/home/sersunzo/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.5/lib/linuxGccDPOpt/libfiniteVolume.so"
#9 Foam::fvMatrix<double>::solve() in "/home/sersunzo/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.5/applications/bin/linuxGccDPOpt/twoPhaseEulerFoam"
#10 main in "/home/sersunzo/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.5/applications/bin/linuxGccDPOpt/twoPhaseEulerFoam"
#11 __libc_start_main in "/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6"
#12 Foam::regIOobject::readIfModified() in "/home/sersunzo/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.5/applications/bin/linuxGccDPOpt/twoPhaseEulerFoam"
Floating point exception

I do not understand if it depends on the fact that the solver cannot be used for steady state simulations or if I have to modify something else somewhere (I did not change anything in the controlDict for instance).

Thanks for the help

Alessio
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Old   April 8, 2009, 06:34
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You probably have to relax the equations. Add a subdictionary to fvSolution. As an example:

relaxationFactors
{
p 0.3
...etc
}

Be sure that your solution will reach a steady state though.
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Old   April 8, 2009, 14:42
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Dear Laurence,

thanks for your reply. I modified the fvSolution file. Now it looks like this

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

solvers
{
p PCG
{
preconditioner none;
tolerance 1e-05;
relTol 0;
};
Ua PBiCG
{
preconditioner none;
tolerance 1e-05;
relTol 0;
};
Ub PBiCG
{
preconditioner none;
tolerance 1e-05;
relTol 0;
};
alpha PBiCG
{
preconditioner none;
tolerance 1e-10;
relTol 0;
};
beta PBiCG
{
preconditioner none;
tolerance 1e-10;
relTol 0;
};
Theta PBiCG
{
preconditioner none;
tolerance 1e-05;
relTol 0;
};
k PBiCG
{
preconditioner none;
tolerance 1e-05;
relTol 0;
};
epsilon PBiCG
{
preconditioner none;
tolerance 1e-05;
relTol 0;
};
}

SIMPLE
{
nNonOrthogonalCorrectors 0;
}

PISO
{
nCorrectors 2;
nNonOrthogonalCorrectors 0;
nAlphaCorr 2;
correctAlpha no;
pRefCell 0;
pRefValue 0;
}

relaxationFactors
{
p 0.3;
Ua 0.3;
Ub 0.3;
alpha 0.3;
}
// ************************************************** *********************** //

Turbulence and granular models are off and so beta, k, epsilon and theta are not important.

I have two questions I hope you can answer.

1) Shouldn't be SIMPLE instead of PISO the algorithm for stady-state? This is what I thought, but if I remove PISO OpenFoam complains that "keyword PISO is undefined in dictionary..."

2) I still missing something because if I run the case with the new fvSolution I got the following error

"previous iteration field
IOobject: volScalarField p "/home/sersunzo/OpenFOAM/sersunzo-1.5/run/MELPRIN/channel_wedin_type/h5/i=200/steady_state/0"

not stored. Use field.storePrevIter() at start of iteration.#0 Foam::error:rintStack(Foam::Ostream&) in "/home/sersunzo/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.5/lib/linuxGccDPOpt/libOpenFOAM.so"
#1 Foam::error::abort() in "/home/sersunzo/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.5/lib/linuxGccDPOpt/libOpenFOAM.so"
#2 Foam::Ostream& Foam:perator<< <Foam::error>(Foam::Ostream&, Foam::errorManip<Foam::error>) in "/home/sersunzo/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.5/applications/bin/linuxGccDPOpt/twoPhaseEulerFoam"
#3 Foam::GeometricField<double, Foam::fvPatchField, Foam::volMesh>:revIter() const in "/home/sersunzo/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.5/applications/bin/linuxGccDPOpt/twoPhaseEulerFoam"
#4 Foam::GeometricField<double, Foam::fvPatchField, Foam::volMesh>::relax(double) in "/home/sersunzo/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.5/applications/bin/linuxGccDPOpt/twoPhaseEulerFoam"
#5 main in "/home/sersunzo/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.5/applications/bin/linuxGccDPOpt/twoPhaseEulerFoam"
#6 __libc_start_main in "/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6"
#7 Foam::regIOobject::readIfModified() in "/home/sersunzo/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.5/applications/bin/linuxGccDPOpt/twoPhaseEulerFoam"


From function GeometricField<Type, PatchField, GeoMesh>:revIter() const
in file /home/dm2/henry/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.5/src/OpenFOAM/lnInclude/GeometricField.C at line 814.

FOAM aborting"

Do you have any idea what is wrong?

Thanks in advance.

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Old   April 8, 2009, 19:09
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The two-fluid solver is unsteady, so you should actually run an unsteady simulation, until the steady state, if it exists, is reached.

If you are sure a steady state exists, you can under-relax and use bigger time steps. The simulation won't be time accurate, but the final condition will be OK. If you want time accuracy, you should not under-relax because the code does not perform sub-iterations to ensure the solution is completely evolved during each time step when under-relaxation is applied.

OT question: Alessio, did you do your Ph.D. in Torino? :-)

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Old   April 8, 2009, 21:27
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Thanks Alberto,

last question. When I tried to underelax (transient case) I simply added something like this

relaxationFactors
{
p 0.3;
Ua 0.3;
Ub 0.3;
alpha 0.3;
}

to the fvSolutions file.

But I think I am missing something else I got an error of this type.

"IOobject: volScalarField p "/home/sersunzo/OpenFOAM/sersunzo-1.5/run/MELPRIN/channel_wedin_type/h5/i=200/steady_state/0" not stored. Use field.storePrevIter() at start of iteration"

It looks like the code does not save the previous time step for the relaxation... Do you know how this can be fixed?

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Hi,

remove the pressure under-relaxation coefficient. In twoPhaseEulerFoam you can under-relax the following variables: Ua, Ub, alpha, beta, Theta, k, epsilon.

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Old   January 8, 2010, 13:01
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Hi all,

I am working on two-phase flow in convergent-divergent nozzle with bubble flow at the entrance. The pressure difference encountered a phase change and heat transfer. To solve this problem, I have to include phase chance and heat transfer in twoPhaseEulerFoam and to add compressibility. In addition, I would like a steady-state solver so I have to modify this aspect too. Is it possible?

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Hi Alessio:

I wondered if you found either a way to run twoPhaseEulerFoam as a steady-state solver or with a much larger Courant no. I've tried to adjust the PIMPLE parameters but with no success.

Thanks,

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I'm not to sure about running twophaseeulerfoam as a steady state solver but i tested it with higher Co numbers than 1 and it can be stable.
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Hi:

Did you change the PIMPLE settings or just run it at a higher C0? Do you remember how high you were able to go?

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Hi:

Did you change the PIMPLE settings or just run it at a higher C0? Do you remember how high you were able to go?

Thanks,

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I raised the convergence criterium for pressure. The rest was pretty standard PIMPLE. I think i managed to have Co = 4 - 6..
Maybe you can post the fvsolution file. For which Co is your case crashing?
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I had played around with the PIMPLE settings and could never get it to run continuously with a Courant number > 1. Once it got above 1 it would slowly increase and eventually blow up.

Here is the fvSolution file. It is directly from the bubbleColumn tutorial. Thanks for taking a look!

FoamFile
{
version 2.0;
format ascii;
class dictionary;
location "system";
object fvSolution;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

solvers
{
alpha.air
{
nAlphaCorr 1;
nAlphaSubCycles 2;
}

p_rgh
{
solver GAMG;
smoother DIC;
tolerance 1e-8;
relTol 0;
}

p_rghFinal
{
$p_rgh;
relTol 0;
}

"U.*"
{
solver smoothSolver;
smoother symGaussSeidel;
tolerance 1e-7;
relTol 0;
minIter 1;
}

"e.*"
{
solver smoothSolver;
smoother symGaussSeidel;
tolerance 1e-7;
relTol 0;
minIter 1;
}

"(k|epsilon|Theta).*"
{
solver smoothSolver;
smoother symGaussSeidel;
tolerance 1e-7;
relTol 0;
minIter 1;
}
}

PIMPLE
{
nOuterCorrectors 3;
nCorrectors 1;
nNonOrthogonalCorrectors 1;
}

relaxationFactors
{
equations
{
".*" 1;
}
}
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Did anyone make any progress on this?
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