[samiam1000]

Dear all,

I am trying to run simpleFoam, getting a very strange error. I am pretty sure that the same case worked until a couple of weeks ago.

Anyway, that's the error that I get:

lab@lab-laptop:~/Documenti/cases_OF/OF_case8_incomp_T_vol$ simpleFoam 
/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
| =========                 |                                                 |
| \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox           |
|  \\    /   O peration     | Version:  2.1.0                                 |
|   \\  /    A nd           | Web:      www.OpenFOAM.org                      |
|    \\/     M anipulation  |                                                 |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
Build  : 2.1.0-0bc225064152
Exec   : simpleFoam
Date   : Mar 21 2012
Time   : 16:36:28
Host   : "lab-laptop"
PID    : 7436
Case   : /home/lab/Documenti/cases_OF/OF_case8_incomp_T_vol
nProcs : 1
sigFpe : Enabling floating point exception trapping (FOAM_SIGFPE).
fileModificationChecking : Monitoring run-time modified files using timeStampMaster
allowSystemOperations : Disallowing user-supplied system call operations

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

Create mesh for time = 0

Reading field p

Reading field U



--> FOAM FATAL IO ERROR: 
wrong token type - expected word, found on line 50 the doubleScalar 0.0034803

file: /home/lab/Documenti/cases_OF/OF_case8_incomp_T_vol/0/U::boundaryField::bc_hc1_ext::flowRate at line 50.

    From function operator>>(Istream&, word&)
    in file primitives/strings/word/wordIO.C at line 74.

FOAM exiting

and this is my U file:

/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
| =========                 |                                                 |
| \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox           |
|  \\    /   O peration     | Version:  2.0.1                                 |
|   \\  /    A nd           | Web:      www.OpenFOAM.com                      |
|    \\/     M anipulation  |                                                 |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
    version     2.0;
    format      ascii;
    class       volVectorField;
    object      U;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

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

internalField   uniform (0 0 0);

boundaryField
{
    wall-air_external
    {
        type            fixedValue;
        value           uniform (0 0 0);
    }
    wall-air_internal
    {
        type            fixedValue;
        value           uniform (0 0 0);
    }
    bc_intake
    {
        type            zeroGradient;
    }
    bc_hc2_ext
    {
        type            fixedValue;
        value           uniform (0 0 0);
    }
    bc_hc2_int
    {
        type            fixedValue;
        value           uniform (0 0 0);
    }
    bc_hc1_ext
    {
        type            flowRateInletVelocity;
        flowRate        0.0034803; // It's an incompressible case, hence the flow has to be in [m^3/s] (+ inlet, - outlet)
        value           uniform (-0.8203572715 0 -0.0717719589);
    }
    bc_hc1_int
    {
        type            flowRateInletVelocity;
        flowRate        0.0034803; // It's an incompressible case, hence the flow has to be in [m^3/s] (+ inlet, - outlet)
        value           uniform (-0.8203572715 0 -0.0717719589);
    }
    bc_back_1
    {
        type            flowRateInletVelocity;
        flowRate        0.0016784;
        value           uniform (0 0 -0.097500752);
    }
    bc_back_2
    {
        type            flowRateInletVelocity;
        flowRate        0.0014643;
        value           uniform (0 0 -0.1386807915);
    }
    bc_back_3
    {
        type            flowRateInletVelocity;
        flowRate        0.0014643;
        value           uniform (0 0 -0.1386807915);
    }
    bc_back_4
    {
        type            flowRateInletVelocity;
        flowRate        0.0014643;
        value           uniform (0 0 -0.1386807915);
    }
    bc_back_5
    {
        type            flowRateInletVelocity;
        flowRate        0.0014643;
        value           uniform (0 0 -0.1386807915);
    }
    bc_back_6
    {
        type            flowRateInletVelocity;
        flowRate        0.0014643;
        value           uniform (0 0 -0.1386807915);
    }
    symmetry-air_infinite
    {
        type	symmetryPlane;
    }
    symmetry-air_internal
    {
        type	symmetryPlane;
    }
    symmetry-air_external
    {
        type	symmetryPlane;
    }
    packs_front_6
    {
        type            fixedValue;
        value           uniform (0 0 0);
    }
    packs_front_4
    {
        type            fixedValue;
        value           uniform (0 0 0);
    }
    packs_front_5
    {
        type            fixedValue;
        value           uniform (0 0 0);
    }
    packs_front_3
    {
        type            fixedValue;
        value           uniform (0 0 0);
    }
    packs_front_2
    {
        type            fixedValue;
        value           uniform (0 0 0);
    }
    walls_air_infinite
    {
        type            fixedValue;
        value           uniform (0 0 0);
    }
    walls_ceiling
    {
        type            fixedValue;
        value           uniform (0 0 0);
    }
    walls_floor-air_infinite
    {
	type            fixedValue;
	value           uniform (0 0 0);
    }
    walls_floor-air_external
    {
        type            fixedValue;
        value           uniform (0 0 0);
    }
    symmetry_2-air_infinite
    {
        type	symmetryPlane;
    }
    symmetry_2-air_internal
    {
        type	symmetryPlane;
    }
    symmetry_2-air_external
    {
        type	symmetryPlane;
    }
    bc_outlet_external
    {
        type            fixedValue;
        value           uniform (0 0 0);
    }
    chamber_inlet
    {
        type            fixedValue;
        value           uniform (0 0 0);
    }
    chamber_outlet
    {
        type            fixedValue;
        value           uniform (0 0 0);
    }
}
// ************************************************************************* //

Could anyone help?

Thanks,

Samuele

[wyldckat]

Greetings Samuele,

Did the case work back then with OpenFOAM 2.0.1 or 2.1.0?
According to the output and file, it looks like a few weeks ago you were still using 2.0.1 and now are using 2.1.0.

The solution should be something like this on the line that gives the error:

flowRate                     uniform 0.0034803;

Here is a recent and similar reported issue: http://www.openfoam.org/mantisbt/view.php?id=471

Best regards,
Bruno

[samiam1000]

Thanks for answering.

Got it!

Samuele

[idrama]

Hallo,

instead of uniform write constant. It's better.

Cheers

[Alhasan]

Hi All,

I am trying to run a DDES simulations, So I ran a sepearate RANS simulation first with the same mesh and then copied the U and p in to the 0 of the DDES case and started the simuation and I got this error,

/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
| =========                 |                                                 |
| \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox           |
|  \\    /   O peration     | Version:  2.2.0                                 |
|   \\  /    A nd           | Web:      www.OpenFOAM.org                      |
|    \\/     M anipulation  |                                                 |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
Build  : 2.2.0
Exec   : pimpleFoam
Date   : Nov 10 2015
Time   : 18:00:57
Host   : "IT000968"
PID    : 27209
Case   : /mnt/hdd/WorkspaceHDD/Morphing/20ms/NWF/SmallInlet/Test3D/C1-A0Sp-IDDES
nProcs : 1
sigFpe : Enabling floating point exception trapping (FOAM_SIGFPE).
fileModificationChecking : Monitoring run-time modified files using timeStampMaster
allowSystemOperations : Disallowing user-supplied system call operations

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

Create mesh for time = 0

Reading field p

Reading field U

Reading/calculating face flux field phi

Selecting incompressible transport model Newtonian
Selecting turbulence model type RASModel
Selecting RAS turbulence model SpalartAllmaras
SpalartAllmarasCoeffs
{
    sigmaNut        0.66666;
    kappa           0.41;
    Cb1             0.1355;
    Cb2             0.622;
    Cw2             0.3;
    Cw3             2;
    Cv1             7.1;
    Cv2             5;
}

Creating finite volume options
No finite volume options present


PIMPLE: Operating solver in PISO mode


Starting time loop



--> FOAM FATAL IO ERROR: 
wrong token type - expected int, found on line 50 the doubleScalar 0.01

file: /mnt/hdd/WorkspaceHDD/Morphing/20ms/NWF/SmallInlet/Test3D/C1-A0Sp-IDDES/system/controlDict.functions.fieldAverage1.outputInterval at line 50.

    From function operator>>(Istream&, int&)
    in file primitives/ints/int/intIO.C at line 68.

FOAM exiting

But somewhere in my memory I rember doing this for an LES case and it worked,

- Is this the right way to intiate a Unsteady case with a steady simulation or am i doing some thing wrong,

application pimpleFoam;
startFrom latestTime;
startTime 0;
stopAt endTime;
endTime 0.2;
deltaT 5.5e-6;
writeControl adjustableRunTime;
writeInterval 0.01;
purgeWrite 0;
writeFormat binary;
writePrecision 6;
writeCompression compressed;
timeFormat general;
timePrecision 6;
graphFormat raw;
runTimeModifiable yes;
maxDeltaT 2.25e-5;//2.25e-5
maxCo 1;//0.9
adjustTimeStep yes;
libs 
(
);
functions 
{
fieldAverage1
    {
        type            fieldAverage;
        functionObjectLibs ( "libfieldFunctionObjects.so" );
        enabled         true;
        timeStart           0.1;// at 10FTT start measuring
        timeEnd             0.25;// end after simulation end
        outputControl       outputTime;
        outputInterval     0.01;// every flow through time
        resetOnOutput     false;
                

        fields
        (
            U
            {
                mean        on;
                prime2Mean  on;
                base        time;
            }

            p
            {
                mean        on;
                prime2Mean  on;
                base        time;
            }
        );
    }

- How can i get rid of this error. I am trying to do the mean and save it I have out same out put as write interval never seems to work, but long ago it worked with different number whats happening here

Regards,
Hasan K.J

[wyldckat]

Quick answer:

Originally Posted by Alhasan

--> FOAM FATAL IO ERROR: 
wrong token type - expected int, found on line 50 the doubleScalar 0.01

file: [...]/system/controlDict.functions.fieldAverage1.outputInterval at line 50.

[...]

fieldAverage1
    {
        type            fieldAverage;
        functionObjectLibs ( "libfieldFunctionObjects.so" );
        enabled         true;
        timeStart           0.1;// at 10FTT start measuring
        timeEnd             0.25;// end after simulation end
        outputControl       outputTime;
        outputInterval     0.01;// every flow through time
        resetOnOutput     false;

In other words, change this:

outputInterval     0.01;// every flow through time

To something like this:

outputInterval     1;// every flow through time