[Andrea_85]

Hi all,

i need to write all the time step of my simulation. I am running with a fixed time step of 5e-5 and i have to simulate 0.2s. This is my controlDict

application     interFoam;

startFrom    startTime;

startTime    10.4;

stopAt          endTime;

endTime         10.6;

deltaT          0.00005;

writeControl    adjustableRunTime;

writeInterval   0.00005;

purgeWrite    0;

writeFormat     ascii;

writePrecision  9;

writeCompression uncompressed;

timeFormat    general;

timePrecision   6;

runTimeModifiable yes;

adjustTimeStep  no;

maxCo           0.5;
maxAlphaCo    0.5;

maxDeltaT    0.00005;

libs ("libOpenFOAM.so" "libtwoPhaseInterfaceProperties.so");

I am facing a problem with the time directory naming. The time directory names look like this:

10.4
10.4001
10.4001000000000001
10.40015
10.4001999999999999
10.4002499999999998
10.4002999999999997
10.4003499999999995
10.4003999999999994


while they should be like this

10.4
10.40005
10.4001
10.40015
10.4002 etc...

This is quite annoying because then i need to read data with matlab and i have to manually change name of each directory. Below there's also the log file. There are some warning messages about increasing time precision.

Starting time loop

Courant Number mean: 0.00148614073 max: 0.303144605
Interface Courant Number mean: 5.38948102e-05 max: 0.303144605
Time = 10.4001

--> FOAM Warning :
    From function Time::operator++()
    in file db/Time/Time.C at line 982
    Increased the timePrecision from 6 to 7 to distinguish between timeNames at time 10.4000167
MULES: Solving for alpha1
Liquid phase volume fraction = 0.164643782  Min(alpha1) = -5.55381607e-46  Max(alpha1) = 1
MULES: Solving for alpha1
Liquid phase volume fraction = 0.164644025  Min(alpha1) = -3.37485691e-45  Max(alpha1) = 1
MULES: Solving for alpha1
Liquid phase volume fraction = 0.164644269  Min(alpha1) = -4.76080439e-45  Max(alpha1) = 1
Grade of smoothing = 2
Writing smoothalpha to smoothalpha in 10.4001
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.00543959373, Final residual = 6.23882747e-08, No Iterations 9
time step continuity errors : sum local = 2.38346752e-11, global = -1.60602192e-12, cumulative = 6.94564916e-13
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.000201843987, Final residual = 4.01651211e-08, No Iterations 9
time step continuity errors : sum local = 1.53588127e-11, global = 1.07222161e-12, cumulative = 1.76678653e-12
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 3.00238209e-05, Final residual = 9.56358153e-08, No Iterations 5
time step continuity errors : sum local = 3.65660978e-11, global = 7.24334616e-13, cumulative = 2.49112115e-12
ExecutionTime = 24.34 s  ClockTime = 26 s

Courant Number mean: 0.0014855605 max: 0.302896685
Interface Courant Number mean: 5.33625861e-05 max: 0.302896685
--> FOAM Warning :
    From function Time::operator++()
    in file db/Time/Time.C at line 982
    Increased the timePrecision from 7 to 18 to distinguish between timeNames at time 10.4001
Time = 10.4001000000000001

MULES: Solving for alpha1
Liquid phase volume fraction = 0.164644513  Min(alpha1) = -2.97775766e-46  Max(alpha1) = 1
MULES: Solving for alpha1
Liquid phase volume fraction = 0.164644756  Min(alpha1) = -9.91081624e-46  Max(alpha1) = 1
MULES: Solving for alpha1
Liquid phase volume fraction = 0.164645  Min(alpha1) = -1.25277352e-45  Max(alpha1) = 1
Grade of smoothing = 2
Writing smoothalpha to smoothalpha in 10.4001000000000001
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.00249554859, Final residual = 5.71703818e-08, No Iterations 9
time step continuity errors : sum local = 2.18635862e-11, global = 2.63315627e-12, cumulative = 5.12427741e-12
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 7.90524647e-05, Final residual = 8.58188344e-08, No Iterations 6
time step continuity errors : sum local = 3.28120032e-11, global = -1.57658811e-13, cumulative = 4.9666186e-12
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 1.25003466e-05, Final residual = 8.61067505e-08, No Iterations 4
time step continuity errors : sum local = 3.29224682e-11, global = -2.04224721e-13, cumulative = 4.76239388e-12
ExecutionTime = 41.58 s  ClockTime = 43 s

Courant Number mean: 0.00148533135 max: 0.300659555
Interface Courant Number mean: 5.31966294e-05 max: 0.300659555
Time = 10.40015

MULES: Solving for alpha1
Liquid phase volume fraction = 0.164645244  Min(alpha1) = -7.17538037e-45  Max(alpha1) = 1
MULES: Solving for alpha1
Liquid phase volume fraction = 0.164645487  Min(alpha1) = -6.77163286e-47  Max(alpha1) = 1
MULES: Solving for alpha1
Liquid phase volume fraction = 0.164645731  Min(alpha1) = -9.93804815e-46  Max(alpha1) = 1
Grade of smoothing = 2
Writing smoothalpha to smoothalpha in 10.40015
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.00184160353, Final residual = 7.29332095e-08, No Iterations 9
time step continuity errors : sum local = 2.78910717e-11, global = 1.10182416e-12, cumulative = 5.86421804e-12
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 5.55810316e-05, Final residual = 4.73679855e-08, No Iterations 7
time step continuity errors : sum local = 1.81135596e-11, global = -7.20435115e-13, cumulative = 5.14378292e-12
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 1.08571513e-05, Final residual = 9.63068815e-08, No Iterations 4
time step continuity errors : sum local = 3.68292096e-11, global = -4.63255022e-13, cumulative = 4.6805279e-12
ExecutionTime = 64.94 s  ClockTime = 68 s

Courant Number mean: 0.00148529064 max: 0.300990496
Interface Courant Number mean: 5.31640257e-05 max: 0.300990496
Time = 10.4001999999999999

MULES: Solving for alpha1
Liquid phase volume fraction = 0.164645974  Min(alpha1) = -3.85869166e-46  Max(alpha1) = 1
MULES: Solving for alpha1
Liquid phase volume fraction = 0.164646218  Min(alpha1) = -6.8588981e-47  Max(alpha1) = 1
MULES: Solving for alpha1
Liquid phase volume fraction = 0.164646462  Min(alpha1) = -9.93805413e-46  Max(alpha1) = 1
Grade of smoothing = 2
Writing smoothalpha to smoothalpha in 10.4001999999999999
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.00166888183, Final residual = 3.77611789e-08, No Iterations 8
time step continuity errors : sum local = 1.44420185e-11, global = -2.41979023e-13, cumulative = 4.43854888e-12
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 4.23143833e-05, Final residual = 9.16112292e-08, No Iterations 6
time step continuity errors : sum local = 3.50366967e-11, global = -6.472814e-13, cumulative = 3.79126748e-12
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 8.42928722e-06, Final residual = 8.26065114e-08, No Iterations 4
time step continuity errors : sum local = 3.1593808e-11, global = -4.16446564e-13, cumulative = 3.37482091e-12
ExecutionTime = 82.45 s  ClockTime = 86 s

Courant Number mean: 0.00148528797 max: 0.300591493
Interface Courant Number mean: 5.31360064e-05 max: 0.300591493
Time = 10.4002499999999998

Is there something wrong in my controlDict?

Best
Andrea

[Oke'e]

Hi Andrea,

I am having exactly the same problem as you are. If you have succeeded with solving it, could you share solution with me?

Howard

[Andrea_85]

Hi,

if i remember correctly i've just changed the initial time from 10.4 to 0 (and also renamed the corresponding folder)....don't ask why it didn't work with 10.4

best,
andrea

[alexeym]

Hi,

I guess the problem is in

timePrecision   6;

I've tried to reproduce the error, and it's really there with 'timePrecision 6'. While with 'timePrecision 12' everything is OK.

If you look at src/OpenFOAM/db/Time/Time.C

Foam::word Foam::Time::timeName(const scalar t)
{
    std::ostringstream buf;
    buf.setf(ios_base::fmtflags(format_), ios_base::floatfield);
    buf.precision(precision_);
    buf << t;
    return buf.str();
}

your 10.40015 doesn't fit into precision 6 (see http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/i...ase/precision/ for more details), so you've got all these strange folder names.