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Old   April 6, 2014, 22:54
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We set up the separator model, and stimulates the multiphase flow. After we ran the setFields, the following information occurred:

Setting field default values
Setting internal values of volScalarField alphaair
Setting internal values of volScalarField alphawater


--> FOAM FATAL IO ERROR:
Cannot find patchField entry for wall

file: /home/dell/OpenFOAM/damBreak4phaseFinelmxlmx/0/alphawater.boundaryField from line 34 to line 56.

From function GeometricField<Type, PatchField, GeoMesh>::GeometricBoundaryField::readField(const DimensionedField<Type, GeoMesh>&, const dictionary&)
in file /home/opencfd/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.2.2/src/OpenFOAM/lnInclude/GeometricBoundaryField.C at line 206.

FOAM exiting
-----------------------------------alphawater-------------------------------------------
/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
| ========= | |
| \\ / F ield | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox |
| \\ / O peration | Version: 2.2.2 |
| \\ / A nd | Web: www.OpenFOAM.org |
| \\/ M anipulation | |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
version 2.0;
format ascii;
class volScalarField;
location "0";
object alphawater;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

dimensions [0 0 0 0 0 0 0];

internalField uniform 1;

boundaryField
{
Wall
{
type zeroGradient;
//value uniform 0;
}
new_new_out
{
type fixedValue;//;
value uniform 1;
}
new_out
{
type fixedValue;
value uniform 1;
}
out
{
type fixedValue;//outletInlet;
value uniform 1;
}
in
{
type outletOutlet;
outletValue uniform 0;
value uniform 0;
}
}

-----------------------------
Maybe the boundary conditions were set incorrectly, but we didn't know how to revise them.
Thanks so much for help!
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hi
if you use blockMesh to create the grid , please check the blockMeshDict !
maybe there is not a "wall" in the boudary.

may you success!
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hi
if you use blockMesh to create the grid , please check the blockMeshDict !
maybe there is not a "wall" in the boudary.

may you success!
Thanks so much!
We used the Gambit to model, and used the tool fluent3DMeshToFoam to convert.
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Old   April 7, 2014, 05:01
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if you use blockMesh to create the grid , please check the blockMeshDict !
maybe there is not a "wall" in the boudary.

may you success!


thanks so much!
we have solved this problem. the reason is that we wrote the capital letter W with respect to the word wall.
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thanks so much!
we have solved this problem. the reason is that we wrote the capital letter W with respect to the word wall.
Thanks so much. The OpenFOAM is so strict.
I also misused a capital letter for wall.
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hi
if you use blockMesh to create the grid , please check the blockMeshDict !
maybe there is not a "wall" in the boudary.

may you success!
Thank you, on my case is Inlet >> inlet

export geometry by Spaceclaim .stl with ASCII > cfmesh .fms > setFields solved.
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