Error in chtMultiRegionFoam
 

hi,
i am trying to use chtMultiRegionFoam solver to treat heat transfer in walls.But i couldnot get the results as there is error msg in terminal.

The error msg is like this,


kiran@kiran-desktop:~$ cd $FOAM_RUN/tutorials/heatTransfer/chtMultiRegionFoam/multiRegionHeater
kiran@kiran-desktop:~/OpenFOAM/kiran-1.7.0/run/tutorials/heatTransfer/chtMultiRegionFoam/multiRegionHeater$ chtMultiRegionFoam
/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
| ========= | |
| \\ / F ield | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox |
| \\ / O peration | Version: 1.7.0 |
| \\ / A nd | Web: www.OpenFOAM.com |
| \\/ M anipulation | |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
Build : 1.7.0-279cc8e8233b
Exec : chtMultiRegionFoam
Date : Aug 02 2010
Time : 17:11:51
Host : kiran-desktop
PID : 2067
Case : /home/kiran/OpenFOAM/kiran-1.7.0/run/tutorials/heatTransfer/chtMultiRegionFoam/multiRegionHeater
nProcs : 1
SigFpe : Enabling floating point exception trapping (FOAM_SIGFPE).

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

Create fluid mesh for region bottomAir for time = 0



--> FOAM FATAL ERROR:
Cannot find file "points" in directory "bottomAir/polyMesh" in times 0 down to constant

From function Time::findInstance(const fileName&, const word&, const IOobject::readOption)
in file db/Time/findInstance.C at line 175.

FOAM exiting


Pls somebody help me how to run this solver and also i want to know what will be the output of this solver.
Thanks

Hi! Tracing back the error is quite simple...
Do you have any 0/constant/bottomAir/polyMesh folder? I guess you have not ;).
If you have no idea of what you are doing, use the ./Allrun script and copy paste every line to your terminal, so you can understand what does what.
Also, cross check the following thread: http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/ope...rial-15-a.html. Even if it is written for OF 1.5, most of it is valid for OF 1.7 as well.
Lastly, please note that there is a bug on chtMultiRegionFoam in OF 1.7 that has been fixed in 1.7.x (see here).
enjoy

mad

You can't just run chtMultiRegionFoam. You have to run the Allrun file. The Allrun file contains necessary utilities for the solver to work.

The output of the solver is heated air slowly moving above two warm plates.

Hello Maddalena, do you mean that we have to create a polyMesh file? or it'll work only by using the Allrun file???

Thank you

Daniel

Hi Daniel,
I mean that you can follow one of the two:

1. use the ./Allrun file and everything is managed for you -> All actions made in a single command, would you understand what are you doing?
2. open the -/Allrun file and copy paste every line to your terminal -> more time-consuming, but you will learn how to manage files.

at the end of this, you will (magically ;) ) have every missing file!

enjoy

mad

OK, It's done. Many Thanks.


Daniel

Are you sure that you have run `blockMesh` properly?