OpenFoam doesn't write the solution time folders

jose21 · December 7, 2010, 18:56

Hello all,

I am a beginner in OpenFoam. After going through some tutorials and solving some simple problems, I have just started to solve the incompressible laminar flow over an airfoil.

I am using pisoFoam setting up a laminar simulation. I run the solver and the residuals for each time step appear in the console but the solution is not written in folders. I have checked the writing parameters in the file 'controlDict' and the program should write. I have tried to solve the same problem with icoFoam but it doesn't write either.

Any suggestions where the error is? mesh, wrong input files, ...

Thanks!

colinB · December 8, 2010, 02:40

have you used parallel processing?

If so you have to use the reconstructPar command to reconstruct everything
before you can see anything for example with paraFoam.
Im not sure but the folders themselfs should be in the processor* subdirectory.

Hope that helps
If not please show us your controlDict file maybe there are some parts not matching.

regards

jose21 · December 8, 2010, 09:44

Hello Colin,

I didn't use parallel processing. I started the resolution of the problem from the beginning and now it writes the folders

Thanks for the answer.

December 7, 2010, 18:56	OpenFoam doesn't write the solution time folders	#1
jose21 New Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 15	Hello all, I am a beginner in OpenFoam. After going through some tutorials and solving some simple problems, I have just started to solve the incompressible laminar flow over an airfoil. I am using pisoFoam setting up a laminar simulation. I run the solver and the residuals for each time step appear in the console but the solution is not written in folders. I have checked the writing parameters in the file 'controlDict' and the program should write. I have tried to solve the same problem with icoFoam but it doesn't write either. Any suggestions where the error is? mesh, wrong input files, ... Thanks!

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December 8, 2010, 02:40		#2
colinB Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Groningen, The Netherlands Posts: 216 Rep Power: 18	have you used parallel processing? If so you have to use the reconstructPar command to reconstruct everything before you can see anything for example with paraFoam. Im not sure but the folders themselfs should be in the processor* subdirectory. Hope that helps If not please show us your controlDict file maybe there are some parts not matching. regards

December 8, 2010, 09:44		#3
jose21 New Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 15	Hello Colin, I didn't use parallel processing. I started the resolution of the problem from the beginning and now it writes the folders Thanks for the answer.