[sen.1986]

Hi!

I am trying to create a pipe, with inlet and outlet in x direction, so that I can avail the flow along x-direction.

I am getting the following error:

/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
| ========= | |
| \\ / 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 : blockMesh
Date : Mar 19 2012
Time : 16:30:54
Host : "fwss116"
PID : 30357
Case : /home/sen04/OpenFOAM/sen04-2.1.0/testMesh
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

Creating block mesh from
"/home/sen04/OpenFOAM/sen04-2.1.0/testMesh/constant/polyMesh/blockMeshDict"
Creating curved edges
Creating topology blocks
Creating topology patches

Creating block mesh topology
--> FOAM Warning :
From function cellModel::mag(const labelList&, const pointField&)
in file meshes/meshShapes/cellModel/cellModel.C at line 128
zero or negative pyramid volume: -30 for face 0
--> FOAM Warning :
From function cellModel::mag(const labelList&, const pointField&)
in file meshes/meshShapes/cellModel/cellModel.C at line 128
zero or negative pyramid volume: -30 for face 1
--> FOAM Warning :
From function cellModel::mag(const labelList&, const pointField&)
in file meshes/meshShapes/cellModel/cellModel.C at line 128
zero or negative pyramid volume: -10 for face 2
--> FOAM Warning :
From function cellModel::mag(const labelList&, const pointField&)
in file meshes/meshShapes/cellModel/cellModel.C at line 128
zero or negative pyramid volume: -50 for face 3
--> FOAM Warning :
From function cellModel::mag(const labelList&, const pointField&)
in file meshes/meshShapes/cellModel/cellModel.C at line 128
zero or negative pyramid volume: -30 for face 4
--> FOAM Warning :
From function cellModel::mag(const labelList&, const pointField&)
in file meshes/meshShapes/cellModel/cellModel.C at line 128
zero or negative pyramid volume: -30 for face 5
--> FOAM Warning :
From function blockMesh::createTopology(IOdictionary&)
in file blockMesh/blockMeshTopology.C at line 255
negative volume block : 3, probably defined inside-out
--> FOAM Warning :
From function cellModel::mag(const labelList&, const pointField&)
in file meshes/meshShapes/cellModel/cellModel.C at line 128
zero or negative pyramid volume: -30 for face 0
--> FOAM Warning :
From function cellModel::mag(const labelList&, const pointField&)
in file meshes/meshShapes/cellModel/cellModel.C at line 128
zero or negative pyramid volume: -30 for face 1
--> FOAM Warning :
From function cellModel::mag(const labelList&, const pointField&)
in file meshes/meshShapes/cellModel/cellModel.C at line 128
zero or negative pyramid volume: -50 for face 2
--> FOAM Warning :
From function cellModel::mag(const labelList&, const pointField&)
in file meshes/meshShapes/cellModel/cellModel.C at line 128
zero or negative pyramid volume: -10 for face 3
--> FOAM Warning :
From function cellModel::mag(const labelList&, const pointField&)
in file meshes/meshShapes/cellModel/cellModel.C at line 128
zero or negative pyramid volume: -30 for face 4
--> FOAM Warning :
From function cellModel::mag(const labelList&, const pointField&)
in file meshes/meshShapes/cellModel/cellModel.C at line 128
zero or negative pyramid volume: -30 for face 5
--> FOAM Warning :
From function blockMesh::createTopology(IOdictionary&)
in file blockMesh/blockMeshTopology.C at line 255
negative volume block : 4, probably defined inside-out

Check topology

Basic statistics
Number of internal faces : 8
Number of boundary faces : 14
Number of defined boundary faces : 14
Number of undefined boundary faces : 0
Checking patch -> block consistency

Creating block offsets
Creating merge list

--> FOAM FATAL ERROR:
Inconsistent number of faces between block pair 0 and 1

From function blockMesh::calcMergeInfo()
in file blockMesh/blockMeshMerge.C at line 221.

FOAM exiting

Could someone tell me my possible mistake? I am also attaching my BlockMeshDict:

/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
| ========= | |
| \\ / F ield | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox |
| \\ / O peration | Version: 2.1.0 |
| \\ / A nd | Web: www.OpenFOAM.org |
| \\/ M anipulation | |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
version 2.0;
format ascii;
class dictionary;
object blockMeshDict;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

convertToMeters 0.004;

vertices
(
/*0*/(0 2 2)
/*1*/(0 0 0)
/*2*/(0 0 5)
/*3*/(0 2 3)
/*4*/(0 3 3)
/*5*/(0 5 5)
/*6*/(0 5 0)
/*7*/(0 3 2)
/*8*/(30 2 2)
/*9*/(30 0 0)
/*10*/(30 0 5)
/*11*/(30 2 3)
/*12*/(30 3 3)
/*13*/(30 5 5)
/*14*/(30 5 0)
/*15*/(30 3 2)

);

blocks
(
hex (0 7 4 3 8 15 12 11) (80 11 11) simpleGrading (5 1 1)
hex (3 4 5 2 11 12 13 10) (80 11 51) simpleGrading (5 1 1)
hex (4 7 6 5 12 15 14 13) (80 51 11) simpleGrading (5 1 1)
hex (0 7 6 1 8 15 14 9) (80 11 51) simpleGrading (5 1 1)
hex (1 2 3 0 9 10 11 8) (80 51 11) simpleGrading (5 1 1)
);

edges
(
arc 5 6 (0 6.53553 2.5)
arc 6 1 (0 2.5 -6.53553)
arc 1 2 (0 -6.53553 2.5)
arc 2 5 (0 2.5 6.53553)
arc 5 6 (30 6.53553 2.5)
arc 6 1 (30 2.5 -6.53553)
arc 1 2 (30 -6.53553 2.5)
arc 2 5 (30 2.5 6.53553)
);

boundary
(
inlet
{
type cyclic;
neighbourPatch outlet;
faces
(
(1 2 3 0)
(3 2 5 4)
(4 5 6 7)
(7 6 1 0)
(0 3 4 7)
);
}

outlet
{
type cyclic;
neighbourPatch inlet;
faces
(
(9 8 11 10)
(11 12 13 10)
(15 14 13 12)
(8 9 14 15)
(15 12 11 8)
);
}

wall1
{
type wall;
faces (

(9 1 6 14)
(9 10 2 1)
(10 13 5 2)
(14 6 5 13)
);

}

);


mergePatchPairs
(
);