OpenFOAM - Convergence while using icoFoam

Convergence while using icoFoam

Does OpenFOAM always show in the terminal if the Solution is converged or not while using icoFoam Solver? I have tried to plot residuals and continuity, while running the iterations and I am getting the correct plots. Please enlighten me. Thank you very much. Regards, Ankur

OpenFOAM 06-07-17, 3:09 p.m. ankur_garg

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Hi ankur, Since the icoFoam is based on PISO algorithm, it will keep on running based on the endTime specified at controlDict file. say for example, if you have a problem which becomes steady state after some iterations, the residuals will fall down say 10^-5, but still the solver continues to run. You can stop the iterations manually once it reaches the desired convergence value.

15-09-17, 7:14 p.m. sathish

Thank you very much for the Answer, Sathish!!

15-09-17, 7:26 p.m. ankur_garg

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