Voidfraction Postprocessing

Submitted by cgrohs on Mon, 02/13/2017 - 16:55

Hello,

After a LIGGGHTS calculation (of filling particles into a box) I'd like to calculate the void fraction. This should be done in a postprocessing step. (Later on I want to wiggle the box and look at the change of the void fraction.) In earlier versions of LIGGGHTS, CFDEM and openFOAM I used the files of the fillCylinder tutorial as a guideline but the fillCylinder tutorial does not work any more. I get:
--> FOAM FATAL ERROR: setCG() not executed correctly!

CFDEMcoupling version: cfdem-3.6.0
OF version: 3.0.x

Is there a way to get this tutorial running? (Other tutorials are ok.)

Or: How can I calculate the void fraction without a fully coupled simulation? (Only postprocessing.)

Cheers,
Christian

cgrohs | Wed, 02/15/2017 - 14:48

I guess the problem is related to the dataExchangeModel oneWayVTK; in the couplingProperties-File.

Cheers,
Christian

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j-kerbl | Fri, 02/17/2017 - 09:41

Hi Christian,

yes you are right, but that's not the only problem in this case. I'm working on it and I expect to have a solution rather soon.

Cheers,
Josef

cgrohs | Fri, 02/17/2017 - 12:15

Hi Josef,

Thank you for the information! I'm looking forward to a solution!

Cheers,
Christian

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j-kerbl | Mon, 02/20/2017 - 14:55

Hi Christian,

the new version is available on github.
Have a look at https://github.com/CFDEMproject/CFDEMcoupling-PUBLIC/tree/3.6.1

Cheers,
josef