ALE calculation suddenly stopping with no error

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daniele
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ALE calculation suddenly stopping with no error

Post by daniele »

Hello,

I am performing an ALE simulation. The simulation stops after a few iterations (much less than the ones specified), but no error is displayed in the listing nor in the other files.
In the listing, after the last iteration, the "Final stage of the calculation" and "End of calculation" messages appear.
The values of the mesh displacements and of the fluid variables are consistent, no divergence in these values is observed.
Looking at the mesh once the simulation has stopped, I do not see any negative volume cell or other problems in the mesh that could cause the simulation to stop.
The meshing is purely hexa (ICEM).
Do you have any idea about what to check in order to understand the cause of the end of the calculation?

Many thanks in advance.
Best regards,
Daniele
Luciano Garelli
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Re: ALE calculation suddenly stopping with no error

Post by Luciano Garelli »

Hello,

Could you post the listing and some additional information about the case?

Regards,

Luciano
daniele
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Re: ALE calculation suddenly stopping with no error

Post by daniele »

Dear Luciano,

Thank you very much for your help.
Actually, looking more in detail to the listing, I found the message "Abort due to the detection of a negative control volume.".
Do you know how to visualize negative volumes in Paraview? I cannot manage to do it.

Thank you very much in advance.
Best regards,
Daniele
Yvan Fournier
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Re: ALE calculation suddenly stopping with no error

Post by Yvan Fournier »

Hello,

When this happens, the computation may abort before generating a dedicated visualization output, so we need to improve this.

You can re-run the computation with a slightly lower number of iterations to try to see where the volume becomes smallest (whre cells become flattened).

Also, to avoid this, using a higher mesh viscosity or a smaller time step may help. Robustness should be better with the upcoming CDO version (an option in version 6.0), but for the current stable version, ALE can be a bit "fragile" regarding mesh distortion.

Best regards,

Yvan
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