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Guidelines
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Initial residual corresponds to the last result of the SIMPLE Algorithm
Final residual corresponds to the improvement Linear Solver
The solver stops if either of the following conditions are reached:
1. The residual falls below the solver tolerance, tolerance(compulsory);
2. Tthe ratio of current to initial residuals falls below the solver relative tolerance, relTol
(compulsory);
3. The number of iterations exceeds a maximum number of iterations, maxIter(optional);
In transient simulations, it is usual to set the solver relative tolerance to 0 to force the
solution to
converge to the solver tolerance in each time step.

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Conclusions
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The tolerance for the Simple Algorithm will decide the no of iterations needed for convergence.
Only when the Initial residual for all the variables fall below there respective tolerance
the simulaton will stop(or when the endTime specified in the controlDict is reached).
In case the simulation runs till the specified endTime, that would imply the SIMPLE algorithm fails to
achieve the
specified tolearnce for each variable in that many no of iterations( = (endTime-startTime) / timeStep)
Observe that the stopping criteria for the linear solver is always met with the relative tolerance
specified as 0.1
To study the effect of solver tolerance put the rel tolerance = 0(to force the solver to achieve the
absolute tolerance).

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Simulation Results
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p
tolerance
relTol

1e-06;
0.1;

(U|k|epsilon|R|nuTilda)
tolerance
1e-05;
relTol
0.1;
residualControl
{
p
1e-2;
U
1e-1;
"(k|epsilon|omega)" 1e-1;
}
Time = 280
smoothSolver: Solving for Ux, Initial residual = 0.00135612, Final residual = 9.98628e-05, No Iterations
2
smoothSolver: Solving for Uy, Initial residual = 0.00375588, Final residual = 0.000287439, No Iterations
2
GAMG: Solving for p, Initial residual = 0.0100156, Final residual = 0.0006414, No Iterations 4
time step continuity errors : sum local = 0.000459646, global = 7.22828e-06, cumulative = 0.00325827
smoothSolver: Solving for epsilon, Initial residual = 0.00255638, Final residual = 0.000175623, No

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Iterations 2
smoothSolver: Solving for k, Initial residual = 0.00341547, Final residual = 0.000256861, No Iterations 2
ExecutionTime = 19.69 s ClockTime = 20 s
Time = 281
smoothSolver: Solving for Ux, Initial residual = 0.00135154, Final residual = 9.95587e-05, No Iterations
2
smoothSolver: Solving for Uy, Initial residual = 0.00374829, Final residual = 0.000286867, No Iterations
2
GAMG: Solving for p, Initial residual = 0.00997498, Final residual = 0.000590835, No Iterations 4
time step continuity errors : sum local = 0.00042311, global = 8.72907e-06, cumulative = 0.003267
smoothSolver: Solving for epsilon, Initial residual = 0.00254856, Final residual = 0.000175205, No
Iterations 2
smoothSolver: Solving for k, Initial residual = 0.003404, Final residual = 0.000256123, No Iterations 2
ExecutionTime = 19.75 s ClockTime = 20 s

SIMPLE solution converged in 281 iterations

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tolerance
relTol

1e-06;
0.1;

(U|k|epsilon|R|nuTilda)
tolerance
1e-05;
relTol
0.1;
residualControl
{
p
1e-2;
U
1e-3;
"(k|epsilon|omega)" 1e-1;
}
smoothSolver: Solving for Ux, Initial residual = 0.000261326, Final residual = 2.08759e-05, No
Iterations 2
smoothSolver: Solving for Uy, Initial residual = 0.000999202, Final residual = 8.32758e-05, No
Iterations 2
GAMG: Solving for p, Initial residual = 0.00202996, Final residual = 0.000190399, No Iterations 2
time step continuity errors : sum local = 0.000105138, global = -2.13266e-06, cumulative = 0.00352348
smoothSolver: Solving for epsilon, Initial residual = 0.00047137, Final residual = 3.80941e-05, No
Iterations 2
smoothSolver: Solving for k, Initial residual = 0.000722501, Final residual = 5.9995e-05, No Iterations 2
ExecutionTime = 61.17 s ClockTime = 64 s

SIMPLE solution converged in 1178 iterations

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p
tolerance
relTol

1e-06;
0.1;

(U|k|epsilon|R|nuTilda)
tolerance
1e-05;
relTol
0.1;
residualControl
{
p
1e-6;
U
1e-5;
"(k|epsilon|omega)" 1e-5;
}

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SIMPLE Algorithm does not converge even in 10000 iterations

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tolerance
relTol

1e-02;
0;

(U|k|epsilon|R|nuTilda)
tolerance
1e-02;
relTol
0;

residualControl
{
p
1e-6;
U
1e-5;
"(k|epsilon|omega)" 1e-5;
}
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