Surface coupling of fluid-fluid simulation

Sorry, I am using p_rgh, which is why I have it in my preciceDict. I am not directly using p.

Regarding the phase-related variables: this shouldn’t be an issue for interFoam based solvers though, right? They only solve for one velocity equation, right?

I tried running the case only with interFoam and the solvers do mostly what I expect, except for the fact that in the Fluid-2 domain at the outlet, the alpha values are a bit larger than 1. I assume the issues are somehow part of my setup then.

I assume that there are the values that preCICE gives, right? Not the values that Fluid1 originally computes.

@Fujikawas is currently working on an extension of the IQN to bound values, and this could be a nice use case of that feature.

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Is there already a timeplan for the release?

There is no specific timeplan for this feature, but this is the respective PR for treating the overshooting issues: Add transformation in acceleration methods to treat bounded values by Fujikawas · Pull Request #1952 · precice/precice · GitHub

With nice use cases and feedback, any development can get faster! :smiling_face:

For you, right now, one alternative option would be using Aitken instead of IQN (with the usual performance disadvantages).

By the way:

Does this mean that you used the same setup, but a different solver? Do you think this is an issue with the solver, or that the adapter does not fully cover your solver?

Hi Makis, I tested the solver again the same case with coupling and without coupling and it seems like the solver does not do what I expected from the start. All coupled fields dont match with the non coupled case. Do you think this supports your idea that fields from a potential solver split do not get coupled properly? If it helps: I am using the openfoam-org-adapter with OpenFOAM-6

Hi @dennis,

sorry for delay, I overlooked your reply. Do you have any new information to add?

Partitioned flow simulations are definitely quite tricky, and I cannot give absolute answers on what works.