Nan error when solve Navier-Stokes equations using PETSc

General Discussion
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Dear all,

I am now working on Navier-Stokes equations with PETSc. I am trying to solve the equations in a 125*100*100 domain, and build this cube domain mesh by Gmsh. However, when I try to solve it with a higher resolution (finer mesh), the simulation will return to a Nan error. The solver I used is:

set(NS, sparams = “-pc_type lu”);

I want to know why this error occurs and if there is any way to solve it.
Thanks in advance!

2

You can use -ksp_view_converged_reason as an additional parameter in your sparams to see what is the root of the error.

3

Hi,
Thank you. I added -ksp_view_converged_reason as an additional parameter, but there seem no differences in error in the output. The error is mainly this for every core:

Exec error : In Optimized version
– number :1
err code 8
-nan != -nan diff -nan => Sorry error in Optimization (q) add: int2d(Th,optimize=0)(…)
remark if you add (… , optimize=2) then you remove this check (be carefull);

4

OK, this is not related to PETSc, but rather FreeFEM itself. I’m sorry, the flag is -ksp_converged_reason, there is not view_, could you please try again?

5

Yes, I now get the new error message:

Linear solve did not converge due to DIVERGED_PC_FAILED iterations 0
PC failed due to FACTOR_OUTMEMORY

Do you know how to solve this? Thank you!

6

Either use a larger machine or switch to an iterative solver.

7

Thank you. The problem is resolved!