In Bentley PULS, the boundary condition "variable velocity function" file contains three columns of data for frequencies (Hz), amplitudes (m3/sec) and phase angles (degrees). I create a txt file with the data as follows (the basic frequency is 7 Hz):
7 1.194556898 286.486269414 0.827947277 29.543203521 0.422198951 299.992404128 0.218152869 352.306220435 0.225977731 51.2339918642 0.182952947 308.60977449 0.127972776 8.30422425756 0.129790765 66.8120170763 0.118392548 320.144052970 0.09216643 23.52828533
1st columns of data is for frequencies (Hz), 2nd columns of data is for velocity amplitudes (m3/sec) and 3rd columns of data is for phase angles.
When I read in the data file. No warnings or errors was found in the check process. But when I run the calculation, input error shows:
File Variable Vel not found.
How can I solve this problem ? How can I read in the variable velocity function file?
Thanks!
Hi San Siro, How did you get the flow amplitudes?
Regarding format... would you please provide the text file via e-mail to verify the content?
Best regards,
Maciej Rydlewicz, PhD Eng.
maciej.rydlewicz@softdesk.pl
+48 512206994
Hello All,
Maciej was correct. He discovered that the problem was related to 2 issues that are important things to remember about PULS:
a. Variable Velocity Source filenames need to adhere to DOS 8.3 filename convention (see website here) .
b. Place file inside the model folder
Following these 2 requirements fixes the above input error of not finding the file.
Regards,
Mike DattilioBentley Systems Design AnalystDesign Engineering Analysis group===================================================
Answer Verified By: Mike Dattilio