ELEME6 Block?
Hey everyone,
I used MESHMaker to create an axisymmetric mesh (RZ2D), and it created an ELEME block with 6-digit character codes (titled ELEME6). Is this due to the number of elements I requested? Also, how does it affect the functionality of the remaining input file? For example, following the TOUGH2v2.1 User's Guide (Appendix E), the sixth column of each element record should be the first of a five-digit integer (NSEQ) that dictates the "number of additional elements having the same volume and belonging to the same reservoir domain." Under ELEME6, does this get truncated to a 4-digit number? Also, in record PARAM.2, can I assign the 6-digit element in column 41-46 to engage the ELST option of a short printout from each time step?
Thanks!
2 replies
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Mikey,
You cannot use ELEME6 in regular TOUGH2, only in iTOUGH2 and (soon) TOUGH3.
See the description of MOP2(2) in any iTOUGH2 output file, or the report Enhancements to the TOUGH2 Simulator Integrated in iTOUGH2 for a discussion of how the other blocks are affected by element names that are longer than the standard 5 characters. Note that even iTOUGH2 creates - by default - 5-character element names. You must have set MOP2(2)=6 in block MOMOP or used MESHM6.
Again, you cannot use such meshes in regular TOUGH2.
Best,
Stefan
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Thanks for getting back to me about this, Stefan! I've attached the example input (fimesh) and mesh files (fimesh.mes) that I received from this example. I am indeed running iTOUGH2 (v6.4) for this. As you can see, I did not incorporate a MOMOP block, since the input file only contains the MESHM block, nor did I specify MESHM6. I did get it to output 5-digit element names, but I had to specify MESHM5.