Solver abnormal termination error not a memory issue

SF 2010-08-03

Hi,

I was hoping someone here could help me figure out how this error is happening. I am running an analysis of flow around an object (travelling very fast) and am receiving the "abnormally detected" error above at iteration #25. I know for sure that this is not a memory issue, first because I have a good deal of RAM on this computer, and second because the log says that the memory is OK.

If it helps at all, for the first few iterations I receive an error about a high mach number (I have checked the "high mach number" option). That goes away after a while, so I assumed it is just due to the error-reducing process of iteration.

Here is what I assume the relevant part of the log.

Iteration 25

Error (4) found in the cv: nCV=27091; 0x8322F620; U=0x6093ED30

cv: X=-6.5938 Y=-0.987994 Z=-6.69714; dv=0.0379503

brick: dx=0.498395 dy=0.284977 dz=0.267197; dV=0.0379503

U[0]=101325; U[1]=-1.04114e-012; U[2]=5.03963e-008; U[3]=2.13219e-013; U[4]=1.20371; U[5]=253947; U[6]=86.5918; U[7]=3998.98; U[8]=1.20371; U[9]=1; U[10]=1.81464e-005; U[11]=293.2; U[12]=1006.64; U[13]=0.707388;

ENDING PROGRAM...

Estimated FLD size=26.74 Mb

Writing FLD file "C:\Users\...\SolidWorks\3\r_abnorm.fld"...

write_bcf_mesh took 1.03 sec. Total save FLD took 1.98 sec.

real FLD size=19.64 Mb

ERROR: ..\solver\b_main.c(1316): SOLVER ABNORMALLY TERMINATED

Free memory:

I tried to open r_abnorm.fld in a Notepad file, but it is gibberish. Any suggestions?

This is my first attempt at the SW Flow Simulation, so it is not outside the realm of reason that I am doing something very wrong in setting up this simulation. If someone has any suspicions about what I am doing wrong, I would be glad to provide any relevant settings to help diagnose the problem.

Thank you very much in advance

Solidworks Flow Simulation