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Will Bainbridge 4c8122783a solutionControl: Multi-region and PIMPLE time-loop control
The solution controls have been rewritten for use in multi-region
solvers, and PIMPLE fluid/solid solution controls have been implemented
within this framework.

PIMPLE also now has time-loop convergence control which can be used to
end the simulation once a certain initial residual is reached. This
allows a PIMPLE solver to run with equivalent convergence control to a
SIMPLE solver. Corrector loop convergence control is still available,
and can be used at the same time as the time-loop control.

The "residualControl" sub-dictionary of PIMPLE contains the residual
values required on the first solve of a time-step for the simulation to
end. This behaviour is the same as SIMPLE. The
"outerCorrectorResidualControl" sub-dictionary contains the tolerances
required for the corrector loop to exit. An example specification with
both types of control active is shown below.

PIMPLE
{
    // ...

    residualControl
    {
        p               1e-3;
        U               1e-4;
        "(k|epsilon|omega)" 1e-3;
    }

    outerCorrectorResidualControl
    {
        U
        {
            tolerance       1e-4;
            relTol          0.1;
        }
        "(k|epsilon|omega)"
        {
            tolerance       1e-3;
            relTol          0.1;
        }
    }
}

Note that existing PIMPLE "residualControl" entries will need to be
renamed "outerCorrectorResidualControl".

Application within a solver has also changed slightly. In order to have
convergence control for the time loop as a whole, the
solutionControl::loop(Time&) method (or the equivalent run method) must
be used; i.e.,

    while (simple.loop(runTime))
    {
        Info<< "Time = " << runTime.timeName() << nl << endl;

        // solve ...
    }

or,

    while (pimple.run(runTime))
    {
        // pre-time-increment operations ...

        runTime ++;
        Info<< "Time = " << runTime.timeName() << nl << endl;

        // solve ...
    }
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