# LES and RANS & Problem importing Gmsh to pyfrm (IndexError: list index out of range)

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**Created:** [19 December 2017 01:39 UTC](https://pyfr.discourse.group/t/les-and-rans-problem-importing-gmsh-to-pyfrm-indexerror-list-index-out-of-range/187 "2017-12-19T01:39:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![SAM\_WANG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@SAM\_WANG](https://pyfr.discourse.group/u/SAM_WANG)\
**Post date:** [19 December 2017 01:39 UTC](https://pyfr.discourse.group/t/les-and-rans-problem-importing-gmsh-to-pyfrm-indexerror-list-index-out-of-range/187/1 "2017-12-19T01:39:42Z")

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Dear all,

Sorry I post the thread again.

I use Pointwise to do a 2D mesh, but it gives me this following error. Can anyone help me look at it?

By the way, for compressible flow, how can I obtain temperature data from Pyfr?

Can Pyfr do large eddy simulation (LES) or RANS (k-epsilon)? If it does, how can I set those additional parameters?

Please help me out.

The ini and mesh files are attached as follows,

[https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ky4bmkpoqz8nb5q/AAACNxSNKgkfOkyUNMU7MlXja?dl=0](https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dropbox.com%2Fsh%2Fky4bmkpoqz8nb5q%2FAAACNxSNKgkfOkyUNMU7MlXja%3Fdl%3D0&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEUYIQlCWPlLz7TwRYrg1ALBelR5g)

Really thank you all in advance.

Kind regards,  
Sam

```auto
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/pyfr", line 11, in <module>
sys.exit(main())
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/
dist-packages/pyfr/ __main__.py", line 110, in main
args.process(args)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pyfr/ __main__.py", line 235, in process_run
args, NativeReader(args.mesh), None, Inifile.load(args.cfg)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pyfr/ __main__.py", line 216, in _process_common
solver = get_solver(backend, rallocs, mesh, soln, cfg)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pyfr/solvers/ __init__.py", line 16, in get_solver
return get_integrator(backend, systemcls, rallocs, mesh, initsoln, cfg)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pyfr/integrators/ __init__.py", line 46, in get_integrator
return integrator(backend, systemcls, rallocs, mesh, initsoln, cfg)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pyfr/integrators/std/controllers.py", line 80, in __init__
super(). __init__ (*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pyfr/integrators/std/controllers.py", line 14, in __init__
super(). __init__ (*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pyfr/integrators/std/steppers.py", line 165, in __init__
super(). __init__ (*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pyfr/integrators/std/steppers.py", line 8, in __init__
super(). __init__ (*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pyfr/integrators/std/base.py", line 10, in __init__
super(). __init__ (*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pyfr/integrators/base.py", line 58, in __init__
self._init_system(systemcls, backend, rallocs, mesh, initsoln)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pyfr/integrators/base.py", line 88, in _init_system
self.system = systemcls(*args, nreg=self.nreg, cfg=self.cfg)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pyfr/solvers/base/system.py", line 58, in __init__
int_inters = self._load_int_inters(rallocs, mesh, elemap)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pyfr/solvers/base/system.py", line 116, in _load_int_inters
self.cfg)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pyfr/solvers/navstokes/inters.py", line 13, in __init__
super(). __init__ (be, lhs, rhs, elemap, cfg)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pyfr/solvers/baseadvecdiff/inters.py", line 12, in __init__
super(). __init__ (be, lhs, rhs, elemap, cfg)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pyfr/solvers/baseadvec/inters.py", line 16, in __init__
self._gen_perm(lhs, rhs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pyfr/solvers/baseadvecdiff/inters.py", line 36, in _gen_perm
self._elemap)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pyfr/solvers/base/inters.py", line 15, in get_opt_view_perm
vm = _get_inter_objs(interside, mat, elemap)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pyfr/solvers/base/inters.py", line 11, in _get_inter_objs
return [emap[type](eidx, fidx) for type, eidx, fidx, flags in interside]
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pyfr/solvers/base/inters.py", line 11, in <listcomp>
return [emap[type](eidx, fidx) for type, eidx, fidx, flags in interside]
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pyfr/solvers/base/elements.py", line 346, in get_scal_fpts_for_inter
rmap = self._srtd_face_fpts[fidx][eidx]
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pyfr/util.py", line 138, in __get__
value = self.fn(instance)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pyfr/solvers/base/elements.py", line 109, in _srtd_face_fpts
for ffpts in self.basis.facefpts]
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pyfr/solvers/base/elements.py", line 109, in <listcomp>
for ffpts in self.basis.facefpts]
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pyfr/solvers/base/elements.py", line 108, in <listcomp>
return [[np.array(fuzzysort(pts.tolist(), ffpts)) for pts in plocfpts]
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pyfr/nputil.py", line 96, in fuzzysort
srtdidx[i:] = fuzzysort(arr, srtdidx[i:], dim + 1, tol)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pyfr/nputil.py", line 96, in fuzzysort
srtdidx[i:] = fuzzysort(arr, srtdidx[i:], dim + 1, tol)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pyfr/nputil.py", line 85, in fuzzysort
arrd = arr[dim]
IndexError: list index out of range

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**Author:** ![nnunn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@nnunn](https://pyfr.discourse.group/u/nnunn)\
**Post date:** [20 December 2017 16:55 UTC](https://pyfr.discourse.group/t/les-and-rans-problem-importing-gmsh-to-pyfrm-indexerror-list-index-out-of-range/187/2 "2017-12-20T16:55:20Z")

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Hi Sam - interesting glitch.

To make this easier to debug, can you make a smaller (less refined) version of your mesh, say with just a few thousand quads? Current version (367,418 quads) is a bit heavy for my debugger.

Ideally, if you could make a gmsh geometry input file, I could spin my own mesh, then trace what happens as mesh resolution increases.

Nigel
