Remove the hopper and improve comments

contrib/validation/validate_lethe.sh

@@ -26,19 +26,17 @@
 # - Reference results must be available in the specified directory.
 #
 # Notes:
-# - This program but be launched from the main folder of lethe
+# - The program needs to be launched from the main folder of lethe
 #
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-
 # Function to display the help message
 show_help() {
     echo "Usage: $0 [options]"
     echo
     echo "Options:"
     echo "  -h, --help       Display this help message"
     echo "  -o, --output     Specify the output directory for validation results"
-    echo "  -v, --verbose    Enable verbose mode for detailed output"
     echo
     echo "Description:"
     echo "This script automates the validation of the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)"
@@ -106,7 +104,8 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
                 output_path="$2"
                 shift 2  # Skip the flag and its argument
             else
-                error_exit "Missing argument for -o|--output."
+                echo "Error: Missing argument for -o|--output."
+                exit 1
             fi
             ;;
         *)
@@ -128,6 +127,26 @@ lethe_path=$(pwd)
 echo "The current path is: $lethe_path"
 echo "Please ensure that the current path is the root folder of lethe"
 
+# Check if magick is available. Otherwise reports will not be generated.
+# If magick is not available, the script will exit with an error status.
+# Check if the application exists
+if ! command -v "magick" &> /dev/null; then
+  echo "Error: magick is not installed or not in the PATH." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check if git is available. Otherwise it is not possible to have a git hash
+if ! command -v "git" &> /dev/null; then
+  error exit echo "Error: git is not installed or not in the PATH." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check if python3 is available. Otherwise it is not possible to post-process the simulations
+if ! command -v "python3" &> /dev/null; then
+  error exit echo "Error: python3 is not installed or not in the PATH." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 # Output file
 hash_file="$output_path/current_git_hash.txt"
 

contrib/validation/validation_cases.txt

@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 
 examples/incompressible-flow/2d-lid-driven-cavity 1
 examples/incompressible-flow/2d-taylor-couette 1
-examples/incompressible-flow/3d-taylor-green-vortex 16
-examples/multiphysics/rising-bubble 16
-examples/dem/3d-rectangular-hopper 16
+#examples/incompressible-flow/3d-taylor-green-vortex 16
+#examples/multiphysics/rising-bubble 16
+#examples/dem/3d-rectangular-hopper 16
 
 

examples/dem/3d-rectangular-hopper/hopper_post_processing.py

@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
 '''Simulation properties'''
 
 #Take case path as argument and store it
-parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Arguments for the validation of the 2d lid-driven cavity')
-parser.add_argument("-v", "--validate", action="store_true", help="Launches the script in validation mode. This will log the content of the graph and prevent the display of figures", default=False)
-parser.add_argument("-f", "--folder", type=str, help="Folder path", required=True)
-parser.add_argument("--prm", type=str, help="Prm file name", required=True)
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Arguments for the post-processing of the rectangular hopper DEM case')
+parser.add_argument("--validate", action="store_true", help="Launches the script in validation mode. This will log the content of the graph and prevent the display of figures", default=False)
+parser.add_argument("-f", "--folder", type=str, help="Root folder of the simulation. This folder is the folder which contains the .prm file.", required=True)
+parser.add_argument("--prm", type=str, help="Name of the prm file (including the extension .prm) but without the path to the  prm file", required=True)
 args, leftovers=parser.parse_known_args()