- May 21, 2016
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Henry Weller authored
In most boundary conditions, fvOptions etc. required and optional fields to be looked-up from the objectRegistry are selected by setting the keyword corresponding to the standard field name in the BC etc. to the appropriate name in the objectRegistry. Usually a default is provided with sets the field name to the keyword name, e.g. in the totalPressureFvPatchScalarField the velocity is selected by setting the keyword 'U' to the appropriate name which defaults to 'U': Property | Description | Required | Default value U | velocity field name | no | U phi | flux field name | no | phi . . . However, in some BCs and functionObjects and many fvOptions another convention is used in which the field name keyword is appended by 'Name' e.g. Property | Description | Required | Default value pName | pressure field name | no | p UName | velocity field name | no | U This difference in convention is unnecessary and confusing, hinders code and dictionary reuse and complicates code maintenance. In this commit the appended 'Name' is removed from the field selection keywords standardizing OpenFOAM on the first convention above.
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- May 09, 2016
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Henry Weller authored
See also commit 30e2f912
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- Apr 30, 2016
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Henry Weller authored
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Henry Weller authored
GeometricField: Renamed internalField() -> primitiveField() and dimensionedInternalField() -> internalField() These new names are more consistent and logical because: primitiveField(): primitiveFieldRef(): Provides low-level access to the Field<Type> (primitive field) without dimension or mesh-consistency checking. This should only be used in the low-level functions where dimensional consistency is ensured by careful programming and computational efficiency is paramount. internalField(): internalFieldRef(): Provides access to the DimensionedField<Type, GeoMesh> of values on the internal mesh-type for which the GeometricField is defined and supports dimension and checking and mesh-consistency checking.
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Henry Weller authored
In order to simplify expressions involving dimensioned internal field it is preferable to use a simpler access convention. Given that GeometricField is derived from DimensionedField it is simply a matter of de-referencing this underlying type unlike the boundary field which is peripheral information. For consistency with the new convention in "tmp" "dimensionedInteralFieldRef()" has been renamed "ref()".
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- Apr 26, 2016
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Henry Weller authored
See also commit a4e2afa4
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- Apr 25, 2016
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Henry Weller authored
Resolves bug-report http://www.openfoam.org/mantisbt/view.php?id=1938 Because C++ does not support overloading based on the return-type there is a problem defining both const and non-const member functions which are resolved based on the const-ness of the object for which they are called rather than the intent of the programmer declared via the const-ness of the returned type. The issue for the "boundaryField()" member function is that the non-const version increments the event-counter and checks the state of the stored old-time fields in case the returned value is altered whereas the const version has no side-effects and simply returns the reference. If the the non-const function is called within the patch-loop the event-counter may overflow. To resolve this it in necessary to avoid calling the non-const form of "boundaryField()" if the results is not altered and cache the reference outside the patch-loop when mutation of the patch fields is needed. The most straight forward way of resolving this problem is to name the const and non-const forms of the member functions differently e.g. the non-const form could be named: mutableBoundaryField() mutBoundaryField() nonConstBoundaryField() boundaryFieldRef() Given that in C++ a reference is non-const unless specified as const: "T&" vs "const T&" the logical convention would be boundaryFieldRef() boundaryFieldConstRef() and given that the const form which is more commonly used is it could simply be named "boundaryField()" then the logical convention is GeometricBoundaryField& boundaryFieldRef(); inline const GeometricBoundaryField& boundaryField() const; This is also consistent with the new "tmp" class for which non-const access to the stored object is obtained using the ".ref()" member function. This new convention for non-const access to the components of GeometricField will be applied to "dimensionedInternalField()" and "internalField()" in the future, i.e. "dimensionedInternalFieldRef()" and "internalFieldRef()".
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- Apr 06, 2016
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Henry Weller authored
e.g. (fvc::interpolate(HbyA) & mesh.Sf()) -> fvc::flux(HbyA) This removes the need to create an intermediate face-vector field when computing fluxes which is more efficient, reduces the peak storage and improved cache coherency in addition to providing a simpler and cleaner API.
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- Apr 04, 2016
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Henry Weller authored
Patch contributed by Bruno Santos Resolved bug-report http://www.openfoam.org/mantisbt/view.php?id=2042
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- Mar 14, 2016
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Henry Weller authored
Contributed by Bruno Santos Resolves patch report http://www.openfoam.org/mantisbt/view.php?id=2023 Update online documentation http://openfoam.github.io/Documentation-dev/html/
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- Feb 26, 2016
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Henry Weller authored
The deprecated non-const tmp functionality is now on the compiler switch NON_CONST_TMP which can be enabled by adding -DNON_CONST_TMP to EXE_INC in the Make/options file. However, it is recommended to upgrade all code to the new safer tmp by using the '.ref()' member function rather than the non-const '()' dereference operator when non-const access to the temporary object is required. Please report any problems on Mantis. Henry G. Weller CFD Direct.
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- Feb 20, 2016
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Henry Weller authored
To be used instead of zeroGradientFvPatchField for temporary fields for which zero-gradient extrapolation is use to evaluate the boundary field but avoiding fields derived from temporary field using field algebra inheriting the zeroGradient boundary condition by the reuse of the temporary field storage. zeroGradientFvPatchField should not be used as the default patch field for any temporary fields and should be avoided for non-temporary fields except where it is clearly appropriate; extrapolatedCalculatedFvPatchField and calculatedFvPatchField are generally more suitable defaults depending on the manner in which the boundary values are specified or evaluated. The entire OpenFOAM-dev code-base has been updated following the above recommendations. Henry G. Weller CFD Direct
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- Feb 15, 2016
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Henry Weller authored
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- Feb 13, 2016
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Henry Weller authored
The boundary conditions of HbyA are now constrained by the new "constrainHbyA" function which applies the velocity boundary values for patches for which the velocity cannot be modified by assignment and pressure extrapolation is not specified via the new "fixedFluxExtrapolatedPressureFvPatchScalarField". The new function "constrainPressure" sets the pressure gradient appropriately for "fixedFluxPressureFvPatchScalarField" and "fixedFluxExtrapolatedPressureFvPatchScalarField" boundary conditions to ensure the evaluated flux corresponds to the known velocity values at the boundary. The "fixedFluxPressureFvPatchScalarField" boundary condition operates exactly as before, ensuring the correct flux at fixed-flux boundaries by compensating for the body forces (gravity in particular) with the pressure gradient. The new "fixedFluxExtrapolatedPressureFvPatchScalarField" boundary condition may be used for cases with or without body-forces to set the pressure gradient to compensate not only for the body-force but also the extrapolated "HbyA" which provides a second-order boundary condition for pressure. This is useful for a range a problems including impinging flow, extrapolated inlet conditions with body-forces or for highly viscous flows, pressure-induced separation etc. To test this boundary condition at walls in the motorBike tutorial case set lowerWall { type fixedFluxExtrapolatedPressure; } motorBikeGroup { type fixedFluxExtrapolatedPressure; } Currently the new extrapolated pressure boundary condition is supported for all incompressible and sub-sonic compressible solvers except those providing implicit and tensorial porosity support. The approach will be extended to cover these solvers and options in the future. Note: the extrapolated pressure boundary condition is experimental and requires further testing to assess the range of applicability, stability, accuracy etc. Henry G. Weller CFD Direct Ltd.
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- Jan 10, 2016
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Henry Weller authored
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- Dec 16, 2015
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Henry Weller authored
Provides support for running laminar.
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- Dec 08, 2015
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Henry Weller authored
It is better to declare the namespace of each function in the C file rather than "open" the namespace as this may lead to inconsistencies between the declaration in the H files and definition in the C file.
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- Dec 02, 2015
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Henry Weller authored
fvOptions are transferred to the database on construction using fv::options::New which returns a reference. The same function can be use for construction and lookup so that fvOptions are now entirely demand-driven. The abstract base-classes for fvOptions now reside in the finiteVolume library simplifying compilation and linkage. The concrete implementations of fvOptions are still in the single monolithic fvOptions library but in the future this will be separated into smaller libraries based on application area which may be linked at run-time in the same manner as functionObjects.
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- Dec 01, 2015
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Henry Weller authored
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Henry Weller authored
See also commit 82ccde32
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- Nov 18, 2015
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Henry Weller authored
Simplifies lookup of RAS or LES models
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- Nov 10, 2015
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Henry Weller authored
Avoids the clutter and maintenance effort associated with providing the function signature string.
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- Oct 01, 2015
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Henry Weller authored
Now consistent with constructors.
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- Aug 07, 2015
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Henry Weller authored
Resolves bug-report http://www.openfoam.org/mantisbt/view.php?id=1816
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- Jul 21, 2015
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Henry Weller authored
to simplify construction of dimensionedScalar properties and avoid the duplication of the name string in the constructor call.
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- Jul 19, 2015
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Henry Weller authored
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- Jul 15, 2015
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Henry Weller authored
Added calls to setFluxRequired for p, p_rgh etc. in all solvers which avoids the need to add fluxRequired entries in fvSchemes dictionaries.
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- Jun 27, 2015
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Henry Weller authored
Select LTS via the ddtScheme: ddtSchemes { default localEuler rDeltaT; }
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Henry Weller authored
See tutorials/compressible/rhoSimpleFoam/squareBend SIMPLE { nNonOrthogonalCorrectors 0; rhoMin 0.1; rhoMax 1.0; transonic yes; consistent yes; residualControl { p 1e-3; U 1e-4; e 1e-3; // possibly check turbulence fields "(k|epsilon|omega)" 1e-3; } } relaxationFactors { fields { p 1; rho 1; } equations { p 1; U 0.9; e 0.9; k 0.9; epsilon 0.9; } }
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Henry Weller authored
e.g. in tutorials/compressible/rhoPimpleFoam/ras/angledDuctLTS PIMPLE { momentumPredictor yes; transonic no; nOuterCorrectors 50; nCorrectors 1; nNonOrthogonalCorrectors 0; consistent yes; rhoMin 0.5; rhoMax 2.0; residualControl { "(U|k|epsilon)" { relTol 0; tolerance 0.0001; } } turbOnFinalIterOnly off; } relaxationFactors { fields { "p.*" 0.9; "rho.*" 1; } equations { "U.*" 0.9; "h.*" 0.7; "(k|epsilon|omega).*" 0.8; } }
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Henry Weller authored
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Henry Weller authored
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- Jun 26, 2015
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Henry Weller authored
LTS is selected by the ddt scheme e.g. in the tutorials/multiphase/interFoam/ras/DTCHull case: ddtSchemes { default localEuler rDeltaT; } LTSInterFoam is no longer needed now that interFoam includes LTS support.
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- Jun 25, 2015
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Henry Weller authored
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- Jun 24, 2015
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Henry Weller authored
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Henry Weller authored
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- Jun 19, 2015
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Henry Weller authored
Select LTS via the ddtScheme: ddtSchemes { default localEuler rDeltaT; } The LTS algorithm is controlled with the standard settings in controlDict, e.g.: maxCo 0.5; maxDeltaT 2e-8; with the addition of the optional rDeltaT smoothing coefficient: rDeltaTSmoothingCoeff 0.02; which defaults to 0.02. For cases with reasonably uniform meshes like the forwardStep tutorial LTS does not provide much benefit but for cases with large variation in cell-size like the biconic25-55Run35 tutorial LTS provides significant speed-up to convergence particularly if started from uniform conditions.
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- Jun 18, 2015
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Henry Weller authored
Reverted changes proposed in http://openfoam.org/mantisbt/view.php?id=1548 as it adversely affects fixed-value BCs and is formulated to fix an issue with an unphysical case. Further analysis of the handling of fixed pressure outlet conditions as the Mach number approaches 1 is required.
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- Jun 17, 2015
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Henry Weller authored
Now consistent with the way the Courant number is calculated for other solvers
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Henry Weller authored
Resolves bug-report http://www.openfoam.org/mantisbt/view.php?id=1748
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