From 150b1d22bb962fdd6f175822f30c398a0e24c9d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Heather <>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 15:04:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] ENH: Added warning if using an isotropic assumption with an
anisotropic thermal conductivity
---
.../temperatureCoupledBase.C | 22 ++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/src/TurbulenceModels/compressible/turbulentFluidThermoModels/derivedFvPatchFields/temperatureCoupledBase/temperatureCoupledBase.C b/src/TurbulenceModels/compressible/turbulentFluidThermoModels/derivedFvPatchFields/temperatureCoupledBase/temperatureCoupledBase.C
index eade488e867..32467fe6702 100644
--- a/src/TurbulenceModels/compressible/turbulentFluidThermoModels/derivedFvPatchFields/temperatureCoupledBase/temperatureCoupledBase.C
+++ b/src/TurbulenceModels/compressible/turbulentFluidThermoModels/derivedFvPatchFields/temperatureCoupledBase/temperatureCoupledBase.C
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
\\ / F ield | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
\\ / O peration |
\\ / A nd | Copyright (C) 2011-2016 OpenFOAM Foundation
- \\/ M anipulation | Copyright (C) 2017 OpenCFD Ltd.
+ \\/ M anipulation | Copyright (C) 2017-2018 OpenCFD Ltd.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
License
This file is part of OpenFOAM.
@@ -191,6 +191,26 @@ Foam::tmp<Foam::scalarField> Foam::temperatureCoupledBase::kappa
const solidThermo& thermo =
mesh.lookupObject<solidThermo>(basicThermo::dictName);
+ if (!thermo.isotropic())
+ {
+ word regionName = "";
+ if (mesh.name() != polyMesh::defaultRegion)
+ {
+ regionName = " for region " + mesh.name();
+ }
+
+ const word& patchName = mesh.boundaryMesh()[patchi].name();
+
+ WarningInFunction
+ << "Applying isotropic thermal conductivity assumption to "
+ << "anisotropic model" << regionName << " at patch "
+ << patchName << nl
+ << "Consider using an isotropic conductivity model or "
+ << "set 'kappaMethod' to "
+ << KMethodTypeNames_[mtDirectionalSolidThermo]
+ << nl << endl;
+ }
+
return thermo.kappa(patchi);
break;
}
--
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