ENH: Updated reading of dimensioned types from transportProperties dictionary...

ENH: Updated reading of dimensioned types from transportProperties dictionary to avoid the need to provide the dimension set

applications/solvers/basic/laplacianFoam/createFields.H

-    Info<< "Reading field T\n" << endl;
+Info<< "Reading field T\n" << endl;
 
-    volScalarField T
+volScalarField T
+(
+    IOobject
     (
-        IOobject
-        (
-            "T",
-            runTime.timeName(),
-            mesh,
-            IOobject::MUST_READ,
-            IOobject::AUTO_WRITE
-        ),
-        mesh
-    );
+        "T",
+        runTime.timeName(),
+        mesh,
+        IOobject::MUST_READ,
+        IOobject::AUTO_WRITE
+    ),
+    mesh
+);
 
 
-    Info<< "Reading transportProperties\n" << endl;
+Info<< "Reading transportProperties\n" << endl;
 
-    IOdictionary transportProperties
+IOdictionary transportProperties
+(
+    IOobject
     (
-        IOobject
-        (
-            "transportProperties",
-            runTime.constant(),
-            mesh,
-            IOobject::MUST_READ_IF_MODIFIED,
-            IOobject::NO_WRITE
-        )
-    );
+        "transportProperties",
+        runTime.constant(),
+        mesh,
+        IOobject::MUST_READ_IF_MODIFIED,
+        IOobject::NO_WRITE
+    )
+);
 
 
-    Info<< "Reading diffusivity DT\n" << endl;
+Info<< "Reading diffusivity DT\n" << endl;
 
-    dimensionedScalar DT
-    (
-        transportProperties.lookup("DT")
-    );
+dimensionedScalar DT
+(
+    "DT",
+    dimArea/dimTime,
+    transportProperties
+);

applications/solvers/basic/scalarTransportFoam/createFields.H

-    Info<< "Reading field T\n" << endl;
+Info<< "Reading field T\n" << endl;
 
-    volScalarField T
+volScalarField T
+(
+    IOobject
     (
-        IOobject
-        (
-            "T",
-            runTime.timeName(),
-            mesh,
-            IOobject::MUST_READ,
-            IOobject::AUTO_WRITE
-        ),
-        mesh
-    );
+        "T",
+        runTime.timeName(),
+        mesh,
+        IOobject::MUST_READ,
+        IOobject::AUTO_WRITE
+    ),
+    mesh
+);
 
 
-    Info<< "Reading field U\n" << endl;
+Info<< "Reading field U\n" << endl;
 
-    volVectorField U
+volVectorField U
+(
+    IOobject
     (
-        IOobject
-        (
-            "U",
-            runTime.timeName(),
-            mesh,
-            IOobject::MUST_READ,
-            IOobject::AUTO_WRITE
-        ),
-        mesh
-    );
+        "U",
+        runTime.timeName(),
+        mesh,
+        IOobject::MUST_READ,
+        IOobject::AUTO_WRITE
+    ),
+    mesh
+);
 
 
-    Info<< "Reading transportProperties\n" << endl;
+Info<< "Reading transportProperties\n" << endl;
 
-    IOdictionary transportProperties
+IOdictionary transportProperties
+(
+    IOobject
     (
-        IOobject
-        (
-            "transportProperties",
-            runTime.constant(),
-            mesh,
-            IOobject::MUST_READ_IF_MODIFIED,
-            IOobject::NO_WRITE
-        )
-    );
+        "transportProperties",
+        runTime.constant(),
+        mesh,
+        IOobject::MUST_READ_IF_MODIFIED,
+        IOobject::NO_WRITE
+    )
+);
 
 
-    Info<< "Reading diffusivity DT\n" << endl;
+Info<< "Reading diffusivity DT\n" << endl;
 
-    dimensionedScalar DT
-    (
-        transportProperties.lookup("DT")
-    );
+dimensionedScalar DT
+(
+    "DT",
+    dimArea/dimTime,
+    transportProperties
+);
 
-    #include "createPhi.H"
+#include "createPhi.H"

applications/solvers/compressible/sonicFoam/sonicLiquidFoam/readThermodynamicProperties.H

-    Info<< "Reading thermodynamicProperties\n" << endl;
+Info<< "Reading thermodynamicProperties\n" << endl;
 
-    IOdictionary thermodynamicProperties
+IOdictionary thermodynamicProperties
+(
+    IOobject
     (
-        IOobject
-        (
-            "thermodynamicProperties",
-            runTime.constant(),
-            mesh,
-            IOobject::MUST_READ_IF_MODIFIED,
-            IOobject::NO_WRITE
-        )
-    );
+        "thermodynamicProperties",
+        runTime.constant(),
+        mesh,
+        IOobject::MUST_READ_IF_MODIFIED,
+        IOobject::NO_WRITE
+    )
+);
 
-    dimensionedScalar rho0
-    (
-        "rho0",
-        dimDensity,
-        thermodynamicProperties
-    );
+dimensionedScalar rho0
+(
+    "rho0",
+    dimDensity,
+    thermodynamicProperties
+);
 
-    dimensionedScalar p0
-    (
-        "p0",
-        dimPressure,
-        thermodynamicProperties
-    );
+dimensionedScalar p0
+(
+    "p0",
+    dimPressure,
+    thermodynamicProperties
+);
 
-    dimensionedScalar psi
-    (
-        "psi",
-        dimCompressibility,
-        thermodynamicProperties
-    );
+dimensionedScalar psi
+(
+    "psi",
+    dimCompressibility,
+    thermodynamicProperties
+);
 
-    // Density offset, i.e. the constant part of the density
-    dimensionedScalar rhoO("rhoO", rho0 - psi*p0);
+// Density offset, i.e. the constant part of the density
+dimensionedScalar rhoO("rhoO", rho0 - psi*p0);

applications/solvers/incompressible/adjointShapeOptimizationFoam/adjointShapeOptimizationFoam.C

@@ -93,8 +93,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     {
         Info<< "Time = " << runTime.timeName() << nl << endl;
 
-        laminarTransport.lookup("lambda") >> lambda;
-
         //alpha +=
         //    mesh.relaxationFactor("alpha")
         //   *(lambda*max(Ua & U, zeroSensitivity) - alpha);

applications/solvers/incompressible/adjointShapeOptimizationFoam/createFields.H

@@ -89,8 +89,19 @@ autoPtr<incompressible::turbulenceModel> turbulence
 dimensionedScalar zeroSensitivity("0", dimVelocity*dimVelocity, 0.0);
 dimensionedScalar zeroAlpha("0", dimless/dimTime, 0.0);
 
-dimensionedScalar lambda(laminarTransport.lookup("lambda"));
-dimensionedScalar alphaMax(laminarTransport.lookup("alphaMax"));
+dimensionedScalar lambda
+(
+    "lambda",
+    dimTime/sqr(dimLength),
+    laminarTransport
+);
+
+dimensionedScalar alphaMax
+(
+    "alphaMax",
+    dimless/dimTime,
+    laminarTransport
+);
 
 const labelList& inletCells = mesh.boundary()["inlet"].faceCells();
 //const labelList& outletCells = mesh.boundary()["outlet"].faceCells();