From 8f6af90c7b1fabec9e38a1dd7cf10ed4199774ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bas Nieuwboer <>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2021 17:29:16 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] TUT: hopper: parameterise blockMeshDict content (#2134)
---
.../hopperEmptying/system/blockMeshDict | 47 ++++++++++++-------
.../hopperInitialState/system/blockMeshDict | 38 ++++++++++-----
2 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tutorials/lagrangian/icoUncoupledKinematicParcelFoam/hopper/hopperEmptying/system/blockMeshDict b/tutorials/lagrangian/icoUncoupledKinematicParcelFoam/hopper/hopperEmptying/system/blockMeshDict
index d4807868420..4f9ef7a75fa 100644
--- a/tutorials/lagrangian/icoUncoupledKinematicParcelFoam/hopper/hopperEmptying/system/blockMeshDict
+++ b/tutorials/lagrangian/icoUncoupledKinematicParcelFoam/hopper/hopperEmptying/system/blockMeshDict
@@ -14,26 +14,38 @@ FoamFile
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
-scale 0.001;
+scale 0.001;
+
+depth 6.2; // depth in the empty direction
+width 300; // width of the wide part of the hopper
+gap 30; // width of the gap
+totalHeight 500; // height of the hopper including the angled part
+bottomAngle 30; // angle of the bottom with respect to the ground
+
+minX #eval{ 0.5*$width - 0.5*$gap };
+maxX #eval{ 0.5*$width + 0.5*$gap };
+
+// height of the angled part based on the bottom angle
+htilted #eval{ $minX*tan(degToRad($bottomAngle)) };
vertices
(
- (0 77.9423 6.2)
- (135 0 6.2)
- (0 -77.9423 6.2)
- (300 -77.9423 6.2)
- (165 0 6.2)
- (300 77.9423 6.2)
- (300 500 6.2)
- (0 500 6.2)
- (0 77.9423 0)
- (135 0 0)
- (0 -77.9423 0)
- (300 -77.9423 0)
- (165 0 0)
- (300 77.9423 0)
- (300 500 0)
- (0 500 0)
+ (0 $htilted $depth)
+ ($minX 0 $depth)
+ (0 -$htilted $depth)
+ ($width -$htilted $depth)
+ ($maxX 0 $depth)
+ ($width $htilted $depth)
+ ($width $totalHeight $depth)
+ (0 $totalHeight $depth)
+ (0 $htilted 0)
+ ($minX 0 0)
+ (0 -$htilted 0)
+ ($width -$htilted 0)
+ ($maxX 0 0)
+ ($width $htilted 0)
+ ($width $totalHeight 0)
+ (0 $totalHeight 0)
);
blocks
@@ -45,7 +57,6 @@ blocks
boundary
(
-
walls
{
type wall;
diff --git a/tutorials/lagrangian/icoUncoupledKinematicParcelFoam/hopper/hopperInitialState/system/blockMeshDict b/tutorials/lagrangian/icoUncoupledKinematicParcelFoam/hopper/hopperInitialState/system/blockMeshDict
index bd70069f912..4e1ee000d95 100644
--- a/tutorials/lagrangian/icoUncoupledKinematicParcelFoam/hopper/hopperInitialState/system/blockMeshDict
+++ b/tutorials/lagrangian/icoUncoupledKinematicParcelFoam/hopper/hopperInitialState/system/blockMeshDict
@@ -14,22 +14,34 @@ FoamFile
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
-scale 0.001;
+scale 0.001;
+
+depth 6.2; // depth in the empty direction
+width 300; // width of the wide part of the hopper
+gap 30; // width of the gap
+totalHeight 500; // height of the hopper including the angled part
+bottomAngle 30; // angle of the bottom with respect to the ground
+
+minX #eval{ 0.5*$width - 0.5*$gap };
+maxX #eval{ 0.5*$width + 0.5*$gap };
+
+// height of the angled part based on the bottom angle
+htilted #eval{ $minX*tan(degToRad($bottomAngle)) };
vertices
(
- (0 77.9423 6.2)
- (135 0 6.2)
- (165 0 6.2)
- (300 77.9423 6.2)
- (300 500 6.2)
- (0 500 6.2)
- (0 77.9423 0)
- (135 0 0)
- (165 0 0)
- (300 77.9423 0)
- (300 500 0)
- (0 500 0)
+ (0 $htilted $depth)
+ ($minX 0 $depth)
+ ($maxX 0 $depth)
+ ($width $htilted $depth)
+ ($width $totalHeight $depth)
+ (0 $totalHeight $depth)
+ (0 $htilted 0)
+ ($minX 0 0)
+ ($maxX 0 0)
+ ($width $htilted 0)
+ ($width $totalHeight 0)
+ (0 $totalHeight 0)
);
blocks
--
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