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Commit a995fccc authored by Mark OLESEN's avatar Mark OLESEN
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ENH: make "done" the default termination for externalCoupled

- simply removing the lock file on termination provides insufficient
  information for the external application to know if it should take
  over again or if OpenFOAM has terminated. Instead the "status=done"
  content is now used by default.
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......@@ -906,7 +906,7 @@ bool Foam::functionObjects::externalCoupled::read(const dictionary& dict)
timeOut_ = dict.lookupOrDefault("timeOut", 100*waitInterval_);
stateEnd_ =
stateEndNames_.lookupOrDefault("stateEnd", dict, stateEnd::REMOVE);
stateEndNames_.lookupOrDefault("stateEnd", dict, stateEnd::DONE);
// Get names of all fvMeshes (and derived types)
......
......@@ -32,12 +32,13 @@ Description
an external application. The coupling is through plain text files
where OpenFOAM boundary data is read/written as one line per face
(data from all processors collated):
\verbatim
# Patch: <patch name>
<fld1> <fld2> .. <fldn> //face0
<fld1> <fld2> .. <fldn> //face1
..
<fld1> <fld2> .. <fldn> //faceN
\endverbatim
where the actual entries depend on the bc type:
- mixed: value, snGrad, refValue, refGrad, valueFraction
......@@ -47,29 +48,33 @@ Description
These text files are located in a user specified communications directory
which gets read/written on the master processor only. In the
communications directory the structure will be
\verbatim
<regionsName>/<patchGroup>/<fieldName>.[in|out]
\endverbatim
(where regionsName is either the name of a single region or a composite
of multiple region names)
At start-up, the boundary creates a lock file, i.e..
\verbatim
OpenFOAM.lock
\endverbatim
... to signal the external source to wait. During the functionObject
execution the boundary values are written to files (one per region,
per patch(group), per field), e.g.
\verbatim
<regionsName>/<patchGroup>/<fieldName>.out
\endverbatim
The lock file is then removed, instructing the external source to take
control of the program execution. When ready, the external program
should create the return values, e.g. to files
\verbatim
<regionsName>/<patchGroup>/<fieldName>.in
\endverbatim
... and then re-instate the lock file. The functionObject will then
... and then reinstate the lock file. The functionObject will then
read these values, apply them to the boundary conditions and pass
program execution back to OpenFOAM.
......@@ -98,21 +103,39 @@ Usage
}
\endverbatim
This reads/writes (on the master processor) the directory:
This reads/writes (on the master processor) the directory:
\verbatim
comms/region0_region1/TPatchGroup/
\endverbatim
with contents:
\verbatim
patchPoints (collected points)
patchFaces (collected faces)
p.in (input file of p, written by external application)
T.out (output file of T, written by OpenFOAM)
\endverbatim
The patchPoints/patchFaces files denote the (collated) geometry
which will be written if it does not exist yet or can be written as
a preprocessing step using the createExternalCoupledPatchGeometry
application.
The entries comprise:
\table
Property | Description | Required | Default value
type | type name: externalCoupled | yes |
commsDir | communication directory | yes |
waitInterval | wait interval in (s) | no | 1
timeOut | timeout in (s) | no | 100*waitInterval
stateEnd | Lockfile treatment on termination | no | done
initByExternal | initialization values supplied by external application | yes
calcFrequency | calculation frequency | no | 1
regions | the regions to couple | yes
\endtable
SourceFiles
externalCoupled.C
externalCoupledTemplates.C
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