- Apr 28, 2016
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Henry Weller authored
provides optional control for solving the pyrolysis region. Patch contributed by Karl Meredith, FMGlobal.
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Henry Weller authored
When the GeometricBoundaryField template class was originally written it was a separate class in the Foam namespace rather than a sub-class of GeometricField as it is now. Without loss of clarity and simplifying code which access the boundary field of GeometricFields it is better that GeometricBoundaryField be renamed Boundary for consistency with the new naming convention for the type of the dimensioned internal field: Internal, see commit 4a57b9be This is a very simple text substitution change which can be applied to any code which compiles with the OpenFOAM-dev libraries.
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- Apr 27, 2016
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Henry Weller authored
Given that the type of the dimensioned internal field is encapsulated in the GeometricField class the name need not include "Field"; the type name is "Internal" so volScalarField::DimensionedInternalField -> volScalarField::Internal In addition to the ".dimensionedInternalField()" access function the simpler "()" de-reference operator is also provided to greatly simplify FV equation source term expressions which need not evaluate boundary conditions. To demonstrate this kEpsilon.C has been updated to use dimensioned internal field expressions in the k and epsilon equation source terms.
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- Apr 26, 2016
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Henry Weller authored
See also commit 22f4ad32
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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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Henry Weller authored
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- Apr 23, 2016
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Henry Weller authored
Also added the new prghTotalHydrostaticPressure p_rgh BC which uses the hydrostatic pressure field as the reference state for the far-field which provides much more accurate entrainment is large open domains typical of many fire simulations. The hydrostatic field solution is controlled by the optional entries in the fvSolution.PIMPLE dictionary, e.g. hydrostaticInitialization yes; nHydrostaticCorrectors 5; and the solver must also be specified for the hydrostatic p_rgh field ph_rgh e.g. ph_rgh { $p_rgh; } Suitable boundary conditions for ph_rgh cannot always be derived from those for p_rgh and so the ph_rgh is read to provide them. To avoid accuracy issues with IO, restart and post-processing the p_rgh and ph_rgh the option to specify a suitable reference pressure is provided via the optional pRef file in the constant directory, e.g. dimensions [1 -1 -2 0 0 0 0]; value 101325; which is used in the relationship between p_rgh and p: p = p_rgh + rho*gh + pRef; Note that if pRef is specified all pressure BC specifications in the p_rgh and ph_rgh files are relative to the reference to avoid round-off errors. For examples of suitable BCs for p_rgh and ph_rgh for a range of fireFoam cases please study the tutorials in tutorials/combustion/fireFoam/les which have all been updated. Henry G. Weller CFD Direct Ltd.
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- Apr 16, 2016
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Henry Weller authored
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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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- Mar 22, 2016
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Henry Weller authored
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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 18, 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 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
See also commit 52d83407
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Henry Weller authored
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- Nov 28, 2015
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Henry Weller authored
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- Nov 23, 2015
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Henry Weller authored
Provides run-time selection of buoyancy sources for compressible solvers Replaces the built-in buoyancy sources in XiFoam, reactingFoam and rhoReactingFoam. e.g. in constant/fvOptions specify momentumSource { type buoyancyForce; buoyancyForceCoeffs { fieldNames (U); } } and optionally specify the buoyancy energy source in the enthalpy equation: energySource { type buoyancyEnergy; buoyancyEnergyCoeffs { fieldNames (h); } } or internal energy equation energySource { type buoyancyEnergy; buoyancyEnergyCoeffs { fieldNames (e); } }
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- Nov 21, 2015
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Henry Weller authored
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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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Henry Weller authored
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Henry Weller authored
Pressure relaxation is useful with LTS to damp acoustic waves
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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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- Nov 01, 2015
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Henry Weller authored
The new NotImplemented macro uses __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ for GNU compatible compilers otherwise __func__ to provide the function name string.
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- Aug 20, 2015
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Henry Weller authored
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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 17, 2015
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Henry Weller authored
Also removed __GNUC__ conditional compilation statements which are no longer needed.
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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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- Jul 01, 2015
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Henry Weller authored
Generally this term has a VERY small effect on temperature, it is only important for low-speed buoyancy-dominated flows. Resolves bug-report http://www.openfoam.org/mantisbt/view.php?id=1755 See also http://cfd.direct/openfoam/energy-equation/
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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
Select LTS via the ddtScheme: ddtSchemes { default localEuler rDeltaT; }
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Henry Weller authored
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Henry Weller authored
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- Jun 16, 2015
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Henry Weller authored
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- May 29, 2015
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Henry authored
fvOptions does not have the appropriate structure to support MRF as it is based on option selection by user-specified fields whereas MRF MUST be applied to all velocity fields in the particular solver. A consequence of the particular design choices in fvOptions made it difficult to support MRF for multiphase and it is easier to support frame-related and field related options separately. Currently the MRF functionality provided supports only rotations but the structure will be generalized to support other frame motions including linear acceleration, SRF rotation and 6DoF which will be run-time selectable.
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- Mar 24, 2015
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Henry authored
Resolves bug-report http://www.openfoam.org/mantisbt/view.php?id=1421
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