commit 510b9353f8cb932a87f1588b17a4dea230c29d3c
Author: mattijs <mattijs>
Date:   Wed Jun 14 16:36:35 2017 +0100

    ENH: timeControl: propagate time-change logic from Time.C

commit 6dc57a8f1e0e7605ea819deb6f11dd4b7874ff30
Author: mattijs <mattijs>
Date:   Thu Jun 1 11:28:56 2017 +0100

    ENH: timeControl: cleanup; avoid division by zero

commit 5ac4bc2dd8c1f4676eef9d7a03215caba23a2e19
Author: mattijs <mattijs>
Date:   Wed May 31 12:04:52 2017 +0100

    ENH: timeControl: allow ramping down as well as up.

commit a6b2db9e791f29258f04f3a9cbd6354aa468977d
Author: mattijs <mattijs>
Date:   Wed May 17 15:29:22 2017 +0100

    ENH: timeControl: limit any timestep change if deltaTCoeff enabled.

commit 004115ee03a6637ae0d23cce303a30d1b3af046f
Author: mattijs <mattijs>
Date:   Wed May 17 11:40:26 2017 +0100

    ENH: setTimeStep: have timeStart, timeEnd controls on time step adjustment.

    Also added smoothly varying time step change (through optional deltaTCoeff)

Resolves bug-report https://bugs.openfoam.org/view.php?id=2507

Note: should be using the result of the parent::read(dict) when
deciding whether to read local entries...

Replaced the 'postProcess' argument to the 'write' and 'execute'
functions with the single static member 'postProcess' in the
functionObject base-class.

with the more general and flexible 'postProcess' utility and '-postProcess' solver option

Rationale
---------

Both the 'postProcess' utility and '-postProcess' solver option use the
same extensive set of functionObjects available for data-processing
during the run avoiding the substantial code duplication necessary for
the 'foamCalc' and 'postCalc' utilities and simplifying maintenance.
Additionally consistency is guaranteed between solver data processing
and post-processing.

The functionObjects have been substantially re-written and generalized
to simplify development and encourage contribution.

Configuration
-------------

An extensive set of simple functionObject configuration files are
provided in

OpenFOAM-dev/etc/caseDicts/postProcessing

and more will be added in the future.  These can either be copied into
'<case>/system' directory and included into the 'controlDict.functions'
sub-dictionary or included directly from 'etc/caseDicts/postProcessing'
using the '#includeEtc' directive or the new and more convenient
'#includeFunc' directive which searches the
'<etc>/caseDicts/postProcessing' directories for the selected
functionObject, e.g.

functions
{
    #includeFunc Q
    #includeFunc Lambda2
}

'#includeFunc' first searches the '<case>/system' directory in case
there is a local configuration.

Description of #includeFunc
---------------------------

    Specify a functionObject dictionary file to include, expects the
    functionObject name to follow (without quotes).

    Search for functionObject dictionary file in
    user/group/shipped directories.
    The search scheme allows for version-specific and
    version-independent files using the following hierarchy:
    - \b user settings:
      - ~/.OpenFOAM/\<VERSION\>/caseDicts/postProcessing
      - ~/.OpenFOAM/caseDicts/postProcessing
    - \b group (site) settings (when $WM_PROJECT_SITE is set):
      - $WM_PROJECT_SITE/\<VERSION\>/caseDicts/postProcessing
      - $WM_PROJECT_SITE/caseDicts/postProcessing
    - \b group (site) settings (when $WM_PROJECT_SITE is not set):
      - $WM_PROJECT_INST_DIR/site/\<VERSION\>/caseDicts/postProcessing
      - $WM_PROJECT_INST_DIR/site/caseDicts/postProcessing
    - \b other (shipped) settings:
      - $WM_PROJECT_DIR/etc/caseDicts/postProcessing

    An example of the \c \#includeFunc directive:
    \verbatim
        #includeFunc <funcName>
    \endverbatim

postProcess
-----------

The 'postProcess' utility and '-postProcess' solver option provide the
same set of controls to execute functionObjects after the run either by
reading a specified set of fields to process in the case of
'postProcess' or by reading all fields and models required to start the
run in the case of '-postProcess' for each selected time:

postProcess -help

Usage: postProcess [OPTIONS]
options:
  -case <dir>       specify alternate case directory, default is the cwd
  -constant         include the 'constant/' dir in the times list
  -dict <file>      read control dictionary from specified location
  -field <name>     specify the name of the field to be processed, e.g. U
  -fields <list>    specify a list of fields to be processed, e.g. '(U T p)' -
                    regular expressions not currently supported
  -func <name>      specify the name of the functionObject to execute, e.g. Q
  -funcs <list>     specify the names of the functionObjects to execute, e.g.
                    '(Q div(U))'
  -latestTime       select the latest time
  -newTimes         select the new times
  -noFunctionObjects
                    do not execute functionObjects
  -noZero           exclude the '0/' dir from the times list, has precedence
                    over the -withZero option
  -parallel         run in parallel
  -region <name>    specify alternative mesh region
  -roots <(dir1 .. dirN)>
                    slave root directories for distributed running
  -time <ranges>    comma-separated time ranges - eg, ':10,20,40:70,1000:'
  -srcDoc           display source code in browser
  -doc              display application documentation in browser
  -help             print the usage

 pimpleFoam -postProcess -help

Usage: pimpleFoam [OPTIONS]
options:
  -case <dir>       specify alternate case directory, default is the cwd
  -constant         include the 'constant/' dir in the times list
  -dict <file>      read control dictionary from specified location
  -field <name>     specify the name of the field to be processed, e.g. U
  -fields <list>    specify a list of fields to be processed, e.g. '(U T p)' -
                    regular expressions not currently supported
  -func <name>      specify the name of the functionObject to execute, e.g. Q
  -funcs <list>     specify the names of the functionObjects to execute, e.g.
                    '(Q div(U))'
  -latestTime       select the latest time
  -newTimes         select the new times
  -noFunctionObjects
                    do not execute functionObjects
  -noZero           exclude the '0/' dir from the times list, has precedence
                    over the -withZero option
  -parallel         run in parallel
  -postProcess      Execute functionObjects only
  -region <name>    specify alternative mesh region
  -roots <(dir1 .. dirN)>
                    slave root directories for distributed running
  -time <ranges>    comma-separated time ranges - eg, ':10,20,40:70,1000:'
  -srcDoc           display source code in browser
  -doc              display application documentation in browser
  -help             print the usage

The functionObjects to execute may be specified on the command-line
using the '-func' option for a single functionObject or '-funcs' for a
list, e.g.

postProcess -func Q
postProcess -funcs '(div(U) div(phi))'

In the case of 'Q' the default field to process is 'U' which is
specified in and read from the configuration file but this may be
overridden thus:

postProcess -func 'Q(Ua)'

as is done in the example above to calculate the two forms of the divergence of
the velocity field.  Additional fields which the functionObjects may depend on
can be specified using the '-field' or '-fields' options.

The 'postProcess' utility can only be used to execute functionObjects which
process fields present in the time directories.  However, functionObjects which
depend on fields obtained from models, e.g. properties derived from turbulence
models can be executed using the '-postProcess' of the appropriate solver, e.g.

pisoFoam -postProcess -func PecletNo

or

sonicFoam -postProcess -func MachNo

In this case all required fields will have already been read so the '-field' or
'-fields' options are not be needed.

Henry G. Weller
CFD Direct Ltd.