waveSurfacePressureFvPatchScalarField: Moved zeta field construction from potentialFreeSurfaceFoam

The zeta field is cached on the database thus simplifying potentialFreeSurfaceFoam.

applications/solvers/multiphase/potentialFreeSurfaceFoam/createFields.H

@@ -38,21 +38,6 @@ autoPtr<incompressible::momentumTransportModel> turbulence
 
 #include "readGravitationalAcceleration.H"
 
-Info<< "Creating field zeta\n" << endl;
-volVectorField zeta
-(
-    IOobject
-    (
-        "zeta",
-        runTime.timeName(),
-        mesh,
-        IOobject::READ_IF_PRESENT,
-        IOobject::AUTO_WRITE
-    ),
-    mesh,
-    dimensionedVector(dimLength, Zero)
-);
-
 Info<< "Creating field p_gh\n" << endl;
 volScalarField p_gh
 (

src/finiteVolume/fields/fvPatchFields/derived/waveSurfacePressure/waveSurfacePressureFvPatchScalarField.C

@@ -128,12 +128,37 @@ void Foam::waveSurfacePressureFvPatchScalarField::updateCoeffs()
         return;
     }
 
+    if (!db().foundObject<volVectorField>(zetaName_))
+    {
+        Info << "Creating field " << zetaName_ << endl;
+
+        tmp<volVectorField> tzeta
+        (
+            new volVectorField
+            (
+                IOobject
+                (
+                    "zeta",
+                    db().time().timeName(),
+                    db(),
+                    IOobject::READ_IF_PRESENT,
+                    IOobject::AUTO_WRITE
+                ),
+                patch().boundaryMesh().mesh(),
+                dimensionedVector(dimLength, Zero)
+            )
+        );
+
+        regIOobject::store(tzeta.ptr());
+    }
+
+    // Retrieve non-const access to zeta field from the database
+    volVectorField& zeta = db().lookupObjectRef<volVectorField>(zetaName_);
+
     const label patchi = patch().index();
 
     const scalar dt = db().time().deltaTValue();
 
-    // Retrieve non-const access to zeta field from the database
-    volVectorField& zeta = db().lookupObjectRef<volVectorField>(zetaName_);
     vectorField& zetap = zeta.boundaryFieldRef()[patchi];
 
     // Lookup d/dt scheme from database for zeta
@@ -160,6 +185,8 @@ void Foam::waveSurfacePressureFvPatchScalarField::updateCoeffs()
 
     const volVectorField& zeta0 = zeta.oldTime();
 
+    Info << zeta0 << endl;
+
     switch (ddtScheme)
     {
         case tsEuler:

src/finiteVolume/fields/fvPatchFields/derived/waveSurfacePressure/waveSurfacePressureFvPatchScalarField.H

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   =========                 |
   \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
    \\    /   O peration     | Website:  https://openfoam.org
-    \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2011-2020 OpenFOAM Foundation
+    \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2011-2022 OpenFOAM Foundation
      \\/     M anipulation  |
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 License
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ Class
     Foam::waveSurfacePressureFvPatchScalarField
 
 Description
-    This is a pressure boundary condition, whose value is calculated as
+    This is a pressure boundary condition, the value of which is calculated as
     the hydrostatic pressure based on a given displacement:
 
         \f[
-            p = -\rho*g*\zeta
+            p_rgh = pref - \rho*g*\zeta
         \f]
 
     \vartable
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Usage
         phi             phi;
         rho             rho;
         zeta            zeta;
-        value           uniform 0;  // place holder
+        value           uniform 0;  // Initial value
     }
     \endverbatim
 

tutorials/multiphase/potentialFreeSurfaceFoam/oscillatingBox/0/U

@@ -36,22 +36,27 @@ boundaryField
         normalVelocity
         {
             type            uniformFixedValue;
-            uniformValue    scale;
-            uniformValueCoeffs
+
+            uniformValue
             {
-                scale           linearRamp;
-                scaleCoeffs
+                type               scale;
+
+                scale
                 {
+                    type           linearRamp;
+
                     start           0;
                     duration        10;
                 }
-                value           sine;
-                valueCoeffs
+
+                value
                 {
-                    amplitude       constant (0 0.025 0);
+                    type            sine;
+
+                    amplitude       (0 0.025 0);
                     frequency       1;
                     start           0;
-                    level           constant (0 0 0);
+                    level           (0 0 0);
                 }
             }
             value           uniform (0 0 0);