This ensures that the fvOptions are constructed for the -postProcessing option
so that functionObjects which process fvOption data operate correctly in this
mode.
To unsure fvOptions are instantiated for post-processing createFvOptions.H must
be included in createFields.H rather than in the solver directly.
Resolves bug-report https://bugs.openfoam.org/view.php?id=2733
The restraints generate either joint-local (tau) or global (fx) forces.
At the moment they all generate the latter. This change corrects three
of the four restraints so that the forces are in the gobal coordinate
system and not the local coordinate system of the body.
The problem with this is that the forward dynamics code then transforms
most of the forces back to the body local coordinate system. A better
solution would be to associate restraints which are more sensibly
defined in a local frame with the joints instead of the bodies, and
return the forces as part of the tau variable.
Corrected a few issues with the utilisation of the tracking within the
nearWallFields function object. The tracking is now done over a
displacement from the initial location, which prevents trying to track
to a location outside the mesh when the patch face is warped and the
centre lies outside the tracking decomposition. Also fixed the end
criteria so that it does not suffer from round off error in the step
fraction.
The upshot of these changes is that the faces on which the near wall
cells were not being set are now being set properly, and uninitialised
data is no longer being written out.
Removed all the special handling for awkward particles from the
nearWallFields function object. The version 5+ tracking already handles
this more robustly.
Resolves bug-report https://bugs.openfoam.org/view.php?id=2728
Two boundary conditions for the modelling of semi-permeable baffles have
been added. These baffles are permeable to a number of species within
the flow, and are impermeable to others. The flux of a given species is
calculated as a constant multipled by the drop in mass fraction across
the baffle.
The species mass-fraction condition requires the transfer constant and
the name of the patch on the other side of the baffle:
boundaryField
{
// ...
membraneA
{
type semiPermeableBaffleMassFraction;
samplePatch membranePipe;
c 0.1;
value uniform 0;
}
membraneB
{
type semiPermeableBaffleMassFraction;
samplePatch membraneSleeve;
c 0.1;
value uniform 1;
}
}
If the value of c is omitted, or set to zero, then the patch is
considered impermeable to the species in question. The samplePatch entry
can also be omitted in this case.
The velocity condition does not require any special input:
boundaryField
{
// ...
membraneA
{
type semiPermeableBaffleVelocity;
value uniform (0 0 0);
}
membraneB
{
type semiPermeableBaffleVelocity;
value uniform (0 0 0);
}
}
These two boundary conditions must be used in conjunction, and the
mass-fraction condition must be applied to all species in the
simulation. The calculation will fail with an error message if either is
used in isolation.
A tutorial, combustion/reactingFoam/RAS/membrane, has been added which
demonstrates this transfer process.
This work was done with support from Stefan Lipp, at BASF.
The forces function object, when specified with a full coordinate
system, previously wrote forces and moments out in the following format:
time-0 forces-0 moments-0
time-0 localForces-0 localMoments-0
time-1 forces-1 moments-1
time-1 localForces-1 localMoments-1
# etc ...
There are two rows of values per time. This complicates the definition
of the table and means that filtering has to be done before the data
series can be visualised. The format has now been changed to the
following form:
time-0 forces-0 moments-0 localForces-0 localMoments-0
time-1 forces-1 moments-1 localForces-1 localMoments-1
# etc ...
There is one row per time, and each column is therefore a continuous
series of one variable that can be plotted.
To disable face correspondence checking set
checkFaceCorrespondence off;
in blockMeshDict. This is necessary in the rare cases where adjacent block
faces do not need to correspond because they are geometrically collapsed,
e.g. to form a pole/axis.
Resolves bug-report https://bugs.openfoam.org/view.php?id=2711
A patch can now be assigned to a baffle surface. This assignment will
take precedence over any face-zones.
surfaceConformation
{
locationInMesh (0 0 0);
geometryToConformTo
{
disk
{
featureMethod extractFeatures;
includedAngle 120;
meshableSide both; // <-- baffle
patchInfo
{
type wall;
inGroups (walls);
}
}
// ...
}
}
Foamy surface conformation entries have a "meshableSide" entry which
controls which side of the surface is to be meshed. Typically this is
set "inside" for boundaries and "both" for baffles. A sub-region's
default entry is now taken from it's parent, rather than a specific
value (it was "inside"). This is consistent with how other entries are
handled.
surfaceConformation
{
locationInMesh (0 0 0);
geometryToConformTo
{
baffle
{
featureMethod extractFeatures;
includedAngle 120;
meshableSide both; // <-- per-surface setting
regions
{
disk
{
meshableSide both; // <-- per-region setting*
// *in this example, this entry is not needed, as it
// is taken from the per-surface setting above
}
}
}
// ...
}
}
