for the multiValveEngine fvMeshMover. This replaced the hard-coded messages
printed by the multiValveEngine class, providing automatic logging of the piston
and valve speed and position and easy user extension or replacement to provide
additional case-specific diagnostics without having to hack the core
multiValveEngine code. A functionObject configuration file is provided so that
the simple line
can be added to the system/functions file to enable this functionObject.
This mesh mover facilitates explicit node translation based on scaled distance
functions for the providing smooth deformation of the mesh to accommodate the
motion piston and multiple valves present in IC engines. and run-time mesh-to-mesh mapping used to avoid
extreme mesh distortion and support the necessary topology changes that occur at
valve closure.
Highlighted features include:
* Piston motion based on user-defined functions, with options for standard crank
and connecting rod motion.
* Valve motion based on user-provided lift data or table.
* Support for linerPatches, slidingPatches, and frozenZones.
* Non-conformal coupled (NCC) interfaces can be used to provide better control
of the mesh-motion around valves
* Run-time mesh-to-mesh mapping used to avoid extreme mesh distortion and
support the necessary topology changes that occur at valve closure
* Control over mesh motion per moving object including motion parameters and layer
thickness.
Description from the multiValveEngine.H file:
A mesh mover using explicit node translation based on scaled distance
functions per moving object. The mover supports any number of valves
together with piston motion and following features:
- Piston motion: Function1 of user-time, may be set to
crankConnectingRodMotion for standard crank and connecting rod motion.
- Valve motion: Function1, may be set to table if the valve lift date is
provided in the form of a table.
- Smooth mesh motion between a moving object and other patches.
- linerPatches: the set of patches corresponding to the cylinder liner
Used by createEngineZones
- slidingPatches: a set of patches along which mesh is allowed
to deform. For example, on the cylinder liner, it is desired to
slide mesh nodes while piston is moving.
- frozenZones: list of pointZones the points of which are frozen,
i.e. do not move.
- Run-time clearance estimation based on patch-to-patch distances printed.
- Supports cellSet and cellZone definitions to restrict mesh motion.
- Supports domains with nonConformalCoupling (NCC) interfaces,
enabling e.g. nodes to slide along with the interface.
- Closing the valve can be achieved by meshToMesh mapping onto a new
grid with closed valve geometry at user given time.
- Mesh motion can be controlled per moving object by setting:
- patches: list of patches defining the object.
- motion: a Function1 which returns the object position
as a function of time.
- movingZones: list of pointZones the points of which move with the
object.
- maxMotionDistance: a distance away from the moving object
after nodes are not allowed to move. (Default inf.)
- movingFrozenLayerThickness: thickness of layer in which points move
with the moving object. (Default 0)
- staticFrozenLayerThickness: thickness of layer in which points
are fixed with respect to static patches (e.g. walls). (Default 0)
- cosineScaling: a switch whether nodal translation is weighted by
its distance from the moving object. The objective is to yield less
deformation near the moving object and sustain e.g. boundary layer.
(Default no, i.e. linear weighting)
- fractionalTravelInterval: fraction of the stroke travelled after
which the cached motion scaling weights are recalculated
For valve object only:
- minLift: a minimum valve lift value after considered closed.
Some of the above parameters are highlighted in a given schematic
piston-valve configuration w.r.t entries used to control piston motion.
Furthermore, an example dictionary entries are provided below.
| | | |
| | | |
| | S | |
| | T | |
| | E | |
| | M | |
/ | | \
/ | | \
/ | | \
_____________/ | | \_____________
| : | | : |
| : /``````````````` ```````````````\ : |
| : / VALVE HEAD \ : |
| L : /_____________________________________________\ : |
| I : /\ : |
| N : || staticFrozenLayerThickness : |
| E : NCC (optional) \/ (w.r.t. piston motion) : |
| R : `````````` : |
| : : |
| : : |
|........:.......................................................:........|
| : /\ : |
| : || movingFrozenLayerThickness : |
|________:_________________________\/____________________________:________|
PISTON
\verbatim
mover
{
type multiValveEngine;
libs ("libfvMeshMoversMultiValveEngine.so");
frozenZones (frozenZone1 frozenZone2);
slidingPatches
(
liner
valveStem
"nonCouple.*"
);
linerPatches (liner);
piston
{
patches (piston);
axis (0 0 1);
motion
{
type crankConnectingRodMotion;
conRodLength 1e3;
stroke 1.0;
}
// Move the points in the piston bowl with the piston
movingZones (pistonBowl);
// Optional
maxMotionDistance 1e30;
movingFrozenLayerThickness 0;
staticFrozenLayerThickness 0;
fractionalTravelInterval 0.1;
cosineScaling yes;
}
valves
{
iv
{
patches (valveHead);
axis (0 0 1);
// Optional
maxMotionDistance 1e30;
movingFrozenLayerThickness 0;
staticFrozenLayerThickness 0;
fractionalTravelInterval 0.1;
cosineScaling yes;
minLift 0.001;
motion
{
type table;
values
(
(0 0)
(480 0.1)
(720 0)
);
// For multi-cycle simulations, use repeat
outOfBounds repeat;
interpolationScheme linear;
}
}
}
}
\endverbatim
Note:
The implementation utilises pointDist objects for distance computation,
resulting distance fields do not propagate through NCC interfaces. Hence,
there should be no horizontal NCC interface separating piston from
cylinder head as it would result in potentially ill defined mesh
deformation. Due to same feature, in a schematic case setup above, valve
motion affects only cells between NCC patches even though no cellSet is
explicitly defined.
SourceFiles
multiValveEngine.C
Patch contributed by:
* Heikki Kahila, Wärtsilä Finland: Original implementation
* Bulut Tekgül, Wärtsilä Finland: Testing, cleanup, help with refactoring
* Henry Weller, CFD Direct: Refactoring, generalisation, optimisation and
merging into OpenFOAM
for consistency with fvModels and fvConstraints, to simplify code and case
maintenance and to avoid the potentially complex functions entries being
unnecessarily parsed by utilities for which functionObject evaluation is
disabled.
The functions entry in controlDict is still read if the functions file is not
present for backward-compatibility, but it is advisable to migrate cases to use
the new functions file.
The fact that these names create sources in their associated transport
equations is clear in context, so the name does not need to contain
'Source'.
Having 'Source' in the name is a historic convention that dates back to
when fvModels and fvConstraints were combined in a single fvOptions
interface. In this interface, disambiguation between sources and
constraints was necessary.
The full set of name changes is as follows:
accelerationSource -> acceleration
actuationDiskSource -> actuationDisk
effectivenessHeatExchangerSource -> effectivenessHeatExchanger
explicitPorositySource -> porosityForce
radialActuationDiskSource -> radialActuationDisk
rotorDiskSource -> rotorDisk
sixDoFAccelerationSource -> sixDoFAcceleration
solidEquilibriumEnergySource -> solidThermalEquilibrium
solidificationMeltingSource -> solidificationMelting
volumeFractionSource -> volumeBlockage
interRegionExplicitPorositySource -> interRegionPorosityForce
VoFSolidificationMeltingSource -> VoFSolidificationMelting
The old names are still available for backwards compatibility.
The fact that these names refer to constraints is clear in context, so
the name does not need to contain 'Constraint'.
Having 'Constraint' in the name is a historic convention that dates back
to when fvConstraints and fvModels were combined in a single fvOptions
interface. In this interface, disambiguation between sources and
constraints was necessary.
This change has been applied to the 'fixedValue' and 'fixedTemperature'
constraints, which were formerly named 'fixedValueConstraint' and
'fixedTemperatureConstraint', respectively.
The old names are still available for backwards compatibility.
Description
Specify an include file for #calc, expects a single string to follow.
For example if functions from transform.H are used in the #calc expression
\verbatim
angleOfAttack 5; // degs
angle #calc "-degToRad($angleOfAttack)";
#calcInclude "transform.H"
liftDir #calc "transform(Ry($angle), vector(0, 0, 1))";
dragDir #calc "transform(Ry($angle), vector(1, 0, 0))";
\endverbatim
The usual expansion of environment variables and other constructs
(eg, the \c ~OpenFOAM/ expansion) is retained.
See also:
Class
Foam::functionEntries::calcEntry
Description
Uses dynamic compilation to provide calculating functionality
for entering dictionary entries.
E.g.
\verbatim
a 1.0;
b 3;
c #calc "$a*$b";
\endverbatim
Note the explicit trailing 0 ('1.0') to force a to be read (and written)
as a floating point number.
Special care is required for calc entries that include a division since
"/" is also used as the scoping operator to identify keywords in
sub-dictionaries. For example, "$a/b" expects a keyword "b" within a
sub-dictionary named "a". A division can be correctly executed by using a
space between a variables and "/", e.g.
\verbatim
c #calc "$a / $b";
\endverbatim
or "()" scoping around the variable, e.g.
\verbatim
c #calc "($a)/$b";
\endverbatim
Additional include files for the #calc code compilation can be specified
using the #calcInclude entry, e.g. if functions from transform.H are used
\verbatim
angleOfAttack 5; // degs
angle #calc "-degToRad($angleOfAttack)";
#calcInclude "transform.H"
liftDir #calc "transform(Ry($angle), vector(0, 0, 1))";
dragDir #calc "transform(Ry($angle), vector(1, 0, 0))";
\endverbatim
Note:
Internally this is just a wrapper around codeStream functionality - the
#calc string is used to construct a dictionary for codeStream.
Simplifications have been made where possible, as permitted by the new
$<type>var syntax. Duplication has been reduced in similar blockMesh
files (e.g., sloshingTank cases). Settings that cannot practically be
changed have been hard-coded (e.g., angle in the mixerVessel2D
blockMeshDict). The rotor2D blockMeshDict has been centralised and
extended to work with an arbitrary number of rotor blades.
setFormat no longer defaults to the value of graphFormat optionally set in
controlDict and must be set in the functionObject dictionary.
boundaryFoam, financialFoam and pdfPlot still require a graphFormat entry in
controlDict but this is now read directly rather than by Time.
This avoids potential hidden run-time errors caused by solvers running with
boundary conditions which are not fully specified. Note that "null-constructor"
here means the constructor from patch and internal field only, no data is
provided.
Constraint and simple BCs such as 'calculated', 'zeroGradient' and others which
do not require user input to fully specify their operation remain on the
null-constructor table for the construction of fields with for example all
'calculated' or all 'zeroGradient' BCs.
A special version of the 'inletOutlet' fvPatchField named 'zeroInletOutlet' has
been added in which the inlet value is hard-coded to zero which allows this BC
to be included on the null-constructor table. This is useful for the 'age'
functionObject to avoid the need to provide the 'age' volScalarField at time 0
unless special inlet or outlet BCs are required. Also for isothermalFilm in
which the 'alpha' field is created automatically from the 'delta' field if it is
not present and can inherit 'zeroInletOutlet' from 'delta' if appropriate. If a
specific 'inletValue' is require or other more complex BCs then the 'alpha'
field file must be provided to specify these BCs as before.
Following this improvement it will now be possible to remove the
null-constructors from all fvPatchFields not added to the null-constructor
table, which is most of them, thus reducing the amount of code and maintenance
overhead and making easier and more obvious to write new fvPatchField types.
