In early versions of OpenFOAM the scalar limits were simple macro replacements and the
names were capitalized to indicate this. The scalar limits are now static
constants which is a huge improvement on the use of macros and for consistency
the names have been changed to camel-case to indicate this and improve
readability of the code:
GREAT -> great
ROOTGREAT -> rootGreat
VGREAT -> vGreat
ROOTVGREAT -> rootVGreat
SMALL -> small
ROOTSMALL -> rootSmall
VSMALL -> vSmall
ROOTVSMALL -> rootVSmall
The original capitalized are still currently supported but their use is
deprecated.
First run the surfaceFeatureExtract with the "closeness" option enabled in the
surfaceFeatureExtractDict to extract the surface closeness point field
// Out put the closeness of surface elements to other surface elements.
closeness yes;
Then enable cell sizing based on local surface closeness by specifying the
"internalCloseness" options in the foamyHexMeshDict e.g.
motionControl
{
defaultCellSize 4;
minimumCellSizeCoeff 0.1;
maxSmoothingIterations 100;
maxRefinementIterations 2;
shapeControlFunctions
{
geometry
{
type searchableSurfaceControl;
priority 1;
mode inside;
surfaceCellSizeFunction nonUniformField;
cellSizeCalculationType automatic;
curvature false;
curvatureFile dummy;
featureProximity false;
featureProximityFile dummy;
internalCloseness true;
internalClosenessFile geometry.internalPointCloseness;
internalClosenessCellSizeCoeff 25;
curvatureCellSizeCoeff 0;
maximumCellSizeCoeff 1;
cellSizeFunction uniform;
}
}
}
The outletPhaseMeanVelocity and waveVelocity boundary conditions now
support a "ramp" keyword, for which a function can be supplied to
gradually increase the input velocity. The following is an example
specification for an outlet patch:
outlet
{
type outletPhaseMeanVelocity;
Umean 2;
ramp
{
type quarterSineRamp;
start 0;
duration 5;
}
alpha alpha.water;
}
There is also a new velocityRamping function object, which provides a
matching force within the volume of the domain, so that the entire flow
is smoothly accelerated up to the operating condition. An example
specification is as follows:
velocityRamping
{
type velocityRamping;
active on;
selectionMode all;
U U;
velocity (-2 0 0);
ramp
{
type quarterSineRamp;
start 0;
duration 5;
}
}
These additions have been designed to facilitate a smoother startup of
ship simulations by avoiding the slamming transients associated with
initialising a uniform velocity field.
This work was supported by Jan Kaufmann and Jan Oberhagemann at DNV GL.
This generalizes and replaces the previous "noBanner" option provided by argList
and is extended to include the messages printed by Time.
Resolves bug-report https://bugs.openfoam.org/view.php?id=2782
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
}
}
}
// ...
}
}
Specifying default fields for complex and multi-phase cases is simplified and
generalized by using wildcards to select sets of related field names, e.g.
defaultFields (p p_rgh U "U\..*" T "T\..*" "alpha\..*");
selects the velocity, temperature and phase-fraction fields of all phases in
addition to the pressure fields.
The default patch types specified in the new defaultPatchTypes entry of the
etc paraFoam configuration dictionaries:
defaultPatchTypes (patch wall);
Wildcards are supported, for example to specify that all patches loaded simply set
defaultPatchTypes to
defaultPatchTypes (".*");
The new default paraFoam configuration is in the files OpenFOAM-dev/etc/paraFoam
containing the entry
defaultFields (U p p_rgh T alpha.water alpha.air);
specifying the set of fields which are loaded by default if available. This
setting maybe overridden by providing additional paraFoam configuration files in
any of the OpenFOAM etc directories searched, listed using
foamEtcFile -list
e.g.
~/.OpenFOAM/dev
~/.OpenFOAM
~/OpenFOAM/site/dev
~/OpenFOAM/site
~/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-dev/etc
The new configurable set of default fields loaded replaces the original hard-coded default of
"p" and "U" and is much more convenient for current OpenFOAM usage.
The new optional switch 'writeCyclicMatch' can be set to 'true' to enable the writing of
the cyclic match OBJ files; defaults to 'false'.
Patch contributed by Bruno Santos
Resolves patch request https://bugs.openfoam.org/view.php?id=2685
Tracking data classes are no longer templated on the derived cloud type.
The advantage of this is that they can now be passed to sub models. This
should allow continuous phase data to be removed from the parcel
classes. The disadvantage is that every function which once took a
templated TrackData argument now needs an additional TrackCloudType
argument in order to perform the necessary down-casting.
The "Refresh Times" button now triggers a re-render of the visualisation
as well as scanning for new times and fields. This prevents old
overwritten data from remaining on screen despite everything else having
been updated.
ParaView has been updated to version 5.4.0. The C++ panel has been
deleted and replaced with a panel based on the new(er) XML API. This
reader works for ParaView-4.0.1 and newer. The ParaView 3 reader remains
unchanged.
Update issues have also been fixed. All the time directories are now
scanned for fields and clouds when filling the selection lists. This
stops fields from disappearing when the time is changed. The scan is
only done on startup and when the refresh button is pressed.
The list of available Lagrangian fields also now shows a combined set of
all the clouds. Previously, only fields from the first cloud were shown.
If a field does not apply to all the clouds, ParaView will display it's
name in the dropdown menu with a "(partial)" qualifier.
Some undocumented and incomplete bits of code, which were not being
compiled, have been removed.
