basicMultiComponentMixture: Improved the handling of Ydefault

src/thermophysicalModels/reactionThermo/mixtures/basicMultiComponentMixture/basicMultiComponentMixture.C

@@ -46,48 +46,90 @@ Foam::basicMultiComponentMixture::basicMultiComponentMixture
     active_(species_.size(), true),
     Y_(species_.size())
 {
+    tmp<volScalarField> tYdefault;
+
     forAll(species_, i)
     {
-        word YdefaultName(IOobject::groupName("Ydefault", phaseName));
+        IOobject header
-
-        volScalarField Ydefault
         (
-            IOobject
+            IOobject::groupName(species_[i], phaseName),
-            (
+            mesh.time().timeName(),
-                YdefaultName,
+            mesh,
-                exists(mesh.time().path()/mesh.time().timeName()/YdefaultName)
+            IOobject::NO_READ
-              ? mesh.time().timeName()
-              : (
-                    exists
-                    (
-                        mesh.time().path()/mesh.time().constant()/YdefaultName
-                    )
-                  ? mesh.time().constant()
-                  : Time::timeName(0)
-                ),
-                mesh,
-                IOobject::MUST_READ,
-                IOobject::NO_WRITE
-            ),
-            mesh
         );
 
-        Y_.set
+        // Check if field exists and can be read
-        (
+        if (header.headerOk())
-            i,
+        {
-            new volScalarField
+            Y_.set
             (
-                IOobject
+                i,
+                new volScalarField
                 (
-                    IOobject::groupName(species_[i], phaseName),
+                    IOobject
-                    mesh.time().timeName(),
+                    (
-                    mesh,
+                        IOobject::groupName(species_[i], phaseName),
-                    IOobject::READ_IF_PRESENT,
+                        mesh.time().timeName(),
-                    IOobject::AUTO_WRITE
+                        mesh,
-                ),
+                        IOobject::MUST_READ,
-                Ydefault
+                        IOobject::AUTO_WRITE
-            )
+                    ),
-        );
+                    mesh
+                )
+            );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // Read Ydefault if not already read
+            if (!tYdefault.valid())
+            {
+                word YdefaultName(IOobject::groupName("Ydefault", phaseName));
+
+                tYdefault = new volScalarField
+                (
+                    IOobject
+                    (
+                        YdefaultName,
+                        exists
+                        (
+                            mesh.time().path()/mesh.time().timeName()
+                           /YdefaultName
+                        )
+                      ? mesh.time().timeName()
+                      : (
+                            exists
+                            (
+                                mesh.time().path()/mesh.time().constant()
+                               /YdefaultName
+                            )
+                          ? mesh.time().constant()
+                          : Time::timeName(0)
+                        ),
+                        mesh,
+                        IOobject::MUST_READ,
+                        IOobject::NO_WRITE
+                    ),
+                    mesh
+                );
+            }
+
+            Y_.set
+            (
+                i,
+                new volScalarField
+                (
+                    IOobject
+                    (
+                        IOobject::groupName(species_[i], phaseName),
+                        mesh.time().timeName(),
+                        mesh,
+                        IOobject::NO_READ,
+                        IOobject::AUTO_WRITE
+                    ),
+                    tYdefault()
+                )
+            );
+        }
     }
 
     // Do not enforce constraint of sum of mass fractions to equal 1 here

tutorials/multiphase/reactingTwoPhaseEulerFoam/RAS/bubbleColumnEvaporatingReacting/0/Ydefault.gas

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ FoamFile
     format      ascii;
     class       volScalarField;
     location    "0";
-    object      Ydefault;
+    object      Ydefault.gas;
 }
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