- make handling of verbosity more consistent.
Make all setter return the old value, remove (unused) default
parameter as being counter-intuitive. This makes it easier to
restore the original values.
For example,
const bool oldVerbose = sampler.verbose(false);
...
sampler.verbose(oldVerbose);
The function object now computes the acoustic pressure at a list of user
specified locations, or from the face centres of a user-supplied surface.
When operating on an input surface, the output can be written back to the
surface or as a list of point values.
Example of function object specification:
Curle1
{
type Curle;
libs ("libfieldFunctionObjects.so");
...
patches (surface1 surface2);
c0 330;
// Input - either points or surface
input points;
observerPositions ((0 0 0)(1 0 0));
//input surface;
//surface "inputSurface.obj"
// Output - either points or surface
output points;
//output surface;
//surfaceType ensight;
}
Where the entries comprise:
Property | Description | Required | Default value
type | Type name: Curle | yes |
p | Pressure field name | no | p
patches | Sound generation patch names | yes |
c0 | Reference speed of sound | yes |
input | Input type | yes |
observerPositions | List of observer positions (x y z) | no |
surface | Input surface file name | no |
output | Output type | yes |
surfaceType | Output surface type | no |
ENH: update libs of etc/caseDicts/postProcess items
ENH: ensure destructor=default
ENH: ensure constness
ENH: ensure no 'copy construct' and 'no copy assignment' exist
TUT: add examples of function objects with full set
of settings into a TUT if unavailable
TUT: update pisoFoam/RAS/cavity tutorial in terms of usage
- when constructing dimensioned fields that are to be zero-initialized,
it is preferrable to use a form such as
dimensionedScalar(dims, Zero)
dimensionedVector(dims, Zero)
rather than
dimensionedScalar("0", dims, 0)
dimensionedVector("zero", dims, vector::zero)
This reduces clutter and also avoids any suggestion that the name of
the dimensioned quantity has any influence on the field's name.
An even shorter version is possible. Eg,
dimensionedScalar(dims)
but reduces the clarity of meaning.
- NB: UniformDimensionedField is an exception to these style changes
since it does use the name of the dimensioned type (instead of the
regIOobject).
Calculates the acoustic pressure based on Curle's analogy.
Curle's analogy is implemented as:
\f[
p' = 4 \frac{\pi}{c_0}\frac{\vec d}{|\vec d|^2}\frac{d(F)}{d(t)}
\f]
where
p' | Curle's acoustic pressure [Pa] or [Pa (m3/rho)]
c_0 | Reference speed of sound [m/s]
\vec d | Distance vector to observer locations [m]
F | Force [N] or [N (m3/rho)]
