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Class
Foam::functionObjects::fieldAverage
Group
grpFieldFunctionObjects
Description
Calculates average quantities for a user-specified selection of volumetric
and surface fields.
With the %subRegion option, also supports fields on a surfMesh.
Fields are entered as a list of sub-dictionaries, which indicate the type of
averages to perform, and can be updated during the calculation. The current
options include:
- \c mean: arithmetic mean
\f[
\overline{x} = \frac{1}{N}\displaystyle\sum\limits_{i=0}^N x_i
\f]
- \c prime2Mean: prime-squared mean
\f[
\overline{x'}^2 = \frac{1}{N}\displaystyle\sum\limits_{i=0}^N
(x_i - \overline{x})^2
\f]
- \c base: average over 'time', or 'iteration' (\f$N\f$ in the above)
- \c window: optional averaging window, specified in 'base' units
Average field names are constructed by concatenating the base field with
the averaging type, e.g. when averaging field 'U', the resultant fields
are:
- arithmetic mean field, \c UMean
- prime-squared field, \c UPrime2Mean
Information regarding the number of averaging steps, and total averaging
time are written on a per-field basis to the
\c "Properties" dictionary, located in \