openfoam/tutorials/heatTransfer/buoyantSimpleFoam/externalCoupledCavity/externalSolver

#!/bin/sh
#
# Dummy external solver to communicate with OpenFOAM via externalCoupled
# boundary conditions
#
# Functionality is hard-coded for this particular test case
# - patch temperatures increased by 1K on each step
#
cd ${0%/*} || exit 1    # run from this directory

echo "*** Executing dummy external solver"

commsDir="comms"
lockFile="${commsDir}/OpenFOAM.lock"
dataFile="${commsDir}/data"
waitSec=1
timeOut=10
refGrad=0
valueFraction=1

function log()
{
    echo "External: $@"
}

function init()
{
    log "initialisation: creating ${dataFile}.in"

    # Hard-coded for 2 patches of size 2250
    n=2250
    refCold=283
    refHot=303
    touch "${dataFile}.in"
    for i in $(seq 1 $n); do
        echo "$refHot $refGrad $valueFraction" >> "${dataFile}.in"
    done
    for i in $(seq 1 $n); do
        echo "$refCold $refGrad $valueFraction" >> "${dataFile}.in"
    done

    # create lock file to pass control to OF
    touch ${lockFile}
}


# tutorial case employs the 'initByExternalOption', so we need to provide
# the initial values
init


totalWait=0
step=0
while [ 1 ]; do
    if [ -f $lockFile ]; then
        log "found lock file ${lockFile} - waiting"
        ((totalWait += waitSec))
        if [ $totalWait -gt $timeOut ]; then
            log "timeout"
            break
        else
            sleep $waitSec
        fi
    else
        totalWait=0
        ((step++))
        log "step $step"
        log "lock not present - taking control"

        log "sleeping for $waitSec secs to simulate external process"
        sleep $waitSec

        log "creating ${dataFile}.in"

        awk '{if( $1 != "#" ){print $2+1 " 0 1"}}' ${dataFile}.out > ${dataFile}.in

        log "creating lock file ${lockFile}"
        touch ${lockFile}
    fi
done

log "done"


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