openfoam/tutorials/basic/potentialFoam/cylinder/system/controlDict

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FoamFile
{
    version     2.0;
    format      ascii;
    class       dictionary;
    location    "system";
    object      controlDict;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

application     potentialFoam;

startFrom        latestTime;

startTime       0;

stopAt           nextWrite;

endTime         1;

deltaT          1;

writeControl     timeStep;

writeInterval    1;

purgeWrite      0;

writeFormat     ascii;

writePrecision  6;

writeCompression off;

timeFormat      general;

timePrecision   6;

runTimeModifiable true;

functions
{
    difference
    {
        // Load the library containing the 'coded' functionObject
        libs ("libutilityFunctionObjects.so");

        type coded;

        // Name of on-the-fly generated functionObject
        redirectType error;

        codeEnd
        #{
            // Lookup U
            Info<< "Looking up field U\n" << endl;
            const volVectorField& U = mesh().lookupObject<volVectorField>("U");

            Info<< "Reading inlet velocity  uInfX\n" << endl;

            scalar ULeft = 0.0;
            label leftI = mesh().boundaryMesh().findPatchID("left");
            const fvPatchVectorField& fvp = U.boundaryField()[leftI];
            if (fvp.size())
            {
                ULeft = fvp[0].x();
            }
            reduce(ULeft, maxOp<scalar>());

            dimensionedScalar uInfX
            (
                "uInfx",
                dimensionSet(0, 1, -1, 0, 0),
                ULeft
            );

            Info << "U at inlet = " << uInfX.value() << " m/s" << endl;


            scalar magCylinder = 0.0;
            label cylI = mesh().boundaryMesh().findPatchID("cylinder");
            const fvPatchVectorField& cylFvp = mesh().C().boundaryField()[cylI];
            if (cylFvp.size())
            {
                magCylinder = mag(cylFvp[0]);
            }
            reduce(magCylinder, maxOp<scalar>());

            dimensionedScalar radius
            (
                "radius",
                dimensionSet(0, 1, 0, 0, 0),
                magCylinder
            );

            Info << "Cylinder radius = " << radius.value() << " m" << endl;

            volVectorField UA
            (
                IOobject
                (
                    "UA",
                    mesh().time().timeName(),
                    U.mesh(),
                    IOobject::NO_READ,
                    IOobject::AUTO_WRITE
                ),
                U
            );

            Info<< "\nEvaluating analytical solution" << endl;

            const volVectorField& centres = UA.mesh().C();
            volScalarField magCentres(mag(centres));
            volScalarField theta(acos((centres & vector(1,0,0))/magCentres));

            volVectorField cs2theta
            (
                cos(2*theta)*vector(1,0,0)
              + sin(2*theta)*vector(0,1,0)
            );

            UA = uInfX*(dimensionedVector(vector(1,0,0))
              - pow((radius/magCentres),2)*cs2theta);

            // Force writing of UA (since time has not changed)
            UA.write();

            volScalarField error("error", mag(U-UA)/mag(UA));

            Info<<"Writing relative error in U to " << error.objectPath()
                << endl;

            error.write();
        #};
    }
}


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