nearWallFields.md

nearWallFields

Class

Foam::functionObjects::nearWallFields

Group

grpFieldFunctionObjects

Description

This function object samples near-patch volume fields

Fields are stored

• every time step the field is updated with new values
• at output it writes the fields

This functionObject can either be used

• to calculate a new field as a post-processing step or
• since the fields are registered, used in another functionObject

Example of function object specification:

nearWallFields1
{
        type        nearWallFields;
        libs ("libfieldFunctionObjects.so");
        ...
        fields      ((p pNear)(U UNear));
        patches     (movingWall);
        distance    0.13;
}

Usage

    Property | Description               | Required    | Default value
    type     | type name: nearWallFields | yes         |
    fields   | list of fields with correspoding output field names | yes |
    patches  | list of patches to sample | yes         |
    distance | distance from patch to sample | yes     |

See also

Foam::functionObjects::fvMeshFunctionObject

SourceFiles

nearWallFields.C