[pepe87]

Hello,

i would like to calculate ptot with the help of function objects.
after that i would like to use the function patchmassflowaverage on ptot.
how can i calculate ptot so that the function massflowaverage knows the variable??

Greetz

[pepe87]

i've found something similar in an earlier post here.
i added in my conrtoldict:

functions
(
compute_ptot
{
type expressionField;
outputControl timeStep;
outputInterval 1;
fieldName ptot;
expression "p + 0.5*magSqr(U)";
autowrite false;
}

massFlow
{
type patchMassFlowAverage;
functionObjectLibs
( "libsimpleFunctionObjects.so");
verbose true;
readFields(ptot);
fields
(U
p
T
ptot
);
patches
(
Fluid_Inlet
Fluid_Outlet
);
factor 1.0;
}

);

but i get an error, that the function type expressionField is unknown.

[immortality]

I hope you could resolve it.probably too late.but maybe help someone in future,
you can use Swak for mass averaging on total p:

n2_totalPressure
    {
        type swakExpression;
        valueType surface;
        verbose false;
        surfaceName normal_Plane_p0_2;
        surface {
            type plane;
            basePoint       (0.0345 0.002 0);
            normalVector    (1 0 0);
            interpolate true;
        }
       expression "sum((p+.5*rho*magSqr(U))*rho*area())/sum(rho*area())";
        accumulations (
            average
        ); 
        outputControlMode outputTime;//outputTime is added in 0.2.4 Swak4Foam version
        outputInterval 1;
    }

or OF function objects,like:

totalP    // user-defined name of function object entry
    {
        type            pressureTools;
        libs            ("libutilityFunctionObjects.so");
        //region          defaultRegion;
        enabled         yes;
        //timeStart       0;
        //timeEnd         10;
        outputControl timeStep;//outputTime;//
        outputInterval 1; // 5000;
        calcTotal   yes;
        calcCoeff   no;
        pRef 0;
    }
    readFields
    {
    type        readFields;
    functionObjectLibs ("libfieldFunctionObjects.so");
    fields
    (
        "total(p)"
    );
    }

and:

totalPressure_left
      {
        $Average_left;
        operation       weightedAverage;
        weightField     rho;
        
        fields
        (
          "total(p)"
        );
      }

that:

Average_left
    {
        type           faceSource;
        functionObjectLibs ("libfieldFunctionObjects.so");
        enabled on;
        log             no;
        valueOutput     true;
        surfaceFormat   vtk;
        source          patch;
        sourceName      left;
        operation       areaAverage;
        fields
        (
            p
            //phi // surface fields not supported for sampledSurface
            T
            rho
            h
            U
        );
        outputControl timeStep;//outputTime;//
        outputInterval 1; // 5000;
      }

I've added from my case.hope be useful for someone.