[Andilandi]

I am running simulations with synInflow in OpenFoam 2112 (i am using this old version because synInflow is programmed for it).
I needed the U vectors for the inlet Layer at all time steps in the simulation. I did this with this code:


inletProfiles
{
type surfaces;
libs ("libsampling.so");
fields (U);
writeControl timeStep;
writeInterval 1;
fixedLocations true;
interpolationScheme cell;
surfaceFormat raw;
surfaces
(
inletSurfaces
{
type patch;
patches (inlet);
}
);
}

Then I tried to get U for Planes parallel with the inlet but at other X coordinates, that seemed to work. Here the Code i used:


profiles1
{
type surfaces;
libs ("libsampling.so");
fields (U);
writeControl timeStep;
writeInterval 1;
fixedLocations true;
interpolationScheme cell;
surfaceFormat raw;
surfaces
(
profiles1
{
type plane;
planeType pointAndNormal;
pointAndNormalDict
{
point (X 0 0);
normal (1 0 0);
}
triangulate false;
}
);
}

for X i would put the coordinate i want the plane to be. The problem is, if I put X=0 ,in my understanding it should be the same as the inlet Layer? But the Data is different, the coordinates in the Post processing files are the same in both versions, but the values for U are different. Is that normal? What is the explanation?
The most important question is which version is right and how do I fix the other one?


Thanks for helping, I just started with open-foam and don't have that much experience yet