[rogeralmenar]

Hi there,

I have run a transient case with v1.7.1, exporting wall-surface results with the function "faceSource" in the controlDict. This function created the surface results for every timestep under folder "processor0" (parallel run) without any problems.

However, I can't find the way to export these results to other formats for check-up. I have 2 questions:
1) faceSource seems to export the data corresponding to all the processors under "processor0", not just the data corresponding to this processor. Is this correct?
2) I am not able to convert the surface data as it does not export any variables (foamToVTK, foamToEnsight). Not even exporting with the "global" constant folder (not the processor0/constant). Have you tried this in the past?

Thanks.

[351Cleveland]

Hi Roger,

I'm new to openFoam but have just been experimenting with parallel runs myself.
Could you reconstruct the case from its parallel components using reconstructPar, open with Paraview and then plot/select data on the face and export as a csv file? That should give you data that is at least able to be manipulated easily.
Sorry if that wasn't much help.

Dom.

[rogeralmenar]

Hello Dom,

That is the thing, it seems to store all the faceSource data under processor0. If I check the number of lines for each file under processor0/timestepxyz, it shows the same lines as elements for those parts under constant/polyMesh. Hence I assume it is the complete data, not just the partitioned portion for processor0.

What I am doing now is to export the data as surface from constrolDict, not as faceSource. This creates much bigger files due to the XYZ being saved for every timestep. I can't use it to convert to EnSight or VTK, but at least it is easy to handle directly.

Thanks for the help anyway.

[ksv]

Hi Ronger,

I am new to OF. In my simulaiton I need to export force on a wall suface during every time step. I do not know as how to do this. As I understand that you have been successful in exporting wall-surface results, I would like to seek your help in this regard. Could you ellaborate as how to export wall-surface results ? or could you provide me with your ControlDict file so that I can learn from it.

Thank you so much for your post in OF
ksv

[rogeralmenar]

Hello Ksv,
I know openFoam can export variable data at the walls, as well as Cd/Cl.
I only know how to export variable data. you can do it adding following information to the controlDict, under functions{

functions
{
wallPressure
{
typesurfaces;
functionObjectLibs ("libsampling.so");
outputControltimeStep;
outputInterval 1;
surfaceFormatraw;
fields ( p );

surfaces
(
part 1
{
typepatch;
patchNamepartname1;
triangulate false;
}
…
partN
{
typepatch;
patchNamepartnameN;
triangulate false;
}
);
}
}

[rogeralmenar]

It seems the tabs are been deleted in previous post. Sorry about that.

[ksv]

Hi Roger,

Thanks for your advice.

Regards
ksv