[Asghari_M]

Hi all Foamers.
I have solved a 2D transient heat conduction problem by OpenFoam 2.3.1. Now, I’m going to write a text programing file (can be written at any programing language, for example, MatLab or FORTRAN).
The specifications of this program have been presented as follows:
Input: The geographical coordinates of a desired point into the solid material.
Output: The temperature of that specified point (it’s better to consider temperature interpolation of neighboring cells)
This program may be structurally similar to the following one:

Read (*,x , y); /***input***/
.
.
.
.
T=….
Write (T, temp.txt); /****Output*****/
END

Can anybody have any idea for this program file writing(for finding output)?
Cheers;

[dkxls]

Originally Posted by Asghari_M

Hi all Foamers.
I have solved a 2D transient heat conduction problem by OpenFoam 2.3.1.
....
Can anybody have any idea for this program file writing(for finding output)?
Cheers;

You don't need to write any code to do this, just use the probeLocations utility in OpenFOAM. You can find an example in this tutorial:
tutorials/lagrangian/reactingParcelFoam/parcelInBox

If your number of probe locations is not too big, you could also do this during run time to get a higher temporal resolution. You would use the probe functionObject to do that, for an example see this tutorial:
tutorials/incompressible/pimpleFoam/TJunction

[Asghari_M]

Originally Posted by dkxls

You don't need to write any code to do this, just use the probeLocations utility in OpenFOAM. You can find an example in this tutorial:
tutorials/lagrangian/reactingParcelFoam/parcelInBox

If your number of probe locations is not too big, you could also do this during run time to get a higher temporal resolution. You would use the probe functionObject to do that, for an example see this tutorial:
tutorials/incompressible/pimpleFoam/TJunction

Dear Armin,
Thanks for this great idea. That is definitely helpful.
Of course, I haven't still examined your suggested functions and tutorials. However, I need to save the temperature of specified location in terms of time at a text format.
For example, the text file can be such as following ones:
In the step number form:
(300,1)
(300.05,2)
.
.
.
Or at time step following:
(300,0.001)
(300.05,0.002)
.
.
.
The reason for above format is this fact that I need to use that probed temperature as an input for MatLab software in term of time.
I'd appreciated for any idea to do this task.

[dkxls]

Originally Posted by Asghari_M

However, I need to save the temperature of specified location in terms of time at a text format.

That's exactly what I have just explained to you. Check the tutorial!

[Asghari_M]

Ok, I added a probesDict file at system folder.
However, I didn't find any output in my case folder.
My probesDict presented as follows:

FoamFile
{
    version         2.0;
    format          ascii;
    class           dictionary;
    location        system;
    object          probesDict;
}
 
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
 
 
// Fields to be probed. runTime modifiable!
fields
(
    T 
);
 
// Locations to be probed. runTime modifiable!
probeLocations
(
    (0.1 0.0 0.250)
);

However, I couldn't find any post-processing data for this probed location(point).
Where can I observe the output probed data in?