[appa]

Hi everyone,

I am learning how to get Cl and Cd coefficients from a simpleFoam simulation . I added the following part to my controlDict file

PHP Code:

functions
{
forces
{
type forces;
functionObjectLibs ("libforces.so"); //Lib to load
patches (wall); // change to your patch name
rhoName rhoInf;
rhoInf 1.006; //Reference density for fluid
CofR (1 -0.004 0); //Origin for moment calculations
        outputControl   timeStep;
        outputInterval  1;
}
forceCoeffs
{
// rhoInf - reference density
// CofR - Centre of rotation
// dragDir - Direction of drag coefficient
// liftDir - Direction of lift coefficient
// pitchAxis - Pitching moment axis
// magUinf - free stream velocity magnitude
// lRef - reference length
// Aref - reference area
type forceCoeffs;
functionObjectLibs ("libforces.so");
patches (wall);
rhoName rhoInf;
rhoInf 1.006;
CofR (1 -0.004285 0);
liftDir (0 1 0);
dragDir (1 0 0);
pitchAxis (0 0 1);
magUInf 67;
lRef 1; 
Aref 1;

        outputControl   timeStep;
        outputInterval  1;
}

} 


the problem is that I am getting a file with 2000 values of each coefficient!! I don't know how to get the final one ? can someone please help me

[lovecraft22]

You are getting a value for every iteration. You may want to average the last iterations. I would pick at least the last 500 iterations.