Calculate flux for a number of boundary patches

mwmalkawi · February 17, 2020, 09:21

Dear All

I have a case of two inelts and two outlets and i wanted to calculate the total flux to have an idea if my solution reached a steady state as i am using itnerFoam i know in control dict you can add functions such as below but how to add or sum all the flow rates of the four boundary patches

#includeFunc flowRatePatch(name=inlet1)
#includeFunc flowRatePatch(name=inlet2)
#includeFunc flowRatePatch(name=outlet1)
#includeFunc flowRatePatch(name=outlet2)

Thakns
Munaf

HPE · February 18, 2020, 17:58

I think flowRatePatch does not support multiple patches at the moment.

Instead, you can sum the output by using 'add' fuction object, I think.

mwmalkawi · February 23, 2020, 02:22

Thank you HPE will you please kiondly provide me the context who you would write it in cotorl Dict

Thanks

February 17, 2020, 09:21	Calculate flux for a number of boundary patches	#1
mwmalkawi Member Munaf Join Date: May 2019 Posts: 42 Rep Power: 7	Dear All I have a case of two inelts and two outlets and i wanted to calculate the total flux to have an idea if my solution reached a steady state as i am using itnerFoam i know in control dict you can add functions such as below but how to add or sum all the flow rates of the four boundary patches #includeFunc flowRatePatch(name=inlet1) #includeFunc flowRatePatch(name=inlet2) #includeFunc flowRatePatch(name=outlet1) #includeFunc flowRatePatch(name=outlet2) Thakns Munaf

February 18, 2020, 17:58		#2
HPE Senior Member Herpes Free Engineer Join Date: Sep 2019 Location: The Home Under The Ground with the Lost Boys Posts: 931 Rep Power: 13	I think flowRatePatch does not support multiple patches at the moment. Instead, you can sum the output by using 'add' fuction object, I think. __________________ The OpenFOAM community is the biggest contributor to OpenFOAM: User guide/Wiki-1/Wiki-2/Code guide/Code Wiki/Journal Nilsson/Guerrero/Holzinger/Holzmann/Nagy/Santos/Nozaki/Jasak/Primer Governance Bugs/Features: OpenFOAM (ESI-OpenCFD-Trademark) Bugs/Features: FOAM-Extend (Wikki-FSB) Bugs: OpenFOAM.org How to create a MWE New: Forkable OpenFOAM mirror

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February 23, 2020, 02:22		#3
mwmalkawi Member Munaf Join Date: May 2019 Posts: 42 Rep Power: 7	Thank you HPE will you please kiondly provide me the context who you would write it in cotorl Dict Thanks