[cfdpester]

Hi,

I have a very heavy CFD mesh to run so I wanted to divide the domain into 2 sections.

I want to extrapolate the outlet profile of my 1st simulation and use it as inlet profile on the 2nd simulation.

The mesh of the outlet from the 1st simulation will be different from the inlet simulation of the 2nd simulation even though the geometry is the same.

I need to do this in OpenFOAM, can anyone help?

I have thought using mapfields but it only works when you want to map internal volumes. Does anyone know how to do it only for surfaces?

Thank you

[Pappelau]

Hello Nick,
the inlet condition you are searching is timeVaryingMappedFixedValue, there is a case in the tutorials that should describe it , if i recall correctly.

For outputing there are many possible ways (Paraview, foam Postprocess or during runtime)

[cfdpester]

Hi Lukas,

Thank you so much for the reply. How do I extrapolate those points? Is it using sampling?

Thanks,

Nick

[Pappelau]

depends on what you set inside the boundary condition, there is a parameter called mapMethod, it defaults to planarInterpolation and can be switched to nearest .