[Foam_User5]

Hello,

I have done a les simulation using rhopimplefoam. I want to compare it with experimental data. Therefore, i should do averaging. I saw that I can do it by adding a small script to controlDict,
my questions are, which fields I should add? I have added, p, U and T. Will I get average of temperature, presure and velocity? How can I post process the results? When I open paraFoam and see the contours of for example temperature, are they the mean contours or instantaneous? How can I load the mean contours?

[David*]

Originally Posted by Foam_User5

Hello,

I have added, p, U and T. Will I get average of temperature, presure and velocity? How can I post process the results? When I open paraFoam and see the contours of for example temperature, are they the mean contours or instantaneous? How can I load the mean contours?

1. yes
2.-4. OpenFOAM generates new fields, e.g. UMean, additional to U. You can load them in ParaView along with the instantaneous fields. I'm not sure what you mean with "contours". If you want to visualize isolines, you can apply filters on every field you loaded separately.

Cheers,
David

[Foam_User5]

Thanks David,

I, however, still can't figure out, how to load mean and instantaneous values seperately into paraview.