Calculates the forces and moments by integrating the pressure and skin-friction forces over a given list of patches. More...

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Public Member Functions
	TypeName ("forces")
	Runtime type information. More...

	forces (const word &name, const Time &runTime, const dictionary &dict)
	Construct from Time and dictionary. More...

	forces (const word &name, const objectRegistry &obr, const dictionary &)
	Construct from objectRegistry and dictionary. More...

	forces (const forces &)=delete
	Disallow default bitwise copy construction. More...

virtual	~forces ()
	Destructor. More...

virtual bool	read (const dictionary &)
	Read the forces data. More...

void	operator= (const forces &)=delete
	Disallow default bitwise assignment. More...

Public Member Functions inherited from forcesBase
	TypeName ("forcesBase")
	Runtime type information. More...

	forcesBase (const word &name, const Time &runTime, const dictionary &dict)
	Construct from Time and dictionary. More...

	forcesBase (const word &name, const objectRegistry &obr, const dictionary &)
	Construct from objectRegistry and dictionary. More...

	forcesBase (const forcesBase &)=delete
	Disallow default bitwise copy construction. More...

virtual	~forcesBase ()
	Destructor. More...

virtual wordList	fields () const
	Return the list of fields required. More...

virtual void	calcForcesMoments ()
	Calculate the forces and moments. More...

virtual vector	forceEff () const
	Return the total force. More...

virtual vector	momentEff () const
	Return the total moment. More...

virtual bool	execute ()
	Execute, currently does nothing. More...

virtual bool	write ()
	Write the forces. More...

void	operator= (const forcesBase &)=delete
	Disallow default bitwise assignment. More...

Public Member Functions inherited from fvMeshFunctionObject
	TypeName ("fvMeshFunctionObject")
	Runtime type information. More...

	fvMeshFunctionObject (const word &name, const Time &runTime, const dictionary &dict)
	Construct from Time and dictionary. More...

	fvMeshFunctionObject (const word &name, const objectRegistry &obr)
	Construct from the region objectRegistry. More...

	fvMeshFunctionObject (const fvMeshFunctionObject &)=delete
	Disallow default bitwise copy construction. More...

virtual	~fvMeshFunctionObject ()
	Destructor. More...

const fvMesh &	mesh () const
	Return a reference to the mesh. More...

void	operator= (const fvMeshFunctionObject &)=delete
	Disallow default bitwise assignment. More...

Public Member Functions inherited from regionFunctionObject
	TypeName ("regionFunctionObject")
	Runtime type information. More...

	regionFunctionObject (const word &name, const Time &runTime, const dictionary &dict)
	Construct from Time and dictionary. More...

	regionFunctionObject (const word &name, const objectRegistry &obr)
	Construct from the region objectRegistry. More...

	regionFunctionObject (const regionFunctionObject &)=delete
	Disallow default bitwise copy construction. More...

virtual	~regionFunctionObject ()
	Destructor. More...

void	operator= (const regionFunctionObject &)=delete
	Disallow default bitwise assignment. More...

Public Member Functions inherited from objectRegistryFunctionObject
	TypeName ("objectRegistryFunctionObject")
	Runtime type information. More...

	objectRegistryFunctionObject (const word &name, const objectRegistry &obr, const dictionary &dict)
	Construct from an objectRegistry and dictionary. More...

	objectRegistryFunctionObject (const word &name, const objectRegistry &obr)
	Construct from an objectRegistry. More...

	objectRegistryFunctionObject (const objectRegistryFunctionObject &)=delete
	Disallow default bitwise copy construction. More...

virtual	~objectRegistryFunctionObject ()
	Destructor. More...

void	operator= (const objectRegistryFunctionObject &)=delete
	Disallow default bitwise assignment. More...

Public Member Functions inherited from functionObject
	ClassName ("functionObject")

virtual const word &	type () const =0
	Runtime type information. More...

	declareRunTimeSelectionTable (autoPtr, functionObject, dictionary,(const word &name, const Time &runTime, const dictionary &dict),(name, runTime, dict))

	functionObject (const word &name, const Time &runTime)
	Construct from components. More...

	functionObject (const word &name, const Time &runTime, const dictionary &dict)
	Construct from dictionary. More...

autoPtr< functionObject >	clone () const
	Return clone. More...

	functionObject (const functionObject &)=delete
	Disallow default bitwise copy construction. More...

virtual	~functionObject ()
	Destructor. More...

const word &	name () const
	Return the name of this functionObject. More...

virtual bool	executeAtStart () const
	Return true if the functionObject should be executed at the start. More...

virtual bool	end ()
	Called when Time::run() determines that the time-loop exits. More...

virtual scalar	timeToNextAction ()
	Called by Time::adjustTimeStep(). Allows the functionObject to. More...

virtual scalar	maxDeltaT () const
	Return the maximum time-step for stable operation. More...

virtual void	movePoints (const polyMesh &mesh)
	Update topology using the given map. More...

virtual void	topoChange (const polyTopoChangeMap &map)
	Update topology using the given map. More...

virtual void	mapMesh (const polyMeshMap &)
	Update from another mesh using the given map. More...

virtual void	distribute (const polyDistributionMap &)
	Redistribute or update using the given distribution map. More...

void	operator= (const functionObject &)=delete
	Disallow default bitwise assignment. More...

Public Member Functions inherited from logFiles
	logFiles (const objectRegistry &obr, const word &prefix)
	Construct from objectRegistry and prefix. More...

	logFiles (const logFiles &)=delete
	Disallow default bitwise copy construction. More...

virtual	~logFiles ()
	Destructor. More...

const wordList &	toc () const
	Return the list of log file names. More...

const wordList &	names () const
	Return the list of log file names. More...

PtrList< OFstream > &	files ()
	Return access to the files. More...

OFstream &	file ()
	Return access to the file (if only 1) More...

OFstream &	file (const label i)
	Return file 'i'. More...

void	operator= (const logFiles &)=delete
	Disallow default bitwise assignment. More...

Public Member Functions inherited from writeFile
	writeFile (const objectRegistry &obr, const word &prefix)
	Construct from objectRegistry and prefix. More...

	writeFile (const writeFile &)=delete
	Disallow default bitwise copy construction. More...

	~writeFile ()
	Destructor. More...

void	initStream (Ostream &os) const
	Initialise the output stream for writing. More...

fileName	baseFileDir () const
	Return the base directory for output. More...

fileName	baseTimeDir () const
	Return the base directory for the current time value. More...

Omanip< int >	valueWidth (const label offset=0) const
	Return the value width when writing to stream with optional offset. More...

void	writeCommented (Ostream &os, const string &str) const
	Write a commented string to stream. More...

void	writeTabbed (Ostream &os, const string &str) const
	Write a tabbed string to stream. More...

void	writeHeader (Ostream &os, const string &str) const
	Write a commented header to stream. More...

void	writeTime (Ostream &os) const
	Write the current time to stream. More...

template<class Type >
void	writeHeaderValue (Ostream &os, const string &property, const Type &value) const
	Write a (commented) header property and value pair. More...

label	charWidth () const
	Return width of character stream output. More...

void	operator= (const writeFile &)=delete
	Disallow default bitwise assignment. More...

Protected Member Functions
virtual vector	CofR () const
	Return the current centre of the rigid body. More...

virtual void	writeCoRValueHeader (Ostream &file)
	Write the constant centre of rotation value in the header. More...

virtual void	writeCoRHeader (Ostream &file)
	Do not write the constant centre of rotation. More...

virtual void	writeCofR (Ostream &file)
	Do not write the constant centre of rotation. More...

Protected Member Functions inherited from forcesBase
Ostream &	file (const fileID fid)

wordList	createFileNames (const dictionary &dict) const
	Create file names for forces and bins. More...

virtual void	writeFileHeader (const label i)
	Output file header information. More...

void	initialise ()
	Initialise the fields. More...

tmp< surfaceVectorField >	devTau () const
	Return the effective surface stress. More...

tmp< volScalarField >	mu () const
	Dynamic viscosity field. More...

tmp< volScalarField >	rho () const
	Return rho if specified otherwise rhoRef. More...

scalar	rho (const volScalarField &p) const
	Return rhoRef if the pressure field is dynamic, i.e. p/rho. More...

tmp< volScalarField >	alpha () const
	Get the volume fraction field. More...

tmp< scalarField >	alpha (const label patchi) const
	Get the volume fraction field on a patch. More...

void	applyBins (const vectorField &Md, const vectorField &fN, const vectorField &fT, const vectorField &fP, const vectorField &d)
	Accumulate bin data. More...

void	calcForcesMoments (const vector &CofR)
	Calculate the forces and moments. More...

void	writeForces ()
	Helper function to write force data. More...

void	writeBins ()
	Helper function to write bin data. More...

OFstream &	file ()
	Return access to the file (if only 1) More...

OFstream &	file (const label i)
	Return file 'i'. More...

Protected Member Functions inherited from objectRegistryFunctionObject
template<class ObjectType >
bool	foundObject (const word &fieldName) const
	Find field in the objectRegistry. More...

template<class ObjectType >
void	cannotFindObject (const word &fieldName)
	Prints a warning message that fieldName cannot be found. More...

void	cannotFindObject (const word &fieldName)
	Prints a warning message that fieldName cannot be found. More...

void	cannotFindObjects (const wordList &fieldNames)
	Prints a warning message that fieldNames cannot be found. More...

template<class ObjectType >
const ObjectType &	lookupObject (const word &fieldName) const
	Lookup object from the objectRegistry. More...

template<class ObjectType >
ObjectType &	lookupObjectRef (const word &fieldName)
	Lookup non-const object reference from the objectRegistry. More...

template<class ObjectType >
ObjectType &	store (const tmp< ObjectType > &tfield)
	Store the given field in the objectRegistry. More...

template<class ObjectType >
ObjectType &	store (const word &fieldName, const tmp< ObjectType > &tfield, bool cacheable=false)
	Store the given field in the objectRegistry under the given name. More...

bool	writeObject (const word &fieldName)
	Write field if present in objectRegistry. More...

bool	clearObject (const word &fieldName)
	Clear field from the objectRegistry if present. More...

Protected Member Functions inherited from logFiles
virtual void	createFiles ()
	Create the output file. More...

virtual void	resetNames (const wordList &names)
	Reset the list of names from a wordList. More...

virtual void	resetName (const word &name)
	Reset the list of names to a single name entry. More...

Protected Attributes
vector	CofR_
	Centre of rotation. More...

Protected Attributes inherited from forcesBase
List< Field< vector > >	force_
	Pressure, viscous and porous force per bin. More...

List< Field< vector > >	moment_
	Pressure, viscous and porous moment per bin. More...

labelHashSet	patchSet_
	Patches to integrate forces over. More...

word	pName_
	Name of pressure field. More...

word	UName_
	Name of velocity field. More...

word	rhoName_
	Name of density field (optional) More...

word	phaseName_
	The name of the phase (optional) More...

Switch	directForceDensity_
	Is the force density being supplied directly? More...

word	fDName_
	The name of the force density (fD) field. More...

scalar	rhoRef_
	Reference density needed for incompressible calculations. More...

scalar	pRef_
	Reference pressure. More...

bool	porosity_
	Flag to include porosity effects. More...

label	nBin_
	Number of bins. More...

vector	binDir_
	Direction used to determine bin orientation. More...

scalar	binDx_
	Distance between bin divisions. More...

scalar	binMin_
	Minimum bin bounds. More...

List< point >	binPoints_
	Bin positions along binDir. More...

bool	binCumulative_
	Should bin data be cumulative? More...

bool	initialised_
	Initialised flag. More...

Protected Attributes inherited from fvMeshFunctionObject
const fvMesh &	mesh_
	Reference to the fvMesh. More...

Protected Attributes inherited from objectRegistryFunctionObject
const objectRegistry &	obr_
	Reference to the objectRegistry. More...

Protected Attributes inherited from functionObject
const Time &	time_
	Reference to time. More...

Protected Attributes inherited from logFiles
wordList	names_
	File names. More...

PtrList< OFstream >	filePtrs_
	File pointer. More...

Protected Attributes inherited from writeFile
const objectRegistry &	fileObr_
	Reference to the region objectRegistry. More...

const word	prefix_
	Prefix. More...

Additional Inherited Members
Static Public Member Functions inherited from functionObject
static autoPtr< functionObject >	New (const word &name, const Time &, const dictionary &)
	Select from dictionary, based on its "type" entry. More...

Public Attributes inherited from functionObject
Switch	log
	Switch write log to Info. More...

Switch	executeAtStart_
	Switch execute at start time. More...

Static Public Attributes inherited from functionObject
static bool	postProcess
	Global post-processing mode switch. More...

Static Public Attributes inherited from writeFile
static const word	outputPrefix
	Directory prefix. More...

static label	addChars = 8
	Additional characters for writing. More...

Protected Types inherited from forcesBase
enum class	fileID { mainFile = 0 , binsFile = 1 }
	Enumeration for ensuring the right file is accessed. More...

Detailed Description

Calculates the forces and moments by integrating the pressure and skin-friction forces over a given list of patches.

Member function forces::write() calculates the forces/moments and writes the forces/moments into the file <timeDir>/forces.dat and bin data (if selected) to the file <timeDir>/forces_bin.dat

Example of function object specification:

forces1
{
    type        forces;
    libs        ("libforces.so");
    ...
    log         yes;
    patches     (walls);

    binData
    {
        nBin        20;
        direction   (1 0 0);
        cumulative  yes;
    }
}

Usage

Property	Description	Required	Default value
`type`	Type name: forces	yes
`log`	Write force data to standard output	no	no
`patches`	Patches included in the forces calculation	yes
`p`	Pressure field name	no	p
`U`	Velocity field name	no	U
`rho`	Density field name (see below)	no	rho
`phase`	Phase name for phase-fraction	no
`CofR`	Centre of rotation	yes
`directForceDensity`	Force density supplied directly (see below)	no	no
`fD`	Name of force density field (see below)	no	fD

Bin data is optional, but if the dictionary is present, the entries must be defined according o

nBin	number of data bins	yes
`direction`	direction along which bins are defined	yes
`cumulative`	bin data accumulated with increasing distance	yes

Note

For incompressible cases, set rho to rhoInf and provide a rhoInf value corresponding to the free-stream constant density.
If the phase name is specified the corresponding phase-fraction field alpha.<phase> is used to filter the surface force field before integration.
If the force density is supplied directly, set the directForceDensity flag to 'yes', and supply the force density field using the fDName entry

See also: Foam::functionObject Foam::functionObjects::forcesBase Foam::functionObjects::fvMeshFunctionObject Foam::functionObjects::logFiles Foam::functionObjects::timeControl Foam::forceCoeffs

Source files

Definition at line 185 of file forces.H.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ forces() [1/3]

forces	(	const word &	name,
		const Time &	runTime,
		const dictionary &	dict
	)

Construct from Time and dictionary.

Definition at line 66 of file forces.C.

References dict, and forces::read().

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forces	(	const word &	name,
		const objectRegistry &	obr,
		const dictionary &	dict
	)

Construct from objectRegistry and dictionary.

Definition at line 80 of file forces.C.

References dict, and forces::read().

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forces ( const forces & )

delete

Disallow default bitwise copy construction.

◆ ~forces()

~forces ( )

virtual

Destructor.

Definition at line 96 of file forces.C.

Member Function Documentation

◆ CofR()

Foam::vector CofR ( ) const

protectedvirtual

Return the current centre of the rigid body.

Implements forcesBase.

Definition at line 44 of file forces.C.

References forces::CofR_.

◆ writeCoRValueHeader()

void writeCoRValueHeader ( Ostream & file )

protectedvirtual

Write the constant centre of rotation value in the header.

Reimplemented from forcesBase.

Definition at line 50 of file forces.C.

References Foam::file.

◆ writeCoRHeader()

void writeCoRHeader ( Ostream & file )

protectedvirtual

Do not write the constant centre of rotation.

Reimplemented from forcesBase.

Definition at line 56 of file forces.C.

◆ writeCofR()

void writeCofR ( Ostream & file )

protectedvirtual

Do not write the constant centre of rotation.

Reimplemented from forcesBase.

Definition at line 60 of file forces.C.

◆ TypeName()

TypeName ( "forces" )

Runtime type information.

◆ read()

bool read ( const dictionary & dict )

virtual

Read the forces data.

Reimplemented from forcesBase.

Reimplemented in forceCoeffs.

Definition at line 102 of file forces.C.

References dict, and forcesBase::read().

Referenced by forces::forces(), and forceCoeffs::read().

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◆ operator=()

void operator= ( const forces & )

delete

Disallow default bitwise assignment.

Member Data Documentation

◆ CofR_

vector CofR_

protected

Centre of rotation.

Definition at line 195 of file forces.H.

Referenced by forces::CofR(), and forceCoeffs::writeFileHeader().

The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

src/functionObjects/forces/forces/forces.H
src/functionObjects/forces/forces/forces.C

Public Member Functions

Protected Member Functions

Protected Attributes

Additional Inherited Members

Detailed Description

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ forces() [1/3]

◆ forces() [2/3]

◆ forces() [3/3]

◆ ~forces()

Member Function Documentation

◆ CofR()

◆ writeCoRValueHeader()

◆ writeCoRHeader()

◆ writeCofR()

◆ TypeName()

◆ read()

◆ operator=()

Member Data Documentation

◆ CofR_