forces.H

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Class
    Foam::functionObjects::forces

Group
    grpForcesFunctionObjects

Description
    This function object 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:
    \verbatim
    forces1
    {
        type        forces;
        libs ("libforces.so");
        ...
        log         yes;
        patches     (walls);

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

Usage
    \table
        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
        CofR         | Centre of rotation (see below) | no   |
        directForceDensity | Force density supplied directly (see below)|no|no
        fD           | Name of force density field (see below) | no | fD
    \endtable

    Bin data is optional, but if the dictionary is present, the entries must
    be defined according o
    \table
        nBin         | number of data bins     | yes         |
        direction    | direction along which bins are defined | yes |
        cumulative   | bin data accumulated with incresing distance | yes |
    \endtable

Note
  - For incompressible cases, set \c rho to \c rhoInf.  You will then be
    required to provide a \c rhoInf value corresponding to the free-stream
    constant density.
  - If the force density is supplied directly, set the \c directForceDensity
    flag to 'yes', and supply the force density field using the \c
    fDName entry
  - The centre of rotation (CofR) for moment calculations can either be
    specified by an \c CofR entry, or be taken from origin of the local
    coordinate system.  For example,
    \verbatim
        CofR        (0 0 0);
    \endverbatim
    or
    \verbatim
        coordinateSystem
        {
            origin  (0 0 0);
            e3      (0 0 1);
            e1      (1 0 0);
        }
    \endverbatim

See also
    Foam::functionObject
    Foam::functionObjects::writeFiles
    Foam::functionObjects::timeControl
    Foam::forceCoeffs

SourceFiles
    forces.C

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#ifndef functionObjects_forces_H
#define functionObjects_forces_H

#include "writeFiles.H"
#include "coordinateSystem.H"
#include "volFieldsFwd.H"
#include "HashSet.H"

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namespace Foam
{
namespace functionObjects
{

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                           Class forces Declaration
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class forces
:
    public writeFiles
{
protected:

    // Protected data

        //- Pressure, viscous and porous force per bin
        List<Field<vector>> force_;

        //- Pressure, viscous and porous moment per bin
        List<Field<vector>> moment_;


        // Read from dictionary

            //- Patches to integrate forces over
            labelHashSet patchSet_;

            //- Name of pressure field
            word pName_;

            //- Name of velocity field
            word UName_;

            //- Name of density field (optional)
            word rhoName_;

            //- Is the force density being supplied directly?
            Switch directForceDensity_;

            //- The name of the force density (fD) field
            word fDName_;

            //- Reference density needed for incompressible calculations
            scalar rhoRef_;

            //- Reference pressure
            scalar pRef_;

            //- Coordinate system used when evaluting forces/moments
            coordinateSystem coordSys_;

            //- Flag to indicate whether we are using a local co-ordinate sys
            bool localSystem_;

            //- Flag to include porosity effects
            bool porosity_;


            // Bin information

                //- Number of bins
                label nBin_;

                //- Direction used to determine bin orientation
                vector binDir_;

                //- Distance between bin divisions
                scalar binDx_;

                //- Minimum bin bounds
                scalar binMin_;

                //- Bin positions along binDir
                List<point> binPoints_;

                //- Should bin data be cumulative?
                bool binCumulative_;


            //- Initialised flag
            bool initialised_;


    // Protected Member Functions

        //- Create file names for forces and bins
        wordList createFileNames(const dictionary& dict) const;

        //- Output file header information
        virtual void writeFileHeader(const label i);

        //- Initialise the fields
        void initialise();

        //- Return the effective viscous stress (laminar + turbulent).
        tmp<volSymmTensorField> devRhoReff() const;

        //- Dynamic viscosity field
        tmp<volScalarField> mu() const;

        //- Return rho if specified otherwise rhoRef
        tmp<volScalarField> rho() const;

        //- Return rhoRef if the pressure field is dynamic, i.e. p/rho
        //  otherwise return 1
        scalar rho(const volScalarField& p) const;

        //- Accumulate bin data
        void applyBins
        (
            const vectorField& Md,
            const vectorField& fN,
            const vectorField& fT,
            const vectorField& fP,
            const vectorField& d
        );

        //- Helper function to write force data
        void writeForces();

        //- Helper function to write bin data
        void writeBins();

        //- Disallow default bitwise copy construct
        forces(const forces&);

        //- Disallow default bitwise assignment
        void operator=(const forces&);


public:

    //- Runtime type information
    TypeName("forces");


    // Constructors

        //- Construct from Time and dictionary
        forces
        (
            const word& name,
            const Time& runTime,
            const dictionary& dict
        );

        //- Construct from objectRegistry and dictionary
        forces
        (
            const word& name,
            const objectRegistry& obr,
            const dictionary&
        );


    //- Destructor
    virtual ~forces();


    // Member Functions

        //- Read the forces data
        virtual bool read(const dictionary&);

        //- Calculate the forces and moments
        virtual void calcForcesMoment();

        //- Return the total force
        virtual vector forceEff() const;

        //- Return the total moment
        virtual vector momentEff() const;

        //- Execute, currently does nothing
        virtual bool execute();

        //- Write the forces
        virtual bool write();
};


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} // End namespace functionObjects
} // End namespace Foam

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#endif

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