particles Class Reference

This functionObject tracks a uncoupled kinematic particle cloud in the specified velocity field of an incompressible flow (laminar, RANS or LES). More...

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Public Member Functions

 TypeName ("particles")
 Runtime type information. More...
 
 particles (const word &name, const Time &runTime, const dictionary &dict)
 Construct for given objectRegistry and dictionary. More...
 
 particles (const particles &)=delete
 Disallow default bitwise copy construction. More...
 
virtual ~particles ()
 Destructor. More...
 
virtual bool read (const dictionary &)
 Read the controls. More...
 
virtual bool execute ()
 Track the cloud. More...
 
virtual bool write ()
 Write the cloud. More...
 
void operator== (const particles &)=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, const dictionary &dict)
 Construct from the region objectRegistry and dictionary. More...
 
 fvMeshFunctionObject (const fvMeshFunctionObject &)=delete
 Disallow default bitwise copy construction. More...
 
virtual ~fvMeshFunctionObject ()
 Destructor. 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, const dictionary &dict)
 Construct from the region objectRegistry and dictionary. 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 functionObject
 ClassName ("functionObject")
 
virtual const wordtype () 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)
 Construct from components. More...
 
autoPtr< functionObjectclone () const
 Return clone. More...
 
 functionObject (const functionObject &)=delete
 Disallow default bitwise copy construction. More...
 
virtual ~functionObject ()
 Destructor. More...
 
const wordname () 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 bool setTimeStep ()
 Called by Time::setDeltaT(). Allows the functionObject to override. More...
 
virtual scalar timeToNextWrite ()
 Called by Time::adjustTimeStep(). Allows the functionObject to. More...
 
virtual void updateMesh (const mapPolyMesh &mpm)
 Update for changes of mesh. More...
 
virtual void movePoints (const polyMesh &mesh)
 Update for changes of mesh. More...
 
void operator= (const functionObject &)=delete
 Disallow default bitwise assignment. More...
 

Additional Inherited Members

- Static Public Member Functions inherited from functionObject
static autoPtr< functionObjectNew (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 write log to Info. More...
 
- Static Public Attributes inherited from functionObject
static bool postProcess
 Global post-processing mode switch. More...
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from regionFunctionObject
template<class ObjectType >
bool foundObject (const word &fieldName) const
 Find field in the objectRegistry. 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 >
bool store (const tmp< ObjectType > &tfield)
 Store the given field in the objectRegistry. More...
 
template<class ObjectType >
bool 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 Attributes inherited from fvMeshFunctionObject
const fvMeshmesh_
 Reference to the fvMesh. More...
 
- Protected Attributes inherited from regionFunctionObject
const Timetime_
 Reference to the Time. More...
 
const objectRegistryobr_
 Reference to the region objectRegistry. More...
 

Detailed Description

This functionObject tracks a uncoupled kinematic particle cloud in the specified velocity field of an incompressible flow (laminar, RANS or LES).

It may be used in conjunction with any transient single-phase incompressible flow solver such as pisoFoam or pimpleFoam and tracks the particles or parcels without affecting the flow-field.

The kinematicCloud requires the density of the fluid which is looked-up from constant/transportProperties dictionary and the acceleration due to gravity which is read from the constant/g file if present or defaults to zero.

The kinematicCloud properties are read from the constant/kinematicCloudProperties dictionary in the usual manner.

Example of function object specification:

    particles
    {
        libs        ("liblagrangianFunctionObjects.so");
        type        particles;
    }
Usage
Property Description Required Default value
type Type name: particles yes
U Name of the velocity field no U
kinematicCloud Name of the kinematicCloud no kinematicCloud
See also
Foam::functionObjects::fvMeshFunctionObject
Source files

Definition at line 109 of file particles.H.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ particles() [1/2]

particles ( const word name,
const Time runTime,
const dictionary dict 
)

Construct for given objectRegistry and dictionary.

Allow the possibility to load fields from files

Definition at line 50 of file particles.C.

◆ particles() [2/2]

particles ( const particles )
delete

Disallow default bitwise copy construction.

◆ ~particles()

~particles ( )
virtual

Destructor.

Definition at line 112 of file particles.C.

References particles::read().

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Member Function Documentation

◆ TypeName()

TypeName ( "particles"  )

Runtime type information.

◆ read()

bool read ( const dictionary dict)
virtual

Read the controls.

Reimplemented from regionFunctionObject.

Definition at line 119 of file particles.C.

References regionFunctionObject::read().

Referenced by particles::~particles().

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◆ execute()

bool execute ( )
virtual

Track the cloud.

Implements functionObject.

Definition at line 129 of file particles.C.

◆ write()

bool write ( )
virtual

Write the cloud.

Implements functionObject.

Definition at line 138 of file particles.C.

◆ operator==()

void operator== ( const particles )
delete

Disallow default bitwise assignment.


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