[Anirudh_Deodhar]

Hi

I have a domain with multiple inlets and outlets. I need to calculate the average temperature at an outlet and patch that as inlet temperature of another inlet (at every time step). I tried using groovy BC for that. but it seems groovy BC doesnt work with OF v2.3.1.

I have added following to my controlDict -
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libs ("libOpenFOAM.so" "libgroovyBC.so"
"libsimpleSwakFunctionObjects.so" "libswakFunctionObjects.so"
"libswakTopoSources.so" ) ;

functions
(
Temp_IN
{
//type patchAverage;
type surfaces;
verbose false;
fields (T);
patches
(
OUTLET1
);
after 298;
}
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And then made following change to T -
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INLET1
{
type groovyBC;
valueExpression "InTemp";
variables "InTemp{OUTLET1}=average(T)+ 25.00000 ;";
value uniform 298;

}

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I am getting an error like this -
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--> FOAM FATAL IO ERROR:
Unknown patchField type groovyBC for patch type wall
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Does groovyBC work with OF v 2.3.1? Or is there anything else that I have to use for my problem? Do I need to install any additional package to make this groovyBC work?

Thanks in advance!

[mnikku]

Originally Posted by Anirudh_Deodhar

Hi
Do I need to install any additional package to make this groovyBC work?

Have you compiled just the groovyBC (I guess that is also possible) or are you using it from swak4foam? Atleast with swak4foam I have managed to use it with 2.3.1.