[moritzhoefert]

Dear all,

I have got results of a chtMultiRegionFoam (2.0.x) simulation and I'd like to calculate a fieldAverage of T in a given region. Does anybody know how to do that?

I know, that it is easy with function objects... but how do I call those during post processing?

Thanks a lot for your help!
Best,
Moritz

[Toorop]

Hi,

in my experience, nothing is easy in OF!

I had a similar problem a couple of months ago with a simple case (no multi region and stuff). Always start from the simplest problem and advance forward from that point - I nice advice that I always forget ...

I checked the work around in my multi region case and the solution is:
- make a separate file for post processing in the systems folder
- this file should contain the FoamFile header and the functions.
- didn't figure it out how to handle multiple domains simultaneously, so stick with one
- the simpleFunctionObject worked for me, other postproc sampling didn't

@systems/postproc

/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
| =========                 |                                                 |
| \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox           |
|  \\    /   O peration     | Version:  2.0.0                                 |
|   \\  /    A nd           | Web:      www.OpenFOAM.org                      |
|    \\/     M anipulation  |                                                 |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
    version     2.0;
    format      ascii;
    class       dictionary;
    location    "system";
    object      controlDict;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

functions
{
    T_air
    {
        type volumeAverage;
        functionObjectLibs ( "libsimpleFunctionObjects.so" );
        region "air";
        fields ( T );
        factor 1.0;
        verbose true;
    }
}

// ************************************************************************* //

execFlowFunctionObjects -dict postProc -noFlow -latestTime -region air

Any addition, suggestion, improvement would be welcome.

[moritzhoefert]

Dear Toorop,

thanks for the reply. I was not aware of execFlowFunctionObjects. In my version of OF it does not accept the options -region and -noFlow which is why it won't work for my current problem. But in the future I will use OF 2.1 and there the options are available!

Thanks again for the hint!
All the best,
Moritz

[Toorop]

Hi Moritz,

I have 2.0.x as well so this shouldn't be an issue. Maybe an update to your current 2.0.x would solve the problem so make a git pull and a quick rebuild.

cd $WM_PROJECT_DIR
git pull
wcleanLnIncludeAll
./Allwmake