difference between U().boundaryField()[patchI] and U().boundaryField()[patchI].patchI
 

Hi:
I am wondering if any one know the difference between U().boundaryField()[patchI] and U().boundaryField()[patchI].patchInternalField()? and the difference between aMesh().faceAreaNormals() and aMesh().faceAreaNormals().internalField() in openfoam-1.6-ext.Thanks

your first version gives you the values on the patch surface whereas the second version returns the values in the cells next to the surface.

Thank you for your reply. I have made a comparison with the internalfield and cell centre field. and I found though these two value are very close, they are not the same. So I think there must be something differences between them. In addition, for famesh, do they have cells next to them?

What values/fields have you compared? What happens if you compare the cell center coordinates (.C(), http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/ope...l-centers.html )?

I compared the U().boundaryField()[patchI].patchInternalField and U file in corresponding time output folder, and find they are not exactly the same.

When do you print out the values of the patchInternalField. Are you sure there is no call to the solver or some boundary.correct()? Otherwise the internal values would be modified before stored in the output files.

Yes, I think you are right. Thank you very much.