[steph79]

Hi,

I want to specify an inlet with two (u and v) fluctuating components. I've tried to use the groovyBC utility but as far as I can tell it's limited to produce a homogeneous/uniform inlet with respect to each time step, although please correct me if I'm wrong!!!

Assuming this is the case could someone advise me where to get started in terms of implementing this for myself and retrofitting the custom code to OpenFOAM? I'm using version 1.7.0.

Thanks! :-)

[marupio]

I don't know what groovyBC is capable of... but I think it should be able to handle what you are asking for. If not, here's a crude guide on programming custom boundary conditions:

http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Ho...dary_condition

Good luck!

[nimasam]

you are wrong
with groovyBC, you can make a blend BC even fluctuating with time or position!!!
look at wiki and example,you will find more

[steph79]

Originally Posted by nimasam

you are wrong
with groovyBC, you can make a blend BC even fluctuating with time or position!!!
look at wiki and example,you will find more

For once I'm wrong!

Could you, or anyone else, help direct me to implement equations of this form in groovyBC?

u = 10 + sin((5*y + 2)*time)

v = cos((5*y+2)*time)

Another thing is, can I define global variables at the head of the program, as for Fluent UDF's? For example - #define UMEAN 10 ???

@David - thanks for the guide, I hadn't come across that before and it could come in handy!

[nimasam]

{
type groovyBC;
valueExpression "vector(10+sin(a*time()),cos(a*time()),0)";
gradientExpression "vector(0,0,0)";
fractionExpression "1";
variables "a=5*pos().y+2;";
timelines ();
value uniform (0 0 0);
}

[steph79]

Originally Posted by nimasam

{
type groovyBC;
valueExpression "vector(10+sin(a*time()),cos(a*time()),0)";
gradientExpression "vector(0,0,0)";
fractionExpression "1";
variables "a=5*pos().y+2;";
timelines ();
value uniform (0 0 0);
}

That was very kind, thank you for your help and I'll let you know how I get on tomorrow!!!

[steph79]

It worked great, thanks again!

[steph79]

Hi,

Having disappeared from the OpenFOAM world for over a year now I recently installed version 2 and discovered that groovybc is no longer supported. I had this boundary condition working fine with 1.7.

Could someone quickly tell me how to transfer this exact same boundary condition over to swak4foam?

Thanks.