[Tomster0815]

Hello together,

I'm completely new in using OpenFoam and faced with a (I hope simple) problem I don't know how to continue.

My case is to simulate a simple heat conduction welding process where I want to simulate in a first step a moving heat source (Point source or circle) on the surface of a control volume (CV). I've chosen the laplacianFOAM solver because I don't want to consider any convective parts.
For that issue. I've implemented a source term q in the standard laplacianFOAM solver and boundaries.

But how is the approach for using this term as a moving source?
Do I need a moving "meshgrid" on the CV or maybe inside (Volume source) or can I solve this by boundary conditions?

Thanks a lot for answers.

Tomster