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Old   October 30, 2015, 00:51
Default About the force calculation in sixDoFRigidBodyMotion.C
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Dear all,
I started to dig into the code of the sixDoFRigidBodyMotion.C while I am running several cases on vortex induced vibration with pimpleDyMFoam from OF2.4.0.
The motion solver employs the leapfrog algorithm:
Code:
        // Update state

            //- First leapfrog velocity adjust and motion part, required
            //  before force calculation.  Takes old timestep for variable
            //  timestep cases.
            void updatePosition(scalar deltaT, scalar deltaT0);

            //- Second leapfrog velocity adjust part
            //  required after motion and force calculation
            void updateAcceleration
            (
                const vector& fGlobal,
                const vector& tauGlobal,
                scalar deltaT
            );
(a clip from sixDoFRigidBodyMotion.H)

In my case, the fGlobal needs to be calculated from the fluidic forces on the cylinder and the linear damping and stiffness from the a spring. This force calculation procedure should be done before the second leapfrog to update the acceleration. However, I cannot find any code in the .C file relating how the fluidic forces are incorporated.

Am I missing something here? Please give me a hint!
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