[mcdonalds]

Hi OpenFoamers,

I have a really simple question and desire a simple, if possible, response.

I have two boxes connected to each other. I have labelled those adjacent boundaries patch1 and patch2. I have one mesh throughout the whole domain. I want to be able to have two fields throughout the domain, where one ends at patch 1 and the values are transferred onto another field via patch 2. Is this possible in openFoam, if so how can I go about doing this?

Best,

Benjamin

[wyldckat]

Hi Benjamin,

You could have told me in the PM you sent me that you had asked this question here on this thread

Anyway, for other readers, the core of the answer I gave in the private message was:

For your question, I can only think of groovyBC, section 3.6 "Accessing fields from other patches": http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Co..._other_patches

Best regards,
Bruno

[mcdonalds]

Originally Posted by wyldckat

Hi Benjamin,

You could have told me in the PM you sent me that you had asked this question here on this thread

Anyway, for other readers, the core of the answer I gave in the private message was:
Best regards,
Bruno

Thanks, Bruno. My bad.

So I think I got the patch to patch mapping working with groovybc. The only thing is I'm getting a light warning message.

Time = 0.145

--> FOAM Warning : 
    From function ExpressionResult::getUniformInternal(const label size,bool noWarn)
    in file ExpressionResult/ExpressionResultI.H at line 322
    The minimum value 999.96 and the maximum 999.96 differ. I will use the average 999.96
DICPCG:  Solving for H2O, Initial residual = 8.52782e-07, Final residual = 8.52782e-07, No Iterations 0
DICPCG:  Solving for H2, Initial residual = 8.11531e-07, Final residual = 8.11531e-07, No Iterations 0
--> FOAM Warning : 
    From function ExpressionResult::getUniformInternal(const label size,bool noWarn)
    in file ExpressionResult/ExpressionResultI.H at line 322
    The minimum value 999.96 and the maximum 999.96 differ. I will use the average 999.96
DICPCG:  Solving for H2O, Initial residual = 8.52782e-07, Final residual = 8.52782e-07, No Iterations 0
DICPCG:  Solving for H2, Initial residual = 8.11531e-07, Final residual = 8.11531e-07, No Iterations 0

Let me know what you think,

Benjamin

[wyldckat]

Hi Benjamin,

That's one strange warning... there must be something beyond "999.96"... such as "99.96324231235"... but I guess it's perfectly OK.

Best regards,
Bruno

[mcdonalds]

Hi Bruno,

So I ran my simulation with no boundary patches (the ones I were mapping) and found that my results there are linear. Which is theoretically correct. However, when I try to use groovyBC to combine the two patches I get linear up to the coupled patches then a parabolic after the patch, which is theoretically incorrect. Any ideas on how to solve this?

I heard that pointtopointinterpolation.H is another way to go. I have no idea how to use the header file, however. Any thoughts, and/or direction would be greatly helpful.

Benjamin

[wyldckat]

Hi Benjamin,

I'm confused... didn't you want to map one field to another different field? Something like mapping "T" to "p" (temperature to pressure) or something like that?

Or do you want to map a single field, e.g. "T", from one patch to another patch?

Best regards,
Bruno

[mcdonalds]

Originally Posted by wyldckat

Hi Benjamin,

I'm confused... didn't you want to map one field to another different field? Something like mapping "T" to "p" (temperature to pressure) or something like that?

Or do you want to map a single field, e.g. "T", from one patch to another patch?

Best regards,
Bruno

Hey Bruno,

At first I wanted to do the former, but now I want to do the latter, namely map within a single field one patch to another patch. I've been trying to use patchtopatchinterpolation.H but i haven't been able to get it to work. And groovyBC did work (there's an example of it in the link you provided) but the physics came out incorrectly.

Any help would be great.

Sincerely,

Benjamin

[wyldckat]

Hi Benjamin,

Right now I don't have time to do any tests, but here is a quick hint - run this command:

grep -R map $FOAM_TUTORIALS

It will give you a list of lines from files in the tutorials that have "map" somewhere in those lines. The keywords to then look for are "mappedField" or similar!

Good luck!
Bruno