[msrinath80]

Can someone please share with me the code to monitor velocity (either U or V) as the solution progresses. I know this is done using the probe utility. However, I would prefer if someone can show me the code. I'm using the incompressible icoFoam solver.

Thanks a lot!

[eugene]

That depends on whether you want the data to be written to screen or to a file. If you want it written to file, check the implementation in oodles. If you want it written to the standard out, see below.

Put this before your time loop:

/******************************************/
IOdictionary pLocs
(
IOobject
(
"probeLocations",
runTime.constant(),
mesh,
IOobject::MUST_READ,
IOobject::NO_WRITE
)
);
const pointField& probeLocations(pLocs.lookup("probeLocations"));

labelList probeCells(probeLocations.size(), -1);

forAll(probeLocations, pI)
{
probeCells[pI] = mesh.findCell(probeLocations[pI]);
}
/******************************************/

And then put the following at the end inside your time loop:

/*******************************************/
forAll(probeCells, pI)
{
if(probeCells[pI] != -1)
{
label cellNo = probeCells[pI];
Pout << pI << ". Location: "
<< probeLocations[pI]
<< ", cell no.: " << cellNo
<< ", U: " << U[cellNo]
<< ", p: " << p[cellNo]
//add any other fields here
<< endl;
}
}

/*******************************************/

Put the probe locations in the constant/probeLocations dictionary as per usual.

Note the code hasn't been tested so there might be bugs.

[msrinath80]

Thanks very much Eugene. I feel ashamed. I just went and included Probe.H and createProbes.H in my icoFoam.C followed by a reference to writeprobes.H after the runTime.write(); (i.e. # include "writeProbes.H"). Then I created a probeLocations inside the constant sub-directory. That was all. Follow that with a wclean && wmake to rebuild icoFoam and when I run my case, it neatly creates a probes subdirectory with velocity and pressure data at my selected point.

I thank you guys a lot for being so patient with n00bs. Thanks and keep up the good work!

[qtian]

Eugene,
Many thanks for your code. I have successfully compiled my code. For some reason, I got this error while I tried to run the application.


--> FOAM FATAL IO ERROR : problem while reading header for object probeLocations

file: /home/qtian/OpenFOAM/qtian-1.4/run/tutorials/simpleFoam/bumpkom2/constant/probeL ocations at line 1.

From function regIOobject::readStream(const word&)
in file db/regIOobject/regIOobjectRead.C at line 75.

FOAM exiting

I know it must be something wrong with the probeLocations file format.

Here is probeLocations file format.

(
0.01 0.10 0.000
0.01 0.15 0.000
0.01 0.2 0.000
)

Is there any other way to read the probe points location? Thanks for your help.
Best

QT

[msrinath80]

OpenFOAM 1.4 has probe functionality inbuilt. Define your probe points in controlDict.

[flavio_galeazzo]

Dear Srinath,

Could you tell what are the keywords one have to write to the controlDict to activate the inbuilt probe functionality?

Thanks

[msrinath80]

Please use the 'Search' option in future. Thanks!

Quoting Eugene from an eariler post:

Activate probes by adding the following to the end of your controlDict:

functions
(
probes1
{
type probes;

functionObjectLibs ("libsampling.so");

//dictionary probesDict;

region region0;

probeLocations
(
(0.710 -0.730 0.829)
(0.710 -0.757 0.763)
(0.855 -0.714 0.881)
(0.855 -0.748 0.805)
(0.855 -0.774 0.735)
(1.000 -0.695 0.932)
(1.000 -0.754 0.805)
(1.000 -0.779 0.735)
(1.350 -0.651 1.030)
(1.350 -0.740 0.862)
);

fields
(
p
U
);
}
)

Reference: http://www.cfd-online.com/OpenFOAM_D...es/1/4350.html

[flavio_galeazzo]

Dear Srinath,

Thank you for the prompt reply.

Just a correction. The last parenthesis have to be followed by a ";", or the function doesn't work.

flga

[santoo_cfd]

Hi,

Can we use any surface patch instead of writing probeLocation explicitly. I need this to calculate surface averaged quantity(vertex averaged) at the outlet patch in case of RTD calculations.

The following is not working.

functions
(
RTD
{
type probes;
functionObjectLibs ("libsampling.so");
setFormat gnuplot;
surfaceFormat raw;

probeLocations
(
patches (outflow)
);
fields (T);
}
);

Thanks
Santhosh..

[santoo_cfd]

I started again looking at the answer for the above problem.

Finally I could find that patchAverage utility can do the required operation.

Now the problem is patchAverage cannot be used for runTime calucation, i.e., patchAverage cannot write the output at each time step similar to probes utility. I am trying to modify it so that it will output average of a patch at each time step.

If anybody already done that please reply.

Regards
santhosh

[gschaider]

Originally Posted by santoo_cfd

I started again looking at the answer for the above problem.

Finally I could find that patchAverage utility can do the required operation.

Now the problem is patchAverage cannot be used for runTime calucation, i.e., patchAverage cannot write the output at each time step similar to probes utility. I am trying to modify it so that it will output average of a patch at each time step.

If anybody already done that please reply.

Yes. It has been done. Have a look at http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Co...unctionObjects and the (note the original name) patchAverage-functionObject

Bernhard

[santoo_cfd]

Thanks Bernhard,

That is exactly what I want. Actually I was able to change the solver to do the required operation. But this utility is much more robust and generic.

Thanks a lot

--santoo..

[santoo_cfd]

Bernhard

Little help, May be I am doing simple mistake.

I successfully compiled simpleFunctionObject and could able to see it in USER_LIBBIN.

But, when I included function object in system dictionary as following,

functions
(
RTD
{
type patchAverage ;
functionObjectsLibs ("libsimpleFunctionObjects.so");
verbose true;
patches
(
outflow
);
factor 1;
}
);


I got following error,

Unknown function type patchAverage

Table of functionObjects is empty


From function functionObject::New(const word& name, const Time&, const dictionary&)
in file db/functionObjects/functionObject/functionObject.C at line 74.

FOAM exiting

--santosh

[santoo_cfd]

It is working now,

I added following in controlDict (change is addition of fields to it)

functions
(
RTD
{
type patchAverage;
functionObjectLibs ("libsimpleFunctionObjects.so");
fields ( T );
patches ( outflow );
verbose true;
factor 1;
}
);

-santhosh

[gschaider]

Originally Posted by santoo_cfd

It is working now,

I added following in controlDict (change is addition of fields to it)

Strange. Your previous example should have failed with an error about that missing (not with an empty table)

[santoo_cfd]

I too felt the same.

I came to know about adding field after running in openFOAM 1.5 version. I feel the problem is with 1.6 version. It may be printing wrong error messages/Error messages are misplaced in code.

-santhosh

[sandy]

There is always different response ...

[gschaider]

Originally Posted by santoo_cfd

I too felt the same.

I came to know about adding field after running in openFOAM 1.5 version. I feel the problem is with 1.6 version. It may be printing wrong error messages/Error messages are misplaced in code.

Question: You used different sources for 1.5 and 1.6 (the 1.5 version of the simpleFunctionObjects will not compile on 1.6 so this leads me to the suspicion that they were not there at all)

Bernhard

[santoo_cfd]

I have two machines one with 1.5 version and another 1.6 version..

I have compiled respective simpleObjects on different machines as given at
http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Co...unctionObjects.

(there both simpleObject utility for 1.5 and 1.6 versions are available)

The error I got in 1.6 machine is regarding "Table Empty"
The error I got in 1.5 machine is regarding "missing field"

hope I am clean now.

--santoo..

[gschaider]

Originally Posted by santoo_cfd

I have two machines one with 1.5 version and another 1.6 version..

I have compiled respective simpleObjects on different machines as given at
http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Co...unctionObjects.

(there both simpleObject utility for 1.5 and 1.6 versions are available)

The error I got in 1.6 machine is regarding "Table Empty"
The error I got in 1.5 machine is regarding "missing field"

hope I am clean now.

--santoo..

If it is not in the table, then the problem is that OpenFOAM can't find it. So do a wclean on the 1.6-version of the sources (I can't stress enough that the 1.5-version won't compile on 1.6) and make a "wmake libso" on them again. Lookout for an error. If there is
- no error
- it still doesn't work
- the library is found in $FOAM_USER_LIBBIN
try using another functionObject (probe for instance) with that case (because I only take responsibility after the simpleFunctionObjects are loaded into the runtime-selection-table )

Bernhard