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How to use Cp and Cv filds in groovyBC?

Hi
I want to use Cp and Cv fields in groovyBC as I told in the title.
does it need that these fields necessarily be written in time folders so that groovyBC can use them or not?
how to introduce these fields that computes by the solver(as Mach postProcessing tool uses them) to groovyBC?
I have written these lines in variables:

Code:

//"gamma=thermo.Cp()/thermo.Cv();"

                  //"Cp=thermo.Cp();"

                  //"Cv=thermo.Cv();"

                  "p_3=p0_3/pow(1+magSqr(U)/(2*Cp*T),Cp/(Cp-Cv));"

and the error:

Code:

--> FOAM FATAL ERROR: 

 Parser Error for driver PatchValueExpressionDriver at "1.25-26" :"field Cp not existing or of wrong type"

"p0_3/pow(1+magSqr(U)/(2*Cp*T),Cp/(Cp-Cv))"

Quote:

Originally Posted by immortality (Post 435405)

Code:

//"gamma=thermo.Cp()/thermo.Cv();"

                  //"Cp=thermo.Cp();"

                  //"Cv=thermo.Cv();"

                  "p_3=p0_3/pow(1+magSqr(U)/(2*Cp*T),Cp/(Cp-Cv));"

and the error:

Code:

--> FOAM FATAL ERROR: 

 Parser Error for driver PatchValueExpressionDriver at "1.25-26" :"field Cp not existing or of wrong type"

"p0_3/pow(1+magSqr(U)/(2*Cp*T),Cp/(Cp-Cv))"

At first: groovyBC can only work with fields that are in memory. Depending on the OF-version Cp may or may not be in memory (because it is only computed on demand). It may also be in memory under a different name (see the discussion on aliases in swak elsewhere - a feature that was added for that specific situation. PLEASE try to find it with the search-function of the message board yourself).

If the solver does not provide the field in memory (use the listRegisteredObjects from the simpleFunctionObjects to check) then you can create an expressionField-functionObject to create such a field using the appropriate function from the libswakThermoTurbFunctionPlugin.so (you've got to add that lib to the libs-entry in controlDict then these functions are available to you)

thanks Bernhard for explanations
a little question:in which folder I have to use listRegisteredObjects?

Quote:

Originally Posted by immortality (Post 435453)

thanks Bernhard for explanations
a little question:in which folder I have to use listRegisteredObjects?

That is a regular function object and will only print a table of the objects currently registered with the mesh