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Explanation of a UDF codes

Hi guys,

I am trying to apply a UDF to move one of the wall of a cubic tank in order to generate wave in the fluid inside.

Regarding these thread I found:

https://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/fl...cillating.html
https://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/fl...ting-wall.html

It seems that I am in a very similar case, because I need to move just one of the faces (let's say along the x-axis for example) to obtain the effect.
Essentially I do not grasp if these codes are moving one wall back and forth, because the key point of simulation is that my wall goes REALLY back and forth between a starting and an ending position (following a cosinusoidal law for the x-velocity that I wrote).

Do they do this? In which part?

Code:

#include "udf.h"

#include "dynamesh_tools.h" 

DEFINE_CG_MOTION(oscillate,dt,vel,omega,time,dtime )

{

Thread *t;

face_t f; /* define the variables */

t = DT_THREAD(dt);

begin_f_loop(f,t) /* loop over each face in the zone to create an array of data */

{

vel[0]= sin(time);

}

end_f_loop(f,t)

}

wall will move along x-direction with velocity value = sin(time), change thisa value according to your needs

best regards