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Old   September 4, 2003, 06:09
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Hi to all,

is it possible to identify (by a UDF) whether or not a cell is a boundary cell, and which one of its faces belongs to the boundary?

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Old   September 4, 2003, 07:24
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You can directly check if a face belongs to a boundary looping over all faces and using the

THREAD_TYPE (t)

where t is the faces thread.

There are many values which THREAD_TYPE (t) may assume, according to which part of your domain the face belongs to.

I report some values.


Value of THREAD_TYPE (t) Part of the domain

THREAD_F_INTERIOR Face is internal to the
domain

THREAD_F_VINLET Face belongs to a velocity
inlet

THREAD_F_POUTLET Face belongs to a pressure
outlet

THREAD_F_OUTFLOW Face belongs to an outflow




You have to use a multiple if like:


if (THREAD_TYPE(t) == THREAD_F_INTERIOR) /* Interior
{
...
}

else if(THREAD_TYPE(t) == THREAD_F_POUTLET)
{
}

else if(THREAD_TYPE(t) == THREAD_F_VINLET)
{
}



Hope this helps

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Old   September 4, 2003, 11:31
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Thanks a lot!

I found also the functions:

BOUNDARY_FACE_THREAD_P(tf)

BOUNDARY_FACE_GEOMETRY(f,tf,A,ds,es,A_by_es,dr0)

that can be useful to identify boundary cells and to get some information about them.

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