[arsalan.dryi]

Dear Foamers,

How could I use the calculated swak expressions at other functions for example like below:

    createInterface
    {
        type createSampledSurface;
        outputControl timeStep;
        outputInterval 1;
        surfaceName interface;
        surface {
            type isoSurface;
            isoField alpha.water;
            isoValue 0.5;
            interpolate true;
      		 }
    }

 surface
    {
	ignore_unimplemented_simpleFunctionObject::movePoints true;
        type swakExpression;
        valueType surface;
        surfaceName interface;
        verbose true;
        expression "sum(area())";
        accumulations (
            min
                   );
	autowrite true;
    }

    k
    {
	aliases {
 		alphawater alpha.water;
		}
	ignore_unimplemented_simpleFunctionObject::movePoints true;
        type swakExpression;
        valueType internalField;
	variables (
	"thres=0.5;"//which cells to keep
	"VolC= sum (alphawater < thres ? C*vol() : 0);"
	);        
	expression "VolC/surface";
        accumulations (
		average		
        );
    }

Here I want to use calculated area() from surface function in the k function, what kind of method should be implemented in this situation?
Moreover, we couldn't calculate area() in the k function separately because this function has an internalField valueType while using area() needs a surface valueType!

The second question is how could we use the runTime() value in the functions? I think it has a keyword but I don't remember that.

Any help and comment will be appreciated.
Regards,
Arsalan.

[gschaider]

Originally Posted by arsalan.dryi

Dear Foamers,

How could I use the calculated swak expressions at other functions for example like below:

    createInterface
    {
        type createSampledSurface;
        outputControl timeStep;
        outputInterval 1;
        surfaceName interface;
        surface {
            type isoSurface;
            isoField alpha.water;
            isoValue 0.5;
            interpolate true;
               }
    }

 surface
    {
    ignore_unimplemented_simpleFunctionObject::movePoints true;
        type swakExpression;
        valueType surface;
        surfaceName interface;
        verbose true;
        expression "sum(area())";
        accumulations (
            min
                   );
    autowrite true;
    }

    k
    {
    aliases {
         alphawater alpha.water;
        }
    ignore_unimplemented_simpleFunctionObject::movePoints true;
        type swakExpression;
        valueType internalField;
    variables (
    "thres=0.5;"//which cells to keep
    "VolC= sum (alphawater < thres ? C*vol() : 0);"
    );        
    expression "VolC/surface";
        accumulations (
        average        
        );
    }

Here I want to use calculated area() from surface function in the k function, what kind of method should be implemented in this situation?
Moreover, we couldn't calculate area() in the k function separately because this function has an internalField valueType while using area() needs a surface valueType!

An external expression (in the variables list of k)

"surface{surface'interface}=sum(area());"

should do what you want (the surface-functionObject can go unless you need the value for postProcessing afterwards)

Originally Posted by arsalan.dryi

The second question is how could we use the runTime() value in the functions? I think it has a keyword but I don't remember that.

The function you're looking for is called time()

Originally Posted by arsalan.dryi

Any help and comment will be appreciated.
Regards,
Arsalan.

Both questions are answered in the (incomplete) Reference Guide in the Documentation folder. Especially the external expressions (with your nomenclature it can be a bit confusing which "surface" means what)

[arsalan.dryi]

Dear Bernhard,
Thanks for your straightforward answer, works like a charm.

Originally Posted by gschaider

Both questions are answered in the (incomplete) Reference Guide in the Documentation folder. Especially the external expressions (with your nomenclature it can be a bit confusing which "surface" means what)

I'm sorry for that, that's my fault because I'd forgotten this reference completely.
You are right and the first question is explained in detail at page "24" of the reference pdf and the time() keyword is defined at the 14th page. So I should read this reference as soon as possible.

For now, do you have any idea about post-processing (or could be programming) problem that asked in below thread?!

http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/ope...hase-flow.html

I'm very grateful to you for your helps.
Best regards,
Arsalan.