[highpressure]

Hello everyone!

I'm currently simulating the flow-induced rotation of a wind turbine using a dynamic mesh in OpenFOAM. My goal is to extract the angular velocity of the turbine. If you have any advice, tips, or similar experiences to share, I would greatly appreciate your input.

dynamicMeshDict is attached.

Thanks in advance,

[indy07cz]

The solution is sixDoFRigidBodyState

[highpressure]

Hello Honza,

Thank you for your reply. I have found that I need to add a function in the controlDict to track the movement of the rotating mesh. I tried to implement this:

sixDoFRigidBodyState
    {
        type            sixDoFRigidBodyState;
        libs            ("libsixDoFRigidBodyMotion.so");
        writeControl    timeStep;
        writeInterval   1;
        patches         (savonius);
    }

However, I do not see anything in the Postprocessing folder. Any help would be appreciated.


ControlDict file is attached.



Thank you,

[indy07cz]

Hello, I just used:

sixDoFRigidBodyState
        {
                type           sixDoFRigidBodyState;
                libs           (sixDoFRigidBodyState);
                //angleFormat    degrees;
                //writeControl    runTime;
                //writeInterval   0.01;
        }

In postprocessing folder, there is file with all the informations. More informations here: https://www.openfoam.com/documentati...BodyState.html

[highpressure]

Hello,


I'm getting the following error:

 
 --> FOAM FATAL ERROR: (openfoam-2312 patch=240220) 
[1] Attempt to cast type rigidBodyMotion to type sixDoFRigidBodyMotion

This is probably due to the fact that I'm using the rigidBodyMotion solver instead of sixDoFRigidBodyMotion. The dynamicMeshDict file is attached.


Is it possible to use an equivalent function without changing the motionSolver?


Thank you,

[indy07cz]

I'm not sure.