[joshmccraney]

Hi everyone

A boundary condition in the /U directory looks like this:

    outlet
    {
        type            fixedValue;
	value		uniform (0 VALUE 0);	//fixed inlet velocity
    }

where 6 different numbers are stored in a .dat file for VALUE. Every 5 seconds I would like to change VALUE from the first listed number to the second, and so forth, until all numbers in VALUE are ran.

I thought the easiest way to implement this is a shell script, something like this:

#!/bin/sh
setFields
decomposePar
mpirun -np 16 interFoam -parallel

but obviously more must be added. I'm thinking if I set the controlDict startFrom parameter to latestTime, I could essentially just run the simulation over again (I'm running in parallel, but this doesn't matter, right?), though two parameters must be changed from the shell:


1) in controlDict the endtime needs to be 5 seconds larger than it previously was

2) VALUE in the /U directory needs to grab the next number from the .dat file.

Any help is so appreciated!