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Old   December 7, 2013, 10:23
Default Cell minimum side length
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Dear Foamers,
Does anybody know a simple way to determine the minimum edge length for a single cell an for the whole mesh?
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Old   December 7, 2013, 11:53
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Hello,

Yes, you can do something along these lines:

Code:
// Get needed reference to the mesh
const edgeList& edges = mesh.edges();
const pointField& pp = mesh.points();
const labelListList& cEdges = mesh.cellEdges();

// Make a list with all the edge lenghts
scalarField eLengths(edges.size(), 0.0);

forAll (edges, edgei)
{
    eLengths[edgei] = edges[edgei].mag(pp);
}

// Find the minimum edge length in the whole mesh
scalar minLength = Foam::min(eLengths);

// Find the minimum per cell
scalarField minLengthCells(cEdges.size(), GREAT);

forAll (cEdges, celli)
{
     const labelList& ce = cEdges[celli];

     forAll (ce, edgei)
     {
         minLengthCells[celli] = Foam::min(minLengthCells[celli], eLengths[ce[edgei]]);
     }
}
That is it.

Kind regards,

Niels

P.S. Please note that I have not tried to compile it, so there might be minor blops, but the overall idea gives the requested result.
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Old   December 7, 2013, 12:31
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Thank you Niels!
I will try it.
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Old   February 23, 2015, 06:30
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hi excuse me for restarting the thread after a long time. i m new to openfoam can some one tell me where to type this above code? i mean in which directory? or in controldict?

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It must be added to a source code.
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Old   February 23, 2015, 14:41
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This code would need to be implemented in a utility or solver, then compiled and run on the desired case. You will need to add some kind of output capability for your results, either as a logFile or some kind of field.
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