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access inletValue

I continue here an old thread without a solution.

Quote:

Originally Posted by stevek (Post 283348)

Hi,

I am manipulating boundary values where I access the "value" of inletOutlet bc with:

fvPatchScalarField& kInlet = k.boundaryField()[inletPatchID]

How can I similarly access "inletValue" of this bc for modification.

Thanks,
Steve

I have the same problem and I would like to access the "inletValue" of an inletOutlet boundary condition but I don't know how to do it.

If I write this piece of code:

const volVectorField::GeometricBoundaryField& U2bf = U2.boundaryField();

forAll(U2bf, patchi)
{
if ( U2bf.types()[patchi] == "inletOutlet" )
{
Info << U2bf[patchi].inletValue() << endl;
}
}

compilation fails giving the following error:

error: ‘const class Foam::fvPatchField<Foam::Vector<double> >’ has no member named ‘inletValue’

I have not found the member for inletValue! Can someone help me please?

Thank you
Mattia

Hi,

If you take a look at the inletOutletFvPatchField documentation http://foam.sourceforge.net/docs/cpp/a01095.html, you can find, that it is a child of mixedFvPatchField and has refValue method.

Alternatively you can look at the sources:

Code:

template<class Type>

Foam::inletOutletFvPatchField<Type>::inletOutletFvPatchField

(

    const fvPatch& p,

    const DimensionedField<Type, volMesh>& iF,

    const dictionary& dict

)

:

    mixedFvPatchField<Type>(p, iF),

    phiName_(dict.lookupOrDefault<word>("phi", "phi"))

{

    this->refValue() = Field<Type>("inletValue", dict, p.size());



    if (dict.found("value"))

    {

        fvPatchField<Type>::operator=

        (

            Field<Type>("value", dict, p.size())

        );

    }

    else

    {

        fvPatchField<Type>::operator=(this->refValue());

    }



    this->refGrad() = pTraits<Type>::zero;

    this->valueFraction() = 0.0;

}

There you'll be able to find that inletValue is stored as refValue. You have to cast patch into mixedFvPatchField before accessing refValue method.

Dear alexeym,
following your suggestion I have solved the problem!
Here there is the working code:

Code:

const volVectorField::GeometricBoundaryField& U2bf = U2.boundaryField();



forAll(U2bf, patchi)

    {

      Info << U2bf[patchi] << endl;

      if ( U2bf.types()[patchi] == "inletOutlet" )

         {

          mixedFvPatchField<vector>& U2inletOutlet = refCast<mixedFvPatchField<vector> >(U2.boundaryField()[patchi]);



          Info << U2inletOutlet.refValue() << endl;

          }

    }

Thank you
Mattia