[JR22]

Hi,

I am running buoyantbBoussinesqPimplefoam and would like to use writeInterval values in my controlDict that are not linear but grow in log-10 scale. How do I do this?

Thanks in advance

[wyldckat]

Hi Jose,

I know that the latest 2.2.x has some new feature that allows controlling the write interval... or some time interval... it's this commit: https://github.com/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM...f57922bec7b80b

The "partialWrite" function object looks like it might work.

And I vaguely remember seeing a tutorial that used the "#codeStream" feature for defining the time with C++ code... but I can't remember which one was it.


If you don't figure it out until then, I'll try to have a look at it this coming weekend.

Best regards,
Bruno

[wyldckat]

Hi Jose,

OK, interesting find... write internal cannot be controlled directly through code, because there isn't a method for it in the "Time" class: http://foam.sourceforge.net/docs/cpp/a02301.html

But you can change the "deltaT"... and initial and end time...

So, how else can you do this? There are two ways I can think of:

• Creating a dedicated function object for this, which works similarly to the "partialWrite" function object. As for the actual "writeInterval"... you simply disable it, by using a very large value or the final time/iteration value.
• Or you can use the function object "timeActivatedFileUpdate": http://foam.sourceforge.net/docs/cpp/a02302.html

The second one should be the easiest one to implement. Something like this:

fileUpdate1
{
    type              timeActivatedFileUpdate;
    functionObjectLibs ("libutilityFunctionObjects.so");
    outputControl     timeStep;
    outputInterval    1;
    fileToUpdate      "$FOAM_CASE/system/controlDict";
    timeVsFile
    (
        (-1 "$FOAM_CASE/system/controlDict.0")
        (1 "$FOAM_CASE/system/controlDict.1")
        (10 "$FOAM_CASE/system/controlDict.10")
        (100 "$FOAM_CASE/system/controlDict.100")
        (1000 "$FOAM_CASE/system/controlDict.1000")
    );
}

The entry "outputControl timeStep" ensures that it checks things every time set (aka iteration).

In order to not need to have this function object included in all "controlDict" files, as exemplified in the tutorial "incompressible/simpleFoam/motorBike".

Best regards,
Bruno