[karamiag]

Hi guys,
I would like to simulate the flow around a cylinder moving along a prescribed circular path.
Can someone give me some hints?
I have already tried using pimpleDyMFoam with this dynamicMeshDict file in const directory

/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
| =========                 |                                                 |
| \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox           |
|  \\    /   O peration     | Version:  2.2.2                                 |
|   \\  /    A nd           | Web:      www.OpenFOAM.org                      |
|    \\/     M anipulation  |                                                 |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
    version     2.0;
    format      ascii;
    class       dictionary;
    object      motionProperties;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

dynamicFvMesh      dynamicMotionSolverFvMesh;

motionSolverLibs ("libfvMotionSolvers.so");

solver            displacementLaplacian;

displacementLaplacianCoeffs
{
    diffusivity       inverseDistance (cylinder);
}
// ************************************************************************* //

and this pointDisplacement file in 0 directory

/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
| =========                 |                                                 |
| \\      /  F ield         | foam-extend: Open Source CFD                    |
|  \\    /   O peration     | Version:  3.0                                   |
|   \\  /    A nd           | Web:         http://www.extend-project.de       |
|    \\/     M anipulation  |                                                 |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

FoamFile
{
version   2.0;
format    ascii;
class     pointVectorField;
object    pointDisplacement;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

dimensions [0 1 0 0 0 0 0];

internalField uniform (0 0 0);

boundaryField
{
        inlet
{
        type fixedValue;
        value uniform (0 0 0);
}
        outlet
{
        type fixedValue;
        value uniform (0 0 0);
}
        top
{
        type empty;//fixedValue;
        //value uniform (0 0 0);
}
        bottom
{
        type empty;//fixedValue;
        //value uniform (0 0 0);
}
        walls
{
        type fixedValue; //slip; //zeroGradient;
        value (0 0 0);
}

        cylinder
{
        type oscillatingDisplacement;
        amplitude  (-0.4 0.4 0); //(0 0.5 0);
        omega 1;
        value uniform (0 0 0);
}
}
// ************************************************************************* //

as suggested by Maimouna for an oscillating cylinder along a linear trajectory. But I was not able make the cylinder move along a circular path.
Thank you