[vishwesh]

Hi

I have built a solver for converting VOF to LPT in runtime. I want to store the information of the Lagrangian particles in a solidParticleCloud instead of the kinematicCloud that I was using earlier. I want to do this because I want to add particle(s) to the Cloud during the runTime. Unfortunately, I don't know how to initialize a new kinematicParcel which I can add in my Cloud.

I had defined my kinematicCloud in createFields.H file of my solver:

Info<< "\nReading transportProperties for Kinematic Cloud\n" << endl;

IOdictionary transportProperties
    (
        IOobject
        (
        "transportProperties",
        runTime.constant(),
        mesh,
        IOobject::MUST_READ_IF_MODIFIED,
        IOobject::NO_WRITE
        )
    );

dimensionedScalar rhoInfValue
    (
        transportProperties.lookup("rhoInf")
    );

volScalarField rhoInf
    (
        IOobject
        (
        "rho",
        runTime.timeName(),
        mesh,
        IOobject::NO_READ,
        IOobject::AUTO_WRITE
        ),
    mesh,
    rhoInfValue
    );

dimensionedScalar nu
    (
        transportProperties.lookup("nu")
    );

volScalarField mu
    (
        IOobject
        (
        "mu",
        runTime.timeName(),
        mesh,
        IOobject::NO_READ,
        IOobject::AUTO_WRITE
        ),
    mesh,
    nu*rhoInfValue
    );





word kinematicCloudName("kinematicCloud");
args.optionReadIfPresent("cloudName", kinematicCloudName);
Info<< "Constructing kinematicCloud " << kinematicCloudName << endl;
//Info << "Constructing kinematicCloud" << endl;
basicKinematicCloud kinematicCloud
(
    "kinematicCloud",
    rhoInf,
    U,
    mu,
    g
);

I would then write my kinematicClouds file in runtime and then evolve my kinematicCloud.

Since there are no tutorials provided in OpenFOAM 3.0.x for solidParticleCloud, I am looking for some help regarding how to update my createFields.H file and how to implement the solidParticleCloud in OpenFOAM 3.0.x.

Thanks

Vishwesh