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Old   August 30, 2018, 08:06
Default swak4Foam - cannot access volume fraction information
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Hey everyone!


I am trying to implement a boundary condition using groovyBC which is dependent on the volume fraction of liquid (alpha1 in interFoam). But it looks like the variable is not available in swak4Foam (i get an approximate result by using 'rho').



This is what I tried:

right_wall
{
type groovyBC;
valueExpression "rho*1.23"; //replaicing rho with alpha1 or alpha.water does not work
}



Can anyone suggest how to declare the variable alpha1 for groovyBC?


Also how do I access the list of variable available in swak4Foam that can be used in the boundary condition definition?


Thank you so much in advance!
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Old   September 13, 2018, 03:29
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If anyone was wondering how to do it,


codefixedvalue (which is no a part of swak4foam) can do the work. I found this link helpful :http://sourceflux.de/blog/the-codedf...ary-condition/


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Old   July 6, 2020, 14:58
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A similar problem happens with multiphaseEulerFoam as well.
When you try to access U or alphas, there wont be any error, but when you try to access alpha.water/alpha.air/U.water/U.air


Code:
    samplevariable {
        type swakExpression;
        valueType internalField;
        verbose true;  
        expression "vol()*alpha.water";
        accumulations (
            sum
        );
    }
This code is showing this error.

Code:
--> FOAM FATAL ERROR: 
 Parser Error for driver FieldValueExpressionDriver at "1.7-11" :"field alpha not existing or of wrong type"
"vol()*alpha.water"
       ^^^^^
-------|    

Context of the error:


- From dictionary: /media/pallab/E/HK1/1Repap/domain100/trial/system/controlDict.functions.volweightedvel
  Evaluating expression "vol()*alpha.water"


    From function parsingValue
    in file lnInclude/CommonValueExpressionDriverI.H at line 1250.

FOAM exiting
This is because phase name (like water, air) is not mentioned in the solver code, instead it is saved as variables (phasei).

Solution

You need to use aliases to save variable name.
For example;

Code:
    samplevariable {
        type swakExpression;
        valueType internalField;
        verbose true;
        aliases {
                alphaw alpha.water;
                }       
        expression "vol()*alphaw";
        accumulations (
            sum
        );
    }

I was struggling with this for a while, spent several hours to resolve this issue.
Thought of sharing here, such that it will be useful for somene.
Please correct me if this explanation is wrong
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