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Would solidBodyMotion work here?

Hi everyone!

I want to connect a static mesh (a digital elevation model of a lake) and a dynamic mesh (the dam in front of the lake). I want to gradually lower the dam to simulate a breach using interfoam.

Could I use something like this for the dynamic part?

Code:

dynamicFvMesh solidBodyMotionFvMesh;  

  solidBodyMotionFvMeshCoeffs  

  {        

     cellZone                            lakeDam;        

     solidBodyMotionFunction    linearMotion;        

     linearMotionCoeffs        

     {            

           velocity        (1.0 0.0 0.25);        

      }  

   }

I'm new to OpenFOAM and would be happy about some pointers as to better understand this.

Thanks a lot!

Hello Florian,

You might want to have a look at this, it seems to be pretty close to what you are trying to achieve: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoAwPhJ1nzU

Full case by Nicolás Diego Badano on github, ready to run on v2112: https://github.com/nicolasbadano/WeirWithMovingGate

Cheers,
Yann