[niklas]

Hi,

How can I get hold of the boundaryField for the type
const DimensionedField<scalar,volmesh>& T_;

...now why do I want that you ask?
In (for instance)
void fixedEnthalpFvPatchScalarField::updateCoeffs()

there is a lookupObject call for the basicThermo from the database from which it pulls the temperature to
calculate the enthalpy that I would like to get rid of.

const basicThermo& thermo = db().lookupObject<basicthermo>
(
"thermophysicalProperties"
);

fvPatchScalarField& Tw =
const_cast<fvpatchscalarfield&>(thermo.T().boundar yField()[patchi]);

Instead, I'm keeping a reference to the temperature field and would like to use that one, something like

fvPatchScalarField& Tw = ...(T_.boundaryField()[patchi]);

but I cannot figure out how to get the boundaryField from the DimensionedField.


(edit: discussion board is screwing up formatting)

[hjasak]

Well, the DimensionedField<scalar,volmesh> reference has got a name of the field T_. Use that name to do a database lookup, just as you did for basicThermo and you're on velvet

Hrv

[niklas]

Hmmm, the problem is that I have 2 thermo databases,
one for each phase and if I do a lookup it picks up the same field for both phases, so the problem is still there.

[hjasak]

In that case, your database is screwed up with multiple fields with identical names... which is not healthy. Switch on some checking on the database - it will complain for duplicate entries - and/or find a way to uniquely name all fields.

You're in deep water now

Hrv

[niklas]

I dont think so, I've modified the constructor to this

autoPtr<basicthermo> liquidThermo
(
basicThermo::New(mesh, "l", "liquidProperties", p)
);

autoPtr<basicthermo> gasThermo
(
basicThermo::New(mesh, "g", "gasProperties", p)
);


to take care of the name-clashes.

the second argument will be added to every new fieldname so for the gas the names will be Tg, hg etc..
and I call the T and h as usual

volScalarField& hg = gasThermo->h();
const volScalarField& Tg = gasThermo->T();

pressure is created on top level and the thermo just hold a reference.

.. and Im always in deep water