Wall forces in interFoam
 

Hey all.
I'm a newcomer to openFoam, and trying to get a handle on VOF. I have been modifying the damBreak tutorial in version 1.7.0 and I would like to output the force on an obstacle. In my controlDict, I added:

functions
(
forces
{
type forces;
functionObjectLibs ("libforces.so"); //Lib to load
patches (block); // change to your patch name
rhoName rhoInf;
rhoInf 1000; //Reference density for fluid
CofR (0 0 0);
outputControl outputTime;
//outputInterval 1;
}
);

Running proceeds until it tries to calculate the forces, then it errors out telling me:

--> FOAM FATAL IO ERROR:
keyword nu is undefined in dictionary ".../OpenFOAM/USRNAME-1.7.0/tutorials/multiphase/interFoam/laminar/damBreak/cons
tant/transportProperties"

But in the transportProperties file, nu is defined for both phase 1 and phase 2.

Does the "force" function not work in multiphase? If not, is there an easy way to integrate the pressure over a patch? Seems it would have to be p, not p_rgh.

A search showed that someone else had the same error, but they never mentioned if they got it working. Any help is greatly appreciated!

Hi,

Yes, it works in multiphase. Try with:

libs ("libforces.so"); //if you don't have this line yet, you should add in controldict

functions
{ // note that i'm using { instead (
forces
{
type forces;
functionObjectLibs ("libforces.so"); //Lib to load
patches (block); // change to your patch name
rhoName rhoInf;
rhoInf 1000; //Reference density for fluid
CofR (0 0 0);
outputControl outputTime;
outputInterval 1;
}
} //same here

hope it works for you!

Bye!

Thanks for the reply. I tried changing the ( to { , but it still crashes with the same error. And nu is definitely defined for both phases in the transportproperties file, dispite what the error is telling me. Any other ideas?

hi,

if i'm not wrong, you're running your case in laminar, ¿that's true? Previously, i've worked with RAS turbulent model, but today i ran a model in laminar and obtained the same message error that you.
I made some test and i found that if you write a nu definition out of the phases definition, it works.
Now the trouble is know how it affects to the simulation. My simulation is running now, so when it finish maybe i could obtain some results and extract some conclusion.

i hope that can be helpful to you!

Jordi

Interesting. I'll try it with turbulence and see if the error goes away.

Thanks!

Hi all,
What does it mean rhoInf for multiphase cases? rho is not constant in space (and also the viscosity).
Are you sure it works for multiphase simulations?

Regards

andrea

Hi all,

Have you solved this problem? I got the same question as yours but I still have no idea about how to deal with it

Regards

Hi,
the force calculation tool is not designed for multiphase. If you want to have it for multiphase calculation you have to change a bit how the transport properties are read or how the forces are calculated, depending on what you want. Here there's an interesting thread about that:

http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/ope...mulations.html

For my application i made my own library that calculates the forces in both phases separately. But if you are interested only in the forces for one phase it should be easier.


best

andrea

Hi,

if you are interested in laminar cases, as Andrea says, you should modify the source files related to force calculation.

But if you work with turbulent cases, simply set rhoName to rho, this should work.

Example for incompressible RAS model:

and rho() is:

So, if rhoName is different to rhoInf, the function looks for the scalar field with the name that you set, in this case, "rho".

Hi andrea,

Could you teach me how did you do that "calculates the forces in both phases separately"?

Regards

if you write me your e-mail i can send you the files.

andrea

Hi Andrea,

I created a case by combining the interDyMFoam (tutorials/multiphase/interDyMFoam/ras/damBreakWithObstacle) and pimpleDyMFoam (tutorials/incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/propeller) to achieve the simulation of impulse turbine (multiphases flow and AMI). The screenshot of velocity field is shown in attachment containing three nozzles and a runner.
And now, I want to calculate the efficiency. A great issue comes out HOW can i obtain the torque (pressure and viscocity torque ) of runner. I have no idea about this issue. Any advice will be appreciated.


regards,
liping

calculating force
 

hello every one
I am a new user of openfoam and I want to calculate the the force at some points in dambreak(at first i want to record the force without the structure). I have generated the mesh of my flume and i have set the setfields but i do not have any idea that how i can calculate the force on some points? i was wondering if you could please help me eith my problem?

Hi Andrea,

How are you? I'm new to OpenFOAM, can you teach me how to calculate the torque for the multiphase flow? Thank you so much.

Pengchuan

Hi Andrea,
It is a quite old thread but I am new to OpenFoam. I have read your few post about this point. I also want to implement similar Force calculation for multiphase laminar case. I am more interested to calculate forces due to water on wall(any patch). Can you please teach me how to modify forces.C to get correct results.

Thank you.