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June 4, 2012, 09:06 |
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Andrea Ferrari
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Hi,
here is a summary of what i have done: 1-i created my own library called forceMultiPhase 2- in forceMultiPhase.C 1) where devRhoReff() is calculated Code:
else if (obr_.foundObject<dictionary>("transportProperties")) { const dictionary& transportProperties = obr_.lookupObject<dictionary>("transportProperties"); const volVectorField& U = obr_.lookupObject<volVectorField>(UName_); // return -mu*dev(twoSymm(fvc::grad(U))); return -dev(twoSymm(fvc::grad(U))); Code:
const volVectorField& U = obr_.lookupObject<volVectorField>(UName_); const volScalarField& p = obr_.lookupObject<volScalarField>(pName_); const volScalarField& alpha1 = obr_.lookupObject<volScalarField>("alpha1"); const dictionary& transportProperties = obr_.lookupObject<dictionary>("transportProperties"); dimensionedScalar nu1(transportProperties.subDict("phase1").lookup("nu")); dimensionedScalar nu2(transportProperties.subDict("phase2").lookup("nu")); dimensionedScalar rho1(transportProperties.subDict("phase1").lookup("rho")); dimensionedScalar rho2(transportProperties.subDict("phase2").lookup("rho")); //to avoid negative values const volScalarField limitedAlpha1 ( min(max(alpha1, scalar(0)), scalar(1)) ); const fvMesh& mesh = U.mesh(); const surfaceVectorField::GeometricBoundaryField& Sfb = mesh.Sf().boundaryField(); //i changed this part a bit respect to the previous post because it is more consistent with VOF in my opinion but i think that both are not correct at the interface where alpha1 is not zero or one. Maybe you can add your comments on this. The sum of the two viscous contributions gives excatly the same results that you would get without separating the forces. tmp<volSymmTensorField> tdevRhoReff1 = nu1*rho1*devRhoReff(); const volSymmTensorField::GeometricBoundaryField& devRhoReffb1 = tdevRhoReff1().boundaryField(); tmp<volSymmTensorField> tdevRhoReff2 = nu2*rho2*devRhoReff(); const volSymmTensorField::GeometricBoundaryField& devRhoReffb2 = tdevRhoReff2().boundaryField(); scalar pRef = pRef_ forAllConstIter(labelHashSet, patchSet_, iter) { label patchi = iter.key(); vectorField Md ( mesh.C().boundaryField()[patchi] - coordSys_.origin() ); //Pressure Force vectorField pf1(Sfb[patchi]*((p.boundaryField()[patchi]-pRef)*limitedAlpha1.boundaryField()[patchi])); vectorField pf2(Sfb[patchi]*((p.boundaryField()[patchi]-pRef)*(scalar(1)-limitedAlpha1.boundaryField()[patchi]))); fm.first().first() += rho(p)*sum(pf1); fm.second().first() += rho(p)*sum(pf2); //Viscous Force vectorField vf1((Sfb[patchi]*limitedAlpha1.boundaryField()[patchi]) & devRhoReffb1[patchi]); vectorField vf2((Sfb[patchi]*(scalar(1)-limitedAlpha1.boundaryField()[patchi])) & devRhoReffb2[patchi]); fm.first().second() += sum(vf1); fm.second().second() += sum(vf2); // i eliminated the moment calculation and i replaced it with force for phase 2. ps if you need the library that compiles with OF 2.1.0 just give me your e-mail best andrea |
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September 16, 2012, 19:05 |
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Angelo J. Chaves
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Hi Andrea,
I am a new user of OF, and I`ve been working with a bubble rising usinng the VOF methods. I need to calculate the drag forces at the bubble. Do you know if your solver could help me? I am using the OF 2.1.0. Thanks. |
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September 18, 2012, 03:44 |
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Andrea Ferrari
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Hi,
the lib forces.C calcualtes pressure and viscous force exerted by a fluid on a solid surface. If you take a look at forces.C you will see you have to specify a patch where the force is calculated. My method is the same in case of two phases flow so i guess it is not suitable for your purposes. which solver are you using? interFoam? best andrea |
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September 20, 2012, 16:24 |
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Angelo J. Chaves
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Hi,
I`m using interDyMfoam, to achive a better result in a sorter time. But I guess that everything that works with interFoam also works with interDyMFoam. It is a shame that the solver won`t work in my case. I have been thing that changing the Forces.C, creating a new solver/application to calculate the forces where the VOF is 0.5 or some thing like that instead of calculating it in wall should solve my problem. Do You have any idea if this is possible? If it is, how i could do that? Thanks for your attention. Angelo |
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September 2, 2014, 23:25 |
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Francisco T
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Hello
I also need to calculate the drag/lift forces on a droplet. Currently force calculation needs a "patch" which are solid boundaries. Would it be possible to some how convert an isosurface to a patch? or other way Im thinking, I may need to modify the code so for the calculation of the forces, instead of a patch, uses an isosurface as an input... let me know your thoughts.. Thanks. frantov |
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September 17, 2015, 11:24 |
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Daniel Rodriguez Calvete
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Hello,
I am running cavitation cases with interPhaseChangeFoam, and the tool explaned by Andrea is very useful to me. I am trying to implement it in OF 2.3, but I have a doubt about it: I see in this code that Pressure Forces is integrated multiplying by rho(p) which is 1 if the pDimensions = Pascals according to this piece of code: Code:
Foam::scalar Foam::forceMultiPhase::rho(const volScalarField& p) const { if (p.dimensions() == dimPressure) { return 1.0; } else { if (rhoName_ != "rhoInf") { FatalErrorIn("forceMultiPhase::rho(const volScalarField& p)") << "Dynamic pressure is expected but kinematic is provided." << exit(FatalError); } return rhoRef_; } } What I propose is the next piece of code in forceMultiPhace.C in calcForcesMoment() class (notice that is for OF2.3): Code:
vectorField fN ( Sfb[patchI]*(p.boundaryField()[patchI] - pRef) * ); // Viscous Forces vectorField fT ( ((Sfb[patchI]*limitedAlpha1.boundaryField()[patchI]) & devRhoReffb1[patchI]) + ((Sfb[patchI]*(scalar(1)-limitedAlpha1.boundaryField()[patchI])) & devRhoReffb2[patchI]) ); DRC Last edited by DanielRCalvete; September 17, 2015 at 12:49. |
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September 17, 2015, 15:44 |
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Andrea Ferrari
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Hi Daniel,
i made the script a long time ago and i am not using it anymore..it took me a while to figure out what i did . Anyway, as you said the multiplication with rho does not have an influence since rho(p)==1 in all interWhatEverFoam solvers. Rho was there because i adapted the script from single-phase where usually the pressure is defined as p=p/rho. So you have to multiply by rho to get the correct value/dimension of the force. The multiplication with alpha1/(1-alpha1) was there because i wanted to separate the contribution in the two phases. If you dont multiply by alpha you get the total pressure force integrated on the surface (in both phases). Hope this help Andrea |
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September 18, 2015, 12:32 |
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Daniel Rodriguez Calvete
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Thank you Andrea for your fast answer. Aha!, It is question of dimension consistency, so now it is clear to me. I will use this tool in my project, thanks.
Regards, |
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October 20, 2015, 18:38 |
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AI
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Is it possible to share the library that compiles with OF 2.3? I'm trying to calculate forces on a cylinder in a 2 phase flow with sharp interface using LES and I'm interested in calculating the forces on the cylinder for each phase separately. Thank you very much. Ahmed |
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January 26, 2016, 04:14 |
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Giovanni Caramia
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Hello,
I am using interPhaseChangeFoam OF2.3.1. I am sorry but reading the previous posts I did not understand if the force calculation over a patch, as originally done in OF2.3.1, is correct or not. Thank you! |
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November 5, 2019, 07:32 |
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Nguyen Minh Quan
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Hi Andrea,
I post this because I'm interested in calculating wave force (2 phases flow) exerted on a structure. It's seem a very classical problem and the original post was 7 years old, so I'm wondering if the functionality is already implemented in official release? Actually I'm using the libforce but the force was underestimated, and when I look into force.C there are no lookup for alpha value? My wild guest was the library is still not intended to be used for multi-phase flow (which is strange?) or I'm making some mistake by setting the rhoInf = 998.8? Could you please share me your code (thichdore@gmail.com)? Thank you in advance. Quan |
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January 4, 2021, 08:13 |
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Hello everyone,
It has been ages since this thread was created but it seems that the tool for analysing forces in multiphase simulations still has not been implemented. Does anyone have a custom library and would be able to share it? I can give you my email in PM. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers! |
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January 5, 2021, 02:55 |
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in fact, that is not true anymore. you can output forces for multiphase simulations. in controlDict you need to add these lines: from phaseForces.H in OF 7: Example of function object specification: \verbatim phaseForces.water { type phaseForces; libs ("libreactingEulerFoamFunctionObjects.so"); writeControl writeTime; writeInterval 1; ... phaseName water; } \endverbatim |
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January 5, 2021, 08:08 |
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Hi geth03,
thanks for your response. This is what I found about phaseForces in the API Guide for v2006: Quote:
Do you think this feature is applicable to such case? Many thanks. |
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January 5, 2021, 13:15 |
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What exactly do you want to compute and where exactly? Do you have any equations that need to be solved? Is it enough if you write out only a single value into a txt file or do you want to output cell data to open with paraview? If you provide more information, we could think about a smart solution . |
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January 7, 2021, 10:13 |
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Hi geth03,
Ideally, I would like to track a convergence of forces acting on a specific set of patches in my multi-phase simulations as one does with forces function object in single-phase cases. One time step - one line of data into postProcessing folder: Quote:
Any suggestions on this? Cheers. |
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January 8, 2021, 03:28 |
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ok,
first of all you need a postProcessing utility like the one you gave as an example, so basically you could look at the source code and figure out the syntax and make changes according to your needs. you can either extend it or even delete the stuff you don't need and just keep the stuff you need. either way, you should be able to reach your goal, it is not a big task. i hope you have some basic c++ programming skills. |
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January 8, 2021, 04:46 |
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Hi geth03,
I understand it's possible to create a custom function object for this. However, my understanding of the source code is limited and my experience with C++ is 0 as of today. I hoped that someone might be able to share with me a sample library or something similar so I wouldn't need to start from scratch. Otherwise, I'll do it myself but it'll surely take more time than I would like. Cheers. |
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