[seiji_adachi]

Hi foamers,

Sampling data on a surface with a time step smaller than outputTime
seems not working. In pisoFoam/les/pitzDaily/system/controlDict,

endTime 0.001;
deltaT 1e-05;
writeControl timeStep;
writeIntermal 100;

surfaceSampling
{
outputControl timeStep;
outputInterval 10;
}

are set in hoping that sampling will be done in 1e-05 x 10 = 0.0001 interval.
It is, however, done in 1e-05 x 100 = 0.001 interval, which is the same as
outputTime. Time directories are created correctly but almost all of them
are empty! Here are files and directories after calculation:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ibp-ak-svr02:..les/pitzDaily $ ls
0 0.001 constant log postProcessing system
ibp-ak-svr02:..les/pitzDaily $ ls postProcessing/surfaceSampling/
0.0001 0.0002 0.0003 0.0004 0.0005 0.0006 0.0007 0.0008 0.0009 0.001
ibp-ak-svr02:..les/pitzDaily $ find postProcessing/ -name "*.vtk"
postProcessing/surfaceSampling/0.001/U_nearWall.vtk
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I am using OpenFOAM-2.2.0 now. In version 2.1.1, sampling can be correctly
done:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
pcsea:..les/pitzDaily $ ls surfaceSampling/
0.0001 0.0002 0.0003 0.0004 0.0005 0.0006 0.0007 0.0008 0.0009 0.001
pcsea:..les/pitzDaily $ find surfaceSampling/ -name "*.vtk"
surfaceSampling/0.0001/U_nearWall.vtk
surfaceSampling/0.0003/U_nearWall.vtk
surfaceSampling/0.001/U_nearWall.vtk
surfaceSampling/0.0009/U_nearWall.vtk
surfaceSampling/0.0007/U_nearWall.vtk
surfaceSampling/0.0004/U_nearWall.vtk
surfaceSampling/0.0005/U_nearWall.vtk
surfaceSampling/0.0008/U_nearWall.vtk
surfaceSampling/0.0006/U_nearWall.vtk
surfaceSampling/0.0002/U_nearWall.vtk
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Is this a bug in version 2.2.0? or something is missing in my operation.
Full controlDict is attached at the bottom.

regards,

/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
| ========= | |
| \\ / F ield | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox |
| \\ / O peration | Version: 2.2.0 |
| \\ / A nd | Web: www.OpenFOAM.org |
| \\/ M anipulation | |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
version 2.0;
format ascii;
class dictionary;
location "system";
object controlDict;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

application pisoFoam;

startFrom startTime;

startTime 0;

stopAt endTime;

//endTime 0.1;
endTime 0.001;

deltaT 1e-05;

writeControl timeStep;

writeInterval 100;

purgeWrite 0;

writeFormat ascii;

writePrecision 6;

writeCompression off;

timeFormat general;

timePrecision 6;

runTimeModifiable true;

functions
{
probes
{
type probes;
functionObjectLibs ("libsampling.so");
enabled true;
outputControl timeStep;
outputInterval 1;

fields
(
p
);

probeLocations
(
( 0.0254 0.0253 0 )
( 0.0508 0.0253 0 )
( 0.0762 0.0253 0 )
( 0.1016 0.0253 0 )
( 0.127 0.0253 0 )
( 0.1524 0.0253 0 )
( 0.1778 0.0253 0 )
);

}

fieldAverage1
{
type fieldAverage;
functionObjectLibs ("libfieldFunctionObjects.so");
enabled true;
outputControl outputTime;

fields
(
U
{
mean on;
prime2Mean on;
base time;
}

p
{
mean on;
prime2Mean on;
base time;
}
);
}

surfaceSampling
{
// Sample near-wall velocity

type surfaces;

// Where to load it from (if not already in solver)
functionObjectLibs ("libsampling.so");
enabled true;
// outputControl outputTime;
outputControl timeStep;
outputInterval 10;

interpolationScheme cellPoint;

surfaceFormat vtk;

// Fields to be sampled
fields
(
U
);

surfaces
(
nearWall
{
type patchInternalField;
patches ( lowerWall );
distance 1E-6;
interpolate true;
triangulate false;
}
);
}
}

// ************************************************** *********************** //

[seiji_adachi]

Hello all,

After updating to OpenFOAM-2.2.1, surface sampling with a smaller
interval became possible. I will never use version 2.2.0. Thank you
for your consideration.

Best,

[kkpal]

My version is 2.2.2, but this problem still remain.
Now I have to write down all the fields with very short interval, which is very memory consuming!

Originally Posted by seiji_adachi

Hello all,

After updating to OpenFOAM-2.2.1, surface sampling with a smaller
interval became possible. I will never use version 2.2.0. Thank you
for your consideration.

Best,

[adarsh tiwari]

Hi all,

I am new in OF, i am unable to understand, how to give probe for a surface or say, for a patch..??

thanks and regards,
Adarsh Tiwari