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Old   December 28, 2011, 13:57
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Hello. I have some scalar field and need to find its value for all cells near some boundary. I need to have array or something like that with values on every timestep. How can i do it? I use some modification of pimpleDyMFoam solver.
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Old   December 29, 2011, 12:32
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your question is vague, however maybe you can use scalarField type to save your data in it
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Old   December 29, 2011, 15:21
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Thanks for reply.

I'm asking not about type where i can save my data. Actualy I need to printf value of scalar field near the specified boundary.
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Old   December 29, 2011, 16:08
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you can show it in terminal with Info
but if you want to save it in file you show use
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Old   December 29, 2011, 16:24
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yep, i understand that. But the question is how to find cells which are near the specific boundary.

What I have
1) Boundary
2) Field in space

I need to know (i.e. print it to console) field value in the boundary layer.
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Old   December 30, 2011, 02:17
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const fvPatchList& patches = mesh.boundary();
forAll(patches,patchi)
{
const fvPatch& currPatch = patches[patchi];
if(currPatch.name()=="nameOfThePatch")
{
Info<<U.boundaryField()[patchi].patchInternalField()<<endl;
}
}

Let me know if this works
patchInternalField() gives you the values at cell centers of cells near the boundary
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doubtsincfd

Thanks for your response. It seems you've shown me right direction.
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It works. One more stupid question. How can i take the maximum the value of a patch?
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there is an in-built function max(fieldName). I havent used it but it should be pretty straightforward.

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

link might help
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Old   December 30, 2011, 17:12
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It works.Thank you!
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