Contrib/PyFoam

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1 Short description

This Python-library can be used to

  • analyze the logs produced by OpenFoam-solvers
  • execute OpenFoam-solvers and utilities and analyze their output simultaneously
  • manipulate the parameter files and the initial-conditions of a run in a non-destructive manner

2 Motivation

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3 Examples

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This example does 10 runs of the same case. For each case a different velocity at the inlet is set. After the simulation has ended the mass flow (with this utility) and the pressure difference (with this utility) are calculated and written to the file InflowVariationResults. In addition to this the data of the last time-step is saved to a separate directory (for further analysis):

 
from PyFoam.Execution.ConvergenceRunner import ConvergenceRunner
from PyFoam.Execution.UtilityRunner import UtilityRunner
from PyFoam.LogAnalysis.BoundingLogAnalyzer import BoundingLogAnalyzer
from PyFoam.RunDictionary.SolutionFile import SolutionFile
from PyFoam.RunDictionary.SolutionDirectory import SolutionDirectory
 
solver="simpleFoam"
case="pseudoPoro"
pCmd="calcPressureDifference"
mCmd="calcMassFlow"
 
dire=SolutionDirectory(case,archive="InletVariation")
dire.clearResults()
dire.addBackup("PyFoamSolve.logfile")
dire.addBackup("PyFoamSolve.analyzed")
dire.addBackup("Pressure.analyzed")
dire.addBackup("MassFlow.analyzed")
 
sol=SolutionFile(dire.initialDir(),"U")
 
maximum=1.
nr=10
 
f=dire.makeFile("InflowVariationResults")
 
for i in range(nr+1):
    val=(maximum*i)/nr
    print "Inlet velocity:",val
    sol.replaceBoundary("rein","(%f 0 0)" %(val))
    run=ConvergenceRunner(BoundingLogAnalyzer(),argv=[solver,".",case],silent=True)
    run.start()
 
    print "Last Time = ",dire.getLast()
 
    pUtil=UtilityRunner(argv=[pCmd,".",case],silent=True,logname="Pressure")
    pUtil.add("deltaP","Pressure at .* Difference .*\] (.+)")
    pUtil.start()
 
    deltaP=pUtil.get("deltaP")[0]
 
    mUtil=UtilityRunner(argv=[mCmd,".",case,"-latestTime"],silent=True,logname="MassFlow")
    mUtil.add("mass","Flux at (.+) = .*\] (.+)",idNr=1)
    mUtil.start()
 
    massFlow=mUtil.get("mass",ID="raus")[0]
 
    dire.lastToArchive("vel=%g" % (val))
 
    dire.clearResults()
 
    print "Vel: ",val,"DeltaP: ",deltaP,"Mass Flow:",massFlow
    f.writeLine( (val,deltaP,massFlow) )
 
sol.purgeFile()

4 Installation

  1. Download the tar file with the sources
  2. Untar it
  3. Go to the directory PyFoam-0.1
  4. Install it with the command
 
python setup.py install

5 Library Documentation

The tar-file contains the documentation of the Library as HTML (in the folder doc)

6 History

  • 2005-08-15: Version 0.1

--Bgschaid 21:50, 15 Aug 2005 (CEST)