Main ContribUtilities

These are utilities contributed by users.

1 Utilities that fit into the OpenFOAM scheme

The structure of this page is modelled after the directory structure of the utility sources.

1.2 mesh

1.2.2 conversion

• fluentMeshToFoamWithInternals: modified version of fluentMeshToFoam that writes cellZones and faceZones

• gmshToFoamMod: modified version of gmshToFoam with a few optimizations. This version also has options to write cellZones, write faceZones and control the quantity of text output.

• gmsh2ToFoam: A modified gmshToFoam with Gmsh 2.0 support and other features. The page describes gmsh2ToFoam that comes with gmshFoam (see the Other section below).

• salomeToOpenFOAM: It provides a few Python scripts for assisting in the conversion of meshes created in Salome to OpenFOAM mesh format.

1.2.3 generation

• blockMeshWithSets: generates a mesh from a blockMeshDict with cellSets
• blockMeshHexModel: a paper model of the standard OF hexaeder
• blockMeshDG: A patch to the blockMesh tool to enable double graded meshes, that is meshes which have a minimum or maximum cell spacing in the middle of an edge.

1.2.4 manipulation

• alignMeshSurf: moves mesh points in the Z direction so that the bottom and top faces are aligned with provided surfaces
• makeAxialMesh: converts a 2D-mesh into an axial-symmetric (wedge) mesh
• splitMeshWithSets: variation of the original splitMesh that preserves faceSets

1.3 miscellaneous

• modifyPatches is a utility used to manipulate the "constant/polyMesh/boundary" file to be used with (e.g. splitMesh or gmshToFoam)

• cellCenters: A utility to write the position of each mesh cell center for a given timestep.

• checkMeshEx: A patch to the checkMesh tool to calculate the volume ratio of adjacent cells.

1.5 postProcessing

• calcPressureDifference: Simple Utility to calculate the Pressure Difference between two boundaries

• calcMassFlow: Simple Utility to calculate the mass-flow through selected boundaries and face-sets

• foamCalcEx: An extension of the foamCalc utility with more calculation features

• probeToAudio: Simple auralization utility of probed data.

• computeTorque: Compute the pressure torque on a given patch

• wpcRAS: Calculate true static pressure (i.e. p-2/3k) and wind pressure coefficient

• vtk"P"OpenFOAMReader: Parallelized native OpenFOAM reader for ParaView/VTK

• vtkAnim: A small utility to make animations from cross section field data

• reconstruct-interpolate-fields: Utilities for reconstructing and interpolating fields

• yPlusLESTwoPhase: Modified version of yPlusLES utility for interFoam results.

1.6 preProcessing

• setFieldByCellSet: sets the values of a field for a certain cell set

• funkySetFields: set fields using expressions

• setDiscreteFields: sets profiles of any vector/scalar fields at specified boundary patches with using discrete profile data

1.8 thermophysical

• wallHeatFluxIncompressible: Utility adapted from OpenFOAM's wallHeatFlux for incompressible simulations, such as those performed with buoyantBoussinesqSimpleFoam.

• wallShearStressLES: Utility based on OpenFOAM's own wallShearStress for calculating the wall shear stress for a LES simulation.

• wallHeatFluxAutoWallTreatmentCFX: Heat flux calculation Utility based on CFX's Automatic Wall Treatment for Wall function meshes. For OF version 2.3.1 and 4.1.

2 Other

These utilities don't fit into the above categories.

• gmshFoam: A conceptual implementation of a total Gmsh pre/mid/post-processing environment for OpenFOAM

• gdbOF: A debugging tool for OpenFOAM.