Difference between revisions of "HowTo Adding a new boundary condition"

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With reference to [http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/openfoam/72434-custom-boundary-condition-openfoam.html].
 
With reference to [http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/openfoam/72434-custom-boundary-condition-openfoam.html].
 
[[User:Marupio|Marupio]] 17:00, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
 
[[User:Marupio|Marupio]] 17:00, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
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Revision as of 11:13, 21 October 2013

First look at groovyBC. If this isn't suitable, follow these steps below.

  1. Choose a boundary condition that is close to the one you want - we'll call it originalFvPatchField.
  2. Copy the directory contents to anywhere (say run/myCode).
  3. Rename all the copied files to a new name (say customFvPatchField).
  4. Search & replace all text in all the new files old name for new name (originalFvPatchField replaced with customFvPatchField)
  5. Modify the code to suit your needs.
  6. Create the directory structure: myCode/Make, and create files and options in it.
  7. Put the relevant info into files:
    1. Search for originalFvPatchField in finiteVolume/Make/files.
    2. Copy the relevant entry (entries) into your myCode/Make/files
    3. Rename the entries as necessary - rename it with your customFvPatchField naming (if there's an s on the end, keep it there).
    4. Tell it what the new library name will be. Use $(FOAM_USER_LIBBIN) instead of $(FOAM_LIBBIN), and add lib to the front of the new name. It should look something like: LIB = $(FOAM_USER_LIBBIN)/libcustomPatchField
  8. The options file should have EXE_INC (for any includes such as -I$(LIB_SRC)/finiteVolume/lnInclude for finiteVolume) and LIB_LIBS (for included libraries, such as -lfiniteVolume for finiteVolume). Look at other LIB_LIBS for examples.
  9. $wmake libso
  10. Add whatever new dictionary entries are needed to your initial conditions files, such as 0/U and 0/P files.
  11. Add libs ( "libcustomFvPatchField.so" "libOpenFOAM.so" ) to controlDict
  12. It should run now.

With reference to [1]. Marupio 17:00, 26 February 2010 (UTC)