stabilityBlendingFactor Class Reference

Calculates and outputs the stabilityBlendingFactor to be used by the local blended convection scheme. The output is a surface field weight between 0-1. More...

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Public Member Functions

 TypeName ("stabilityBlendingFactor")
 Runtime type information. More...
 
 stabilityBlendingFactor (const word &name, const Time &runTime, const dictionary &dict)
 Construct from Time and dictionary. More...
 
virtual ~stabilityBlendingFactor ()
 Destructor. More...
 
virtual bool read (const dictionary &)
 Read the stabilityBlendingFactor data. More...
 
virtual bool write ()
 Write the stabilityBlendingFactor. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from fieldExpression
 TypeName ("fieldExpression")
 Runtime type information. More...
 
 fieldExpression (const word &name, const Time &runTime, const dictionary &dict, const word &fieldName=word::null, const word &resultName=word::null)
 Construct from Time and dictionary. More...
 
virtual ~fieldExpression ()=default
 Destructor. More...
 
virtual bool execute ()
 Calculate the result field. More...
 
virtual bool clear ()
 Clear the result field from the objectRegistry. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from fvMeshFunctionObject
 TypeName ("fvMeshFunctionObject")
 Runtime type information. More...
 
 fvMeshFunctionObject (const word &name, const Time &runTime, const dictionary &dict)
 Construct from Time and dictionary. More...
 
 fvMeshFunctionObject (const word &name, const objectRegistry &obr, const dictionary &dict)
 Construct from the region objectRegistry and dictionary. More...
 
virtual ~fvMeshFunctionObject ()=default
 Destructor. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from regionFunctionObject
 TypeName ("regionFunctionObject")
 Runtime type information. More...
 
 regionFunctionObject (const word &name, const Time &runTime, const dictionary &dict)
 Construct from Time and dictionary. More...
 
 regionFunctionObject (const word &name, const objectRegistry &obr, const dictionary &dict)
 Construct from the region objectRegistry and dictionary. More...
 
virtual ~regionFunctionObject ()=default
 Destructor. More...
 
template<class ObjectType >
const ObjectType * lookupObjectPtr (const word &fieldName) const
 Deprecated(2018-10) More...
 
template<class ObjectType >
ObjectType * lookupObjectRefPtr (const word &fieldName) const
 Deprecated(2018-10) More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from stateFunctionObject
 stateFunctionObject (const word &name, const Time &runTime)
 Construct from components. More...
 
virtual ~stateFunctionObject ()=default
 Destructor. More...
 
dictionarypropertyDict ()
 Return access to the property dictionary. More...
 
bool foundProperty (const word &entryName) const
 Return true if the property exists. More...
 
label getTrigger () const
 Get the current trigger index. More...
 
bool setTrigger (const label triggeri)
 Set the current trigger index. More...
 
bool getDict (const word &entryName, dictionary &dict) const
 Set dictionary, return true if set. More...
 
bool getObjectDict (const word &objectName, const word &entryName, dictionary &dict) const
 Set dictionary from named object, return true if set. More...
 
template<class Type >
Type getProperty (const word &entryName, const Type &defaultValue=Type(Zero)) const
 Retrieve generic property. More...
 
template<class Type >
bool getProperty (const word &entryName, Type &value) const
 Set generic property, return true if set. More...
 
template<class Type >
void setProperty (const word &entryName, const Type &value)
 Add generic property. More...
 
template<class Type >
Type getObjectProperty (const word &objectName, const word &entryName, const Type &defaultValue=Type(Zero)) const
 Retrieve generic property from named object. More...
 
template<class Type >
bool getObjectProperty (const word &objectName, const word &entryName, Type &value) const
 Set generic property from named object, return true if set. More...
 
template<class Type >
void setObjectProperty (const word &objectName, const word &entryName, const Type &value)
 Add generic property from named object. More...
 
template<class Type >
void setResult (const word &entryName, const Type &value)
 Add result. More...
 
template<class Type >
void setObjectResult (const word &objectName, const word &entryName, const Type &value)
 Add result from named object. More...
 
template<class Type >
Type getResult (const word &entryName, const Type &defaultValue=Type(Zero)) const
 Retrieve result. More...
 
template<class Type >
Type getObjectResult (const word &objectName, const word &entryName, const Type &defaultValue=Type(Zero)) const
 Retrieve result from named object. More...
 
template<class Type >
bool getObjectResult (const word &objectName, const word &entryName, Type &value) const
 Set result from named object, return true if set. More...
 
word resultType (const word &entryName) const
 Retrieve the result type. More...
 
word objectResultType (const word &objectName, const word &entryName) const
 Return the type of result. More...
 
List< wordobjectResultEntries () const
 Retrieve the result entries. More...
 
List< wordobjectResultEntries (const word &objectName) const
 Return result entries for named object. More...
 
void writeResultEntries (Ostream &os) const
 Write the results entries for all objects to stream. More...
 
void writeResultEntries (const word &objectName, Ostream &os) const
 Write the results entries for named object to stream. More...
 
void writeAllResultEntries (Ostream &os) const
 Write the results entries for all objects to stream. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from timeFunctionObject
 timeFunctionObject (const word &name, const Time &runTime)
 Construct from Time. More...
 
virtual ~timeFunctionObject ()=default
 Destructor. More...
 
const Timetime () const
 Return time database. More...
 
objectRegistrystoredObjects ()
 
const objectRegistrystoredObjects () const
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from functionObject
virtual const wordtype () const =0
 Runtime type information. More...
 
 declareRunTimeSelectionTable (autoPtr, functionObject, dictionary,(const word &name, const Time &runTime, const dictionary &dict),(name, runTime, dict))
 
 functionObject (const word &name)
 Construct from components. More...
 
autoPtr< functionObjectclone () const
 Return clone. More...
 
virtual ~functionObject ()=default
 Destructor. More...
 
const wordname () const
 Return the name of this functionObject. More...
 
virtual bool execute (const label subIndex)
 Execute using the specified subIndex. More...
 
virtual bool end ()
 Called when Time::run() determines that the time-loop exits. More...
 
virtual bool adjustTimeStep ()
 Called at the end of Time::adjustDeltaT() if adjustTime is true. More...
 
virtual bool filesModified () const
 Did any file get changed during execution? More...
 
virtual void updateMesh (const mapPolyMesh &mpm)
 Update for changes of mesh. More...
 
virtual void movePoints (const polyMesh &mesh)
 Update for changes of mesh. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from writeFile
 writeFile (const objectRegistry &obr, const fileName &prefix, const word &name="undefined", const bool writeToFile=true)
 Construct from objectRegistry, prefix, fileName. More...
 
 writeFile (const objectRegistry &obr, const fileName &prefix, const word &name, const dictionary &dict, const bool writeToFile=true)
 
 writeFile (const writeFile &wf)
 Construct copy. More...
 
virtual ~writeFile ()=default
 Destructor. More...
 
virtual OFstreamfile ()
 Return access to the file (if only 1) More...
 
virtual bool writeToFile () const
 Flag to allow writing to file. More...
 
virtual label charWidth () const
 Return width of character stream output. More...
 
virtual void writeCommented (Ostream &os, const string &str) const
 Write a commented string to stream. More...
 
virtual void writeTabbed (Ostream &os, const string &str) const
 Write a tabbed string to stream. More...
 
virtual void writeHeader (Ostream &os, const string &str) const
 Write a commented header to stream. More...
 
virtual void writeCurrentTime (Ostream &os) const
 Write the current time to stream. More...
 
virtual void writeBreak (Ostream &os) const
 Write a break marker to the stream. More...
 
template<class Type >
void writeHeaderValue (Ostream &os, const string &property, const Type &value) const
 Write a (commented) header property and value pair. More...
 

Protected Member Functions

virtual void writeFileHeader (Ostream &os) const
 Write the file header. More...
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from fieldExpression
void setResultName (const word &typeName, const word &defaultArg)
 
template<class Type >
bool foundObject (const word &name, const bool verbose=true) const
 
 fieldExpression (const fieldExpression &)=delete
 No copy construct. More...
 
void operator= (const fieldExpression &)=delete
 No copy assignment. More...
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from fvMeshFunctionObject
 fvMeshFunctionObject (const fvMeshFunctionObject &)=delete
 No copy construct. More...
 
void operator= (const fvMeshFunctionObject &)=delete
 No copy assignment. More...
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from regionFunctionObject
virtual const objectRegistryobr () const
 The region or sub-region registry being used. More...
 
template<class ObjectType >
bool foundObject (const word &fieldName) const
 Find object (eg, a field) in the (sub) objectRegistry. More...
 
template<class ObjectType >
const ObjectType * cfindObject (const word &fieldName) const
 
template<class ObjectType >
const ObjectType * findObject (const word &fieldName) const
 
template<class ObjectType >
ObjectType * findObject (const word &fieldName)
 
template<class ObjectType >
ObjectType * getObjectPtr (const word &fieldName) const
 
template<class ObjectType >
const ObjectType & lookupObject (const word &fieldName) const
 Lookup and return object (eg, a field) from the (sub) objectRegistry. More...
 
template<class ObjectType >
ObjectType & lookupObjectRef (const word &fieldName) const
 Lookup and return object (eg, a field) from the (sub) objectRegistry. More...
 
template<class ObjectType >
bool store (word &fieldName, const tmp< ObjectType > &tfield, bool cacheable=false)
 Store the field in the (sub) objectRegistry under the given name. More...
 
bool writeObject (const word &fieldName)
 Write field if present in the (sub) objectRegistry. More...
 
bool clearObject (const word &fieldName)
 Clear field from the (sub) objectRegistry if present. More...
 
void clearObjects (const wordList &objNames)
 Clear fields from the (sub) objectRegistry if present. More...
 
 regionFunctionObject (const regionFunctionObject &)=delete
 No copy construct. More...
 
void operator= (const regionFunctionObject &)=delete
 No copy assignment. More...
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from stateFunctionObject
const IOdictionarystateDict () const
 Return a const reference to the state dictionary. More...
 
IOdictionarystateDict ()
 Return non-const access to the state dictionary. More...
 
 stateFunctionObject (const stateFunctionObject &)=delete
 No copy construct. More...
 
void operator= (const stateFunctionObject &)=delete
 No copy assignment. More...
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from timeFunctionObject
void clearOutputObjects (const wordList &objNames)
 Remove specified items from "functionObjectObjects". More...
 
 timeFunctionObject (const timeFunctionObject &)=delete
 No copy construct. More...
 
void operator= (const timeFunctionObject &)=delete
 No copy assignment. More...
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from functionObject
word scopedName (const word &name) const
 Return a scoped name, e.g. used to construct local field names. More...
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from writeFile
void initStream (Ostream &os) const
 Initialise the output stream for writing. More...
 
fileName baseFileDir () const
 Return the base directory for output. More...
 
fileName baseTimeDir () const
 Return the base directory for the current time value. More...
 
virtual autoPtr< OFstreamcreateFile (const word &name, scalar timeValue) const
 Return autoPtr to a new file for a given time. More...
 
virtual autoPtr< OFstreamcreateFile (const word &name) const
 Return autoPtr to a new file using the simulation start time. More...
 
virtual void resetFile (const word &name)
 Reset internal file pointer to new file with new name. More...
 
Omanip< int > valueWidth (const label offset=0) const
 Return the value width when writing to stream with optional offset. More...
 
void operator= (const writeFile &)=delete
 No copy assignment. More...
 

Additional Inherited Members

- Static Public Member Functions inherited from functionObject
static autoPtr< functionObjectNew (const word &name, const Time &runTime, const dictionary &dict)
 Select from dictionary, based on its "type" entry. More...
 
- Public Attributes inherited from functionObject
bool log
 Switch write log to Info. More...
 
- Static Public Attributes inherited from functionObject
static int debug
 
static bool postProcess
 Global post-processing mode switch. More...
 
static word outputPrefix
 Directory prefix. More...
 
- Static Public Attributes inherited from writeFile
static label addChars = 8
 Additional characters for writing. More...
 
- Protected Attributes inherited from fieldExpression
word fieldName_
 Name of field to process. More...
 
word resultName_
 Name of result field. More...
 
- Protected Attributes inherited from fvMeshFunctionObject
const fvMeshmesh_
 Reference to the fvMesh. More...
 
- Protected Attributes inherited from regionFunctionObject
word subRegistryName_
 Name for alternative object registry. More...
 
const objectRegistryobr_
 Reference to the region objectRegistry. More...
 
const objectRegistryobrPtr_
 Pointer to alternative (eg, sub-region) objectRegistry. More...
 
- Protected Attributes inherited from timeFunctionObject
const Timetime_
 Reference to the time database. More...
 
- Protected Attributes inherited from writeFile
const objectRegistryfileObr_
 Reference to the region objectRegistry. More...
 
const fileName prefix_
 Prefix. More...
 
word fileName_
 Name of file. More...
 
autoPtr< OFstreamfilePtr_
 File pointer. More...
 
label writePrecision_
 Write precision. More...
 
bool writeToFile_
 Flag to enable/disable writing to file. More...
 
bool writtenHeader_
 Flag to identify whether the header has been written. More...
 
bool useUserTime_
 
scalar startTime_
 Start time value. More...
 

Detailed Description

Calculates and outputs the stabilityBlendingFactor to be used by the local blended convection scheme. The output is a surface field weight between 0-1.

The weight of a blended scheme is given by a function of the blending factor, f:

\[ weight = f scheme1 + (1 - f) scheme2 \]

The factor is calculated based on six criteria:

1) mesh non-orthogonality field 2) magnitude of cell centres gradient 3) convergence rate of residuals 4) faceWeight 5) skewness 6) Co number

The user can enable them individually.

For option 1, the following relation is used:

\[ fNon = min ( max ( 0.0, (nonOrthogonality - maxNonOrthogonality) /(minNonOrthogonality - maxNonOrthogonality) ), 1.0 ) \]

For option 2, the following relation is used:

\[ fMagGradCc = min ( max ( 0.0, (magGradCC - maxGradCc) / (minGradCc - maxGradCc) ), 1.0 ) \]

Note that magGradCC is equal to 3 for ortoghonal meshes

For option 3 a PID control is used in order to control residual unbouded fluctuations for individual cells.

\[ factor = P*residual + I*residualIntegral + D*residualDifferential \]

where P, I and D are user inputs

The following relation is used:

\[ fRes = (factor - meanRes)/(maxRes*meanRes); \]

where: meanRes = average(residual) maxRes is an user input

fRes will blend more towards one as the cell residual is larger then the domain mean residuals.

For option 4 , the following relation is used:

\[ ffaceWeight = min ( max ( 0.0, (minFaceWeight - faceWeights) / (minFaceWeight - maxFaceWeight) ), 1.0 ) \]

Note that faceWeights for a orthogonal mesh is 0.5.

For option 5 , the following relation is used:

\[ fskewness = min ( max ( 0.0, (skewness - maxSkewness) / (minSkewness - maxSkewness) ), 1.0 ) \]

For option 6 , the following relation is used:

\[ fCoWeight = min(max((Co - Co1)/(Co2 - Co1), 0), 1) \]

where

\( Co1 \) = Courant number below which scheme2 is used
\( Co2 \) = Courant number above which scheme1 is used

The final factor is determined by:

\[ f = max(fNon, fMagGradCc, fRes, ffaceWeight, fskewness, fCoWeight) \]

An indicator (volume) field, named blendedIndicator is generated if the log flag is on:

  • 1 represent scheme1 as active,
  • 0 represent scheme2 as active.

Additional reporting is written to the standard output, providing statistics as to the number of cells used by each scheme.

Usage
Example of function object specification to calculate the blending factor:
stabilityBlendingFactor1
{
    type                stabilityBlendingFactor;
    libs                ("libfieldFunctionObjects.so");

    log                 true;
    writeToFile         false;

    switchNonOrtho      yes;
    switchGradCc        no;
    switchResiduals     yes;
    switchFaceWeight    no;
    switchSkewness      no;
    switchCo            no;

    maxNonOrthogonality 20;
    minNonOrthogonality 60;

    maxGradCc           3;
    minGradCc           4;

    maxFaceWeight       0.3;
    minFaceWeight       0.2;

    maxSkewness         2;
    minSkewness         3;

    maxResidual         10;

    result              UBlendingFactor;
    residual            initialResidual:p;
    P                   1.5;
    I                   0;
    D                   0.5;

    Co1                 1;
    Co2                 10;
    ...
    ...
    field               U;
}

Example of function object specification to calculate the residuals used
by stabilityBlendingFactor. The following writes 'initialResidual:p'
field

    residuals
    {
        type            residuals;
        libs            ("libutilityFunctionObjects.so");
        writeFields     true;
        writeControl    outputTime;
        fields          (p);
    }

Where the entries comprise:

Property Description Required Default value
type Type name: stabilityBlendingFactor yes

log

Log to standard output

no

yes

writeToFile

Log to file

no

yes

switchNonOrtho

non-orthogonal method

no

false

switchGradCc

cell centre gradient method

no

false

switchResiduals

residual evolution method

no

false

switchFaceWeight

face weight method

no

false

switchSkewness

skewness method

no

false

switchCo

Co blended

no

false

maxNonOrthogonality

maximum non-orthogonal for scheme2

no

20

minNonOrthogonality

minimum non-orthogonal for scheme1

no

60

maxGradCc

maximum gradient for scheme2

no

2

minGradCc

minimum gradient for scheme1

no

4

maxResidual

maximum residual-mean ratio for scheme1

no

10

P

proportional factor for PID

no

3

I

integral factor for PID

no

0

D

differential factor for PID

no

0.25

maxFaceWeight

maximum face weight for scheme1

no

0.2

minFaceWeight

minimum face weight for scheme2

no

0.3

maxSkewness

maximum skewness for scheme2

no

2

minSkewness

minimum skewness for scheme1

no

3

faceWeight

Name of the faceWeight field

no

faceWeight

skewness

Name of the skewness field

no

skewness

nonOrthogonality

Name of the non-orthogonal field

no

nonOrthoAngle

residual

Name of the residual field

no

initialResidual:p

U

Name of the flux field for Co blended

no

U

Co1

Courant number below which scheme2 is used

no

1

Co2

Courant number above which scheme1 is used

no

10

tolerance

Tolerance for number of blended cells

no

0.001

field

Name of field to evaluate

yes

result

Name of surface field to be used in the localBlended scheme

yes

The 'log' flag true write the number of cells on each scheme, plus it writes the field name "blendedIndicator".

The 'result' entry is the field which is read by the localBlended scheme specified in fvSchemes. This name is determined by the localBlended class.

See also
Foam::functionObjects::fieldExpression Foam::functionObjects::fvMeshFunctionObject Foam::functionObjects::writeFile
Source files

Definition at line 502 of file stabilityBlendingFactor.H.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ stabilityBlendingFactor()

stabilityBlendingFactor ( const word name,
const Time runTime,
const dictionary dict 
)

Construct from Time and dictionary.

Definition at line 426 of file stabilityBlendingFactor.C.

References IOobject::AUTO_WRITE, dict, Foam::dimless, Foam::exit(), Foam::FatalError, FatalErrorInFunction, Foam::log(), IOobject::MUST_READ, tmp< T >::New(), IOobject::NO_READ, IOobject::NO_WRITE, Foam::read(), and Foam::Zero.

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◆ ~stabilityBlendingFactor()

Destructor.

Definition at line 632 of file stabilityBlendingFactor.C.

Member Function Documentation

◆ writeFileHeader()

void writeFileHeader ( Ostream os) const
protectedvirtual

Write the file header.

Definition at line 85 of file stabilityBlendingFactor.C.

References Foam::endl(), and Foam::writeHeader().

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◆ TypeName()

TypeName ( "stabilityBlendingFactor"  )

Runtime type information.

◆ read()

bool read ( const dictionary dict)
virtual

Read the stabilityBlendingFactor data.

Reimplemented from fieldExpression.

Definition at line 639 of file stabilityBlendingFactor.C.

References dict, Foam::endl(), Foam::exit(), Foam::FatalError, FatalErrorInFunction, Foam::Info, Foam::name(), Foam::nl, fieldExpression::read(), writeFile::read(), and Foam::type().

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◆ write()

bool write ( )
virtual

Write the stabilityBlendingFactor.

Reimplemented from fieldExpression.

Definition at line 721 of file stabilityBlendingFactor.C.

References Foam::endl(), and Foam::tab.

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