Index

background
    process, 7
blockMesh solver, 8
blockMesh utility, 9
blockMeshDict
    dictionary, 10, 11, 12, 13
blocks keyword, 14, 15
boundary condition
    alphaContactAngle, 16
    empty, 17, 18, 19
    inlet, 20
    outlet, 21
    pressureOutlet, 22
    setup, 23
    symmetryPlane, 24
    wall, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29
boundaryField keyword, 30
boxToCell keyword, 31
breaking of a dam, 32
button
    Camera Parallel Projection, 33
    Enable Line Series, 34, 35
    Orientation Axes, 36
    Refresh Times, 37
    Rescale to Data Range, 38
    Toggle Advanced Properties, 39

cAlpha keyword, 40
Camera Parallel Projection button, 41
cavity flow, 42
Color Legend window, 43
controlDict
    dictionary, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49
controlDict file, 50
convergence, 51
coordinate system, 52
Courant number, 53
CrossPowerLaw
    keyword entry, 54
Current Time Controls menu, 55
cylinder
    flow around a, 56

dam
    breaking of a, 57
decompression of a tank, 58
defaultFieldValues keyword, 59
dictionary
    PISO, 60
    blockMeshDict, 61, 62, 63, 64
    controlDict, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70
    fvSchemes, 71, 72
    mechanicalProperties, 73
    thermalProperties, 74, 75
    transportProperties, 76, 77, 78
    turbulenceProperties, 79, 80
dimensions keyword, 81
directory
    system, 82
    tutorials, 83

empty
    boundary condition, 84, 85, 86
Enable Line Series button, 87, 88
endTime keyword, 89, 90

field
    U, 91
    p, 92
fieldValues keyword, 93
file
    controlDict, 94
    g, 95, 96
    transportProperties, 97
flow
    free surface, 98
    laminar, 99
    steady, turbulent, 100
    supersonic, 101
    turbulent, 102
flow around a cylinder, 103
flow over backward step, 104
foreground
    process, 105
fvSchemes
    dictionary, 106, 107

g file, 108, 109
GAMG
    keyword entry, 110
gradient
    Gauss’s theorem, 111
    least square fit, 112
    least squares method, 113

icoFoam solver, 114, 115, 116, 117
incompressibleTransportModels
    library, 118
incompressibleTurbulenceModels
    library, 119
inlet
    boundary condition, 120
internalField keyword, 121

keyword
    adjustTimeStep, 122
    blocks, 123, 124
    boundaryField, 125
    boxToCell, 126
    cAlpha, 127
    defaultFieldValues, 128
    dimensions, 129
    endTime, 130, 131
    fieldValues, 132
    internalField, 133
    latestTime, 134
    leastSquares, 135
    maxAlphaCo, 136
    maxCo, 137
    maxDeltaT, 138
    nAlphaSubCycles, 139, 140
    pRefCell, 141, 142
    pRefValue, 143, 144
    pressure, 145
    printCoeffs, 146
    regions, 147
    relTol, 148
    simulationType, 149, 150, 151
    solver, 152
    startFrom, 153
    startTime, 154
    tolerance, 155
    topoSetSource, 156
    traction, 157
    value, 158
    vertices, 159
    writeControl, 160, 161
    writeFormat, 162
    writeInterval, 163, 164
keyword entry
    CrossPowerLaw, 165
    GAMG, 166
    LES, 167
    Newtonian, 168
    RAS, 169
    adjustableRunTime, 170
    laminar, 171
    runTime, 172, 173
    startTime, 174
    timeStep, 175, 176

laminar
    keyword entry, 177
latestTime keyword, 178
leastSquares keyword, 179
LES
    keyword entry, 180
library
    incompressibleTransportModels, 181
    incompressibleTurbulenceModels, 182
lid-driven cavity flow, 183
Line Style menu, 184
liquid
    electrically-conducting, 185

magnetohydrodynamics, 186
mapFields utility, 187, 188, 189, 190
Marker Style menu, 191
maxAlphaCo keyword, 192
maxCo keyword, 193
maxDeltaT keyword, 194
mechanicalProperties
    dictionary, 195
menu
    Current Time Controls, 196
    Line Style, 197
    Marker Style, 198
    VCR Controls, 199
menu entry
    Plot Over Line, 200
    Settings…, 201
    Show Color Legend, 202
mesh
    grading, example of, 203
    non-orthogonal, 204
    refinement, 205
    resolution, 206
Mesh Parts window panel, 207
mhdFoam solver, 208

nAlphaSubCycles keyword, 209, 210
Newtonian
    keyword entry, 211
non-orthogonal mesh, 212

Orientation Axes button, 213
outlet
    boundary condition, 214

p field, 215
paraFoam, 216
Pipeline Browser window, 217
PISO
    dictionary, 218
pisoFoam solver, 219
Plot Over Line
    menu entry, 220
potentialFoam solver, 221
pRefCell keyword, 222, 223
pRefValue keyword, 224, 225
pressure keyword, 226
pressure waves
    in liquids, 227
pressureOutlet
    boundary condition, 228
printCoeffs keyword, 229
process
    background, 230
    foreground, 231
Properties window panel, 232, 233, 234

RAS
    keyword entry, 235
Refresh Times button, 236
regions keyword, 237
relTol keyword, 238
Rescale to Data Range button, 239
restart, 240
Reynolds number, 241, 242
runTime
    keyword entry, 243, 244

setFields utility, 245, 246, 247, 248
Settings…
    menu entry, 249
Show Color Legend
    menu entry, 250
simpleFoam solver, 251
simulationType keyword, 252, 253, 254
solidDisplacementFoam solver, 255
solver
    blockMesh, 256
    icoFoam, 257, 258, 259, 260
    mhdFoam, 261
    pisoFoam, 262
    potentialFoam, 263
    simpleFoam, 264
    solidDisplacementFoam, 265
    sonicFoam, 266
    sonicLiquidFoam, 267
solver keyword, 268
sonicFoam solver, 269
sonicLiquidFoam solver, 270
startFrom keyword, 271
startTime
    keyword entry, 272
startTime keyword, 273
steady flow
    turbulent, 274
stress analysis of plate with hole, 275
supersonic flow, 276
supersonic flow over forward step, 277
symmetryPlane
    boundary condition, 278
system directory, 279

thermalProperties
    dictionary, 280, 281
time step, 282
timeStep
    keyword entry, 283, 284
Toggle Advanced Properties button, 285
tolerance keyword, 286
topoSetSource keyword, 287
traction keyword, 288
transportProperties
    dictionary, 289, 290, 291
transportProperties file, 292
turbulence
    dissipation, 293
    kinetic energy, 294
    length scale, 295
turbulence model
    RAS, 296
turbulenceProperties
    dictionary, 297, 298
turbulent flow
    steady, 299
tutorials
    breaking of a dam, 300
    decompression of a tank, 301
    flow around a cylinder, 302
    flow over backward step, 303
    Hartmann problem, 304
    introduction, 305
    lid-driven cavity flow, 306
    stress analysis of plate with hole, 307
    supersonic flow over forward step, 308
tutorials directory, 309

U field, 310
Ucomponents utility, 311
upwind differencing, 312
utility
    Ucomponents, 313
    blockMesh, 314
    mapFields, 315, 316, 317, 318
    setFields, 319, 320, 321, 322

value keyword, 323
VCR Controls menu, 324
vertices keyword, 325
viscosity
    kinematic, 326, 327

wall
    boundary condition, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332
window
    Color Legend, 333
    Pipeline Browser, 334
window panel
    Annotation, 335
    Mesh Parts, 336
    Properties, 337, 338, 339
writeControl keyword, 340, 341
writeFormat keyword, 342
writeInterval keyword, 343, 344