wallHeatFlux.C

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Application
    wallHeatFlux
 
Description
    Calculates and writes the heat flux for all patches as the boundary field
    of a volScalarField and also prints the integrated flux for all wall
    patches.
 
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#include "fvCFD.H"
#include "turbulentFluidThermoModel.H"
#include "solidThermo.H"
#include "wallFvPatch.H"
 
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
 
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    timeSelector::addOptions();
    #include "addRegionOption.H"
    #include "setRootCase.H"
    #include "createTime.H"
    instantList timeDirs = timeSelector::select0(runTime, args);
    #include "createNamedMesh.H"
 
    forAll(timeDirs, timeI)
    {
        runTime.setTime(timeDirs[timeI], timeI);
        Info<< "Time = " << runTime.timeName() << endl;
        mesh.readUpdate();
 
        #include "createFields.H"
 
        surfaceScalarField heatFlux
        (
            fvc::interpolate
            (
                (
                    turbulence.valid()
                  ? turbulence->alphaEff()()
                  : thermo->alpha()
                )
            )*fvc::snGrad(h)
        );
 
        const surfaceScalarField::GeometricBoundaryField& patchHeatFlux =
            heatFlux.boundaryField();
 
        const volScalarField::GeometricBoundaryField& patchRadHeatFlux =
            Qr.boundaryField();
 
        const surfaceScalarField::GeometricBoundaryField& magSf =
            mesh.magSf().boundaryField();
 
        Info<< "\nWall heat fluxes [W]" << endl;
        forAll(patchHeatFlux, patchi)
        {
            if (isA<wallFvPatch>(mesh.boundary()[patchi]))
            {
                scalar convFlux = gSum(magSf[patchi]*patchHeatFlux[patchi]);
                scalar radFlux = -gSum(magSf[patchi]*patchRadHeatFlux[patchi]);
 
                Info<< mesh.boundary()[patchi].name() << endl
                    << "    convective: " << convFlux << endl
                    << "    radiative:  " << radFlux << endl
                    << "    total:      " << convFlux + radFlux << endl;
            }
        }
        Info<< endl;
 
        volScalarField wallHeatFlux
        (
            IOobject
            (
                "wallHeatFlux",
                runTime.timeName(),
                mesh
            ),
            mesh,
            dimensionedScalar("wallHeatFlux", heatFlux.dimensions(), 0.0)
        );
 
        forAll(wallHeatFlux.boundaryField(), patchi)
        {
            wallHeatFlux.boundaryField()[patchi] = patchHeatFlux[patchi];
        }
 
        wallHeatFlux.write();
 
        // Write the total heat-flux including the radiative contribution
        // if available
        if (Qr.headerOk())
        {
            volScalarField totalWallHeatFlux
            (
                IOobject
                (
                    "totalWallHeatFlux",
                    runTime.timeName(),
                    mesh
                ),
                mesh,
                dimensionedScalar
                (
                    "totalWallHeatFlux",
                    heatFlux.dimensions(),
                    0.0
                )
            );
 
            forAll(totalWallHeatFlux.boundaryField(), patchi)
            {
                totalWallHeatFlux.boundaryField()[patchi] =
                    patchHeatFlux[patchi] - patchRadHeatFlux[patchi];
            }
 
            totalWallHeatFlux.write();
        }
    }
 
    Info<< "End" << endl;
 
    return 0;
}
 
 
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