/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\ ========= | \\ / F ield | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox \\ / O peration | Website: https://openfoam.org \\ / A nd | Copyright (C) 2011-2025 OpenFOAM Foundation \\/ M anipulation | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- License This file is part of OpenFOAM. OpenFOAM is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. OpenFOAM is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with OpenFOAM. If not, see . Class Foam::functionObjects::fieldAverage Description Calculates average quantities for a user-specified selection of volumetric and surface fields. Fields are entered as a list of sub-dictionaries, which indicate the type of averages to perform, and can be updated during the calculation. The current options include: - \c mean: arithmetic mean - \c prime2Mean: prime-squared mean - \c base: average over 'time', or 'iteration' - \c window: optional averaging window, specified in 'base' units Average field names are constructed by concatenating the base field with the averaging type, e.g. when averaging field 'U', the resultant fields are: - arithmetic mean field, \c UMean - prime-squared field, \c UPrime2Mean Information regarding the number of averaging steps, and total averaging time are written on a per-field basis to the \c "Properties" dictionary, located in \/uniform When restarting form a previous calculation, the averaging is continuous or may be restarted using the \c restartOnRestart option. The averaging process may be restarted after each calculation output time using the \c restartOnOutput option or restarted periodically using the \c periodicRestart option and setting \c restartPeriod to the required averaging period. Example of function object specification: \verbatim fieldAverage1 { type fieldAverage; libs ("libfieldFunctionObjects.so"); writeControl writeTime; restartOnRestart false; restartOnOutput false; periodicRestart false; restartPeriod 0.002; base time; window 10.0; windowName w1; mean yes; prime2Mean yes; fields (U p); } \endverbatim Usage \table Property | Description | Required | Default type | type name: fieldAverage | yes | restartOnRestart | Restart the averaging on restart | no | no restartOnOutput | Restart the averaging on output | no | no periodicRestart | Periodically restart the averaging | no | no restartPeriod | Periodic restart period | conditional | fields | list of fields and averaging options | yes | \endtable Note: To employ the \c prime2Mean option, the \c mean option must be selected. See also Foam::functionObjects::fvMeshFunctionObject Foam::functionObject SourceFiles fieldAverage.C fieldAverageTemplates.C fieldAverageItem.C \*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ #ifndef fieldAverage_functionObject_H #define fieldAverage_functionObject_H #include "fvMeshFunctionObject.H" // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * // namespace Foam { namespace functionObjects { // Forward declaration of classes class fieldAverageItem; /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\ Class fieldAverage Declaration \*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ class fieldAverage : public fvMeshFunctionObject { public: //- Enumeration defining the averaging base type enum class baseType { iter, time }; protected: // Protected data //- Time at last call, prevents repeated averaging label prevTimeIndex_; //- Restart the averaging process on restart Switch restartOnRestart_; //- Restart the averaging process on output Switch restartOnOutput_; //- Periodically restart the averaging process Switch periodicRestart_; //- Restart period scalar restartPeriod_; //- Averaging base type names static const NamedEnum baseTypeNames_; //- Averaging base type baseType base_; //- Averaging window - defaults to -1 for 'all iters/time' scalar window_; //- Averaging window name - defaults to 'window' word windowName_; //- Compute mean flag Switch mean_; //- Compute prime-squared mean flag Switch prime2Mean_; //- List of field average items, describing what averages to be // calculated and output PtrList faItems_; //- Iteration steps counter List