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Class Foam::functionObjects::sectionalForceGraph Description This function calculates the fluid forces and moments at a series of section-planes through a given set of patches. It writes the result into a graph which can be used to construct part of a shear force and bending moment diagram. Points in the graph are graded to approximately match the resolution of the mesh. The cut-planes are defined by a normal, and the line of the graph is defined by an origin and extends in the direction of the normal. Forces and moments are calculated on the side of the planes to which the normal points. If the "other" side also needs to be generated then the function can be executed with the normal reversed. Note that to construct full shear force and bending moment diagrams would require supporting and/or dynamic forces to be included also. This function only generates the contribution from the surrounding fluid. Example of function object specification: \verbatim sectionalForceGraph1 { type sectionalForceGraph; libs ("libforces.so"); patches (hull); origin (0 0 0); normal (1 0 0); nPoints 20; axis x; setFormat raw; } \endverbatim Usage \table Property | Description | Required | Default value type | Type name: sectionalForceGraph | yes | patches | Patches included in the forces calculation | yes | origin | Origin of the plot | yes | normal | Normal to the section planes | yes | nPoints | Number of points in the plot | yes | axis | Component of the position to plot against | yes | setFormat | Graph output format | yes | p | Pressure field name | no | p U | Velocity field name | no | U rho | Density field name | no | rho phase | Phase name for phase-fraction | no | rhoRef | Reference density | if incompressible | pRef | Reference pressure | no | 0 \endtable SourceFiles sectionalForceGraph.C \*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ #ifndef sectionalForceGraph_functionObject_H #define sectionalForceGraph_functionObject_H #include "sectionalForcesBase.H" #include "coordSet.H" // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * // namespace Foam { namespace functionObjects { /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\ Class sectionalForceGraph Declaration \*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ class sectionalForceGraph : public sectionalForcesBase { // Private Data //- The normal to the selection planes vector normal_; //- The origin of the plot vector origin_; //- The distances from the origin to the section planes mutable autoPtr distancesPtr_; //- The number of points in the plot label nPoints_; //- The direction over which to plot the results coordSet::axisType axis_; //- File writer autoPtr formatter_; //- Number of optimisation iterations. Default is 2. label nOptimiseIter_; // Private Member Functions //- Clear the cached weights virtual void clear(); protected: // Protected Member Functions //- Return the normal to the section planes virtual vector normal() const; //- Return the origin of the plot virtual point origin() const; //- Return the distances from the origin to the section planes virtual tmp distances() const; public: //- Runtime type information TypeName("sectionalForceGraph"); // Constructors //- Construct from Time and dictionary sectionalForceGraph ( const word& name, const Time& runTime, const dictionary& dict ); //- Disallow default bitwise copy construction sectionalForceGraph(const sectionalForceGraph&) = delete; //- Destructor virtual ~sectionalForceGraph(); // Member Functions //- Read the sectionalForceGraph data virtual bool read(const dictionary&); //- Write the sectionalForceGraph virtual bool write(); // Member Operators //- Disallow default bitwise assignment void operator=(const sectionalForceGraph&) = delete; }; // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * // } // End namespace functionObjects } // End namespace Foam // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * // #endif // ************************************************************************* //