/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\ ========= | \\ / F ield | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox \\ / O peration | Website: https://openfoam.org \\ / A nd | Copyright (C) 2026 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::sectionalForceProbes Description This function calculates the fluid forces and moments at a number of section-planes through a given set of patches. It writes the result into a log file. The cut-planes are defined by a single normal and a number of points. 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 this function only generates the contribution from the fluid to the sectional forces and moments in the object. To compute the complete sectional force would require supporting and/or dynamic forces to be included also. Example of function object specification: \verbatim sectionalForceProbes1 { type sectionalForceProbes; libs ("libforces.so"); patches (hull); points ( (-0.8 0 0) ( 0 0 0) ( 0.8 0 0) ); normal (1 0 0); } \endverbatim Usage \table Property | Description | Required | Default value type | Type name: sectionalForceProbes | yes | patches | Patches included in the forces calculation | yes | points | Points in the cut-planes | yes | normal | Normal to the cut-planes | 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 sectionalForceProbes.C \*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ #ifndef sectionalForceProbes_functionObject_H #define sectionalForceProbes_functionObject_H #include "sectionalForcesBase.H" #include "logFiles.H" // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * // namespace Foam { namespace functionObjects { /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\ Class sectionalForceProbes Declaration \*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ class sectionalForceProbes : public sectionalForcesBase, public logFiles { // Private Data //- The normal to the selection planes vector normal_; //- Points in the section planes Field points_; //- The order the points when sorted by distance in the normal labelList pointOrders_; 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; //- Output file header information virtual void writeFileHeader(const label i = 0); public: //- Runtime type information TypeName("sectionalForceProbes"); // Constructors //- Construct from Time and dictionary sectionalForceProbes ( const word& name, const Time& runTime, const dictionary& dict ); //- Disallow default bitwise copy construction sectionalForceProbes(const sectionalForceProbes&) = delete; //- Destructor virtual ~sectionalForceProbes(); // Member Functions //- Read the sectionalForceProbes data virtual bool read(const dictionary&); //- Write the sectionalForceProbes virtual bool write(); // Member Operators //- Disallow default bitwise assignment void operator=(const sectionalForceProbes&) = delete; }; // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * // } // End namespace functionObjects } // End namespace Foam // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * // #endif // ************************************************************************* //