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Forces Acting On the Patch - forces Function
Function forces is included in file controlDict. Definition of forces functions are created in file forces.fun. This functions can evaluate aerodynamic forces acting on selected model patches:
forcesBlade
{
type forces;
functionObjectLibs ( "libforces.so" );
outputControl timeStep;
outputInterval 1;
region rotor;
patches ( blade_rot_wall );
pname pMean;
Uname UMean;
rhoName rhoInf;
rhoInf 1; // blueSolver uses rho = 1
log true;
CofR (0 0 0);
}
forcesWall
{
type forces;
functionObjectLibs ( "libforces.so" );
outputControl timeStep;
outputInterval 1;
region rotor;
patches ( hub_rot_wall_wall hub_rot_wheel_wall hub_rot_tip_wall );
pname pMean;
Uname UMean;
rhoName rhoInf;
rhoInf 1; // blueSolver uses rho = 1
log true;
CofR (0 0 0);
}
During the computation the results are written in directory forces/0/forces.dat.