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Description

The ddt2 function object computes the magnitude or magnitude squared of the Eulerian time derivative of an input volume field for time-variant simulations (not appropriate to steady-state simulations).

The result can be further used for determining e.g. variance or RMS values.

Operands

Operand Type Location
input vol<Type>Field $FOAM_CASE/<time>/<inpField>
output file - -
output field vol<Type>Field $FOAM_CASE/<time>/<outField>

where <Type>=Scalar/Vector/SphericalTensor/SymmTensor/Tensor.

Usage

Example of the ddt2 function object by using functions sub-dictionary in system/controlDict file:

ddt21
{
    // Mandatory entries (unmodifiable)
    type            ddt2;
    libs            (fieldFunctionObjects);

    // Mandatory entries (runtime modifiable)
    fields          (<field1> <field2> ... <fieldN>);

    // Optional entries (unmodifiable)
    mag             false;

    // Optional entries (runtime modifiable)
    result          d@@dt2;

    // Optional (inherited) entries
    region          region0;
    enabled         true;
    log             true;
    timeStart       0;
    timeEnd         1000;
    executeControl  timeStep;
    executeInterval 1;
    writeControl    timeStep;
    writeInterval   1;
}

where the entries mean:

Property Description Type Required Default
type Type name: ddt2 word yes -
libs Library name: fieldFunctionObjects word yes -
fields Names of the operand fields wordList yes -
mag Compute ‘mag’ instead of ‘magSqr’ bool no false
result Name of results word no magSqr(ddt2(@@))

The inherited entries are elaborated in:

Usage by the postProcess utility is not available.

Notes on entries

A list of fields can contain exact names or regular expressions. The token \@\@ in the result name is replaced by the name of the source field. In the special case of a single source field (specified as a non-regex), the \@\@ token checking is suppressed.

The function object will skip over fields that appear to have already been processed (ie, their names are similar to the output names).

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