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Description

The surfaceDisplacement is a boundary condition that provides displacement fixed by projection onto triSurface. Use in a displacementMotionSolver as a boundary condition on a pointDisplacement field.

Usage

The condition requires entries in both the boundary and field files.

Boundary file 

<patchName>
{
    type            patch;
    ...
}

Field file 

<patchName>
{
    // Mandatory entries
    type            surfaceDisplacement;
    velocity        <vector>;
    geometry        <dict>;
    projectMode     <word>;
    projectDirection  <vector>;

    // Optional entries
    wedgePlane      <label>;
    frozenPointsZone  <word>;

    // Inherited entries
    ...
}

where:

Property Description Type Required Default
type Type name: surfaceDisplacement word yes -
velocity Maximum velocity vector yes -
geometry Dictionary with searchableSurfaces. (usually triSurfaceMeshes in constant/triSurface) word yes -
projectMode Projection mode word yes -
projectDirection Projection direction vector yes -
wedgePlane -1 or component to knock out of intersection normal label no -1
frozenPointsZone Empty or name of pointZone containing points that do not move word no null

Options for the projectMode entry:

Property Description
NEAREST Nearest
POINTNORMAL Intersection with point normal
FIXEDNORMAL Intersection with fixed vector

The inherited entries are elaborated in:

  • fixedValuePointPatchField.H

  • This displacement is then clipped with the specified velocity*deltaT.
  • Optionally (intersection only) removes a component (wedgePlane) to stay in 2D.

Further information

Tutorial:

Source code:

API:

History:

  • Introduced in version 1.6