movingWallVelocity

Description

The movingWallVelocity is a velocity boundary condition that provides a condition for cases with moving walls.

Usage

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

Boundary file

<patchName>
{
    type            wall;
    ...
}

Field file

<patchName>
{
    // Mandatory entries
    type                    movingWallVelocity;

    // Inherited entries;
    ...
}

where:

Property	Description	Type	Required	Default
type	Type name: movingWallVelocity	word	yes	-

The inherited entries are elaborated in:

• Foam::fixedValueFvPatchField

Further information

Tutorial:

• propeller
• movingBox

Source code:

• movingWallVelocity

API:

• Foam::movingWallVelocityFvPatchVectorField

History: Introduced in version 1.5