rotatingWallVelocity

Description

The rotatingWallVelocity is a boundary condition that provides a rotational velocity condition.

Usage

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

Boundary file

<patchName>
{
    type            wall;
    ...
}

Field file

<patchName>
{
    // Mandatory entries
    type            rotatingWallVelocity;
    origin          <vector>;
    axis            <vector>;
    omega           <Function1<vector>>

    // Inherited entries
    ...
}

where:

Property	Description	Type	Required	Default
type	Type name: rotatingWallVelocity	word	yes	-
origin	Origin of the rotation in Cartesian coordinates	vector	yes	-
axis	Axis of rotation	vector	yes	-
omega	Angular velocity of the frame [rad/s]	Function1<vector>	yes	-

The inherited entries are elaborated in:

• Foam::fixedValueFvPatchField
• Foam::Function1

Further information

Tutorial:

• spinningDisk
• mixerVesselAMI

Source code:

• rotatingWallVelocity

API:

• Foam::rotatingWallVelocityFvPatchVectorField

History: Introduced in version 1.6