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Description
Calculates the total forces on a patch:
total force vector
total normal force
total force in each direction (x, y and z)
Author
philip.cardiff@ucd.ie
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#include "fvCFD.H"
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
argList::validArgs.append("patch name");
argList::validOptions.insert("noMeshUpdate", "");
argList::validOptions.insert("nonLinear", "");
# include "addTimeOptions.H"
# include "setRootCase.H"
# include "createTime.H"
// Get times list
instantList Times = runTime.times();
// set startTime and endTime depending on -time and -latestTime options
# include "checkTimeOptions.H"
runTime.setTime(Times[startTime], startTime);
# include "createMesh.H"
bool noMeshUpdate = args.optionFound("noMeshUpdate");
bool nonLinear = args.optionFound("nonLinear");
word patchName(args.additionalArgs()[0]);
label patchID = mesh.boundaryMesh().findPatchID(patchName);
if (patchID == -1)
{
FatalError << "Cannot find patch " << patchName
<< exit(FatalError);
}
for (label i=startTime; iboundaryField()[patchID];
const scalarField J = det(F);
const tensorField Finv = hinv(F);
// current deformed patch area vectors are given by
// Nanson's formula
const vectorField deformedSf = J * Finv & Sf;
const vectorField deformedN = deformedSf/mag(deformedSf);
const symmTensorField& sigmaCauchyPatch =
sigmaCauchyPtr->boundaryField()[patchID];
// reference areas and 2nd Piola-Kirchhoff stress
totalForce = Sf & (sigmaPatch & F);
totalNormalForce = sum(deformedN & (totalForce));
totalShearForce = sum((I -sqr(deformedN)) & (totalForce));
// deformed normals and Cauchy stress
totalForceCauchy = deformedSf & (sigmaCauchyPatch);
totalNormalForceCauchy = sum(deformedN & (totalForceCauchy));
totalShearForceCauchy =
sum((I -sqr(deformedN)) & (totalForceCauchy));
//netForceCauchy += sum(totalForceCauchy);
}
else
{
// small strain
totalForce = Sf & sigmaPatch;
totalNormalForce = sum(n & (totalForce));
totalShearForce = sum((I -sqr(n)) & (totalForce));
}
//netForce += sum(totalForce);
// scalar totalNormalForce = sum(n & (totalForce));
// vector totalShearForce = sum((I -sqr(n)) & (totalForce));
//maxPatchForce = max(maxPatchForce, mag(sum(totalForce)));
Info<< "Patch: " << mesh.boundary()[patchID].name() << nl
<< "\tTotal Force:\t\t" << sum(totalForce) << " N\n"
<< "\tTotal Normal Force:\t" << totalNormalForce << " N\n"
<< "\tTotal Shear Force:\t" << totalShearForce << " N\n";
if (nonLinear)
{
Info<< "\tForces calculated with Cauchy stress\n"
<< "\tTotal Force:\t\t" << sum(totalForceCauchy) << " N\n"
<< "\tTotal Normal Force:\t" << totalNormalForceCauchy
<< " N\n"
<< "\tTotal Shear Force:\t" << totalShearForceCauchy
<< " N\n";
}
Info<< endl;
}
// scalar percentNetForce = 100.0*mag(netForce)/maxPatchForce;
// scalar percentNetForceCauchy =
// 100.0*mag(netForceCauchy)/maxPatchForce;
// Info<< nl << "Net force on model is "
// << netForce << " N\twhich is "
// << percentNetForce << "% of maximum patch force";
Info<< endl;
}
}
Info<< nl << "End" << endl;
return 0;
}
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