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foam-extend4.1-coherent-io/applications/solvers/solidMechanics/elasticOrthoNonLinULSolidFoam/writeForceDisplacement.H

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//- write force displacement to file
label topPatchID = mesh.boundaryMesh().findPatchID("top");
if(topPatchID < 0)
{
FatalError << "Cannot find patch top for calculating force" << exit(FatalEror);
}
//- calculate force in specified direction on topClamp patch
vector direction(0, 1, 0);
//- for small strain or moving mesh
scalar topForce = gSum(
direction &
(mesh.boundary()[topPatchID].Sf() & sigma.boundaryField()[topPatchID])
);
//- for large strain total lagrangian
// tensorField F = I + gradU.boundaryField()[topPatchID];
// vectorField totalForce = mesh.Sf().boundaryField()[topPatchID] & (sigma.boundaryField()[topPatchID] & F);
//vector force = sum( totalForce );
//scalar topForce = force[vector::Y];;
//- patchIntegrate utility integrates it this way but this is worng because the sigma tensor should
//- be dotted with the surface normal to give the actual traction/force
//- you cannot just take the component of the sigma tensor
//scalar topForcePatchIntegrateMethod = gSum(
// mesh.magSf().boundaryField()[topPatchID]
// *sigma.boundaryField()[topPatchID].component(symmTensor::XY)
// );
scalar disp = max(U.boundaryField()[topPatchID].component(vector::Y));
//- write to file
if(Pstream::master())
{
OFstream& forceDispFile = *filePtr;
forceDispFile << disp << "\t" << topForce << endl;
}