Moving wall velocity

Table of Contents

• Properties
• Usage
• Further information

Properties

• Wrapper around the fixed condition
• Sets the velocity to the desired value for moving walls when employed in moving mesh cases

Usage

The condition is specified in the field file using:

<patchName>
{
    type            movingWallVelocity;
    value           <field value>;
}

Further information

Source code:

• Foam::fixedValueFvPatchField
• Foam::movingWallVelocityFvPatchVectorField

Example usage:

• interFoam DTCHull tutorial: $FOAM_TUTORIALS/multiphase/interFoam/RAS/DTCHull
• sonicDyMFoam movingCone tutorial: $FOAM_TUTORIALS/compressible/sonicDyMFoam/movingCone
• pimpleFoam propeller tutorial: $FOAM_TUTORIALS/incompressible/pimpleFoam/RAS/propeller

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