streamLine.H

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Class
    Foam::functionObjects::streamLine

Group
    grpFieldFunctionObjects

Description
    Generates streamline data by sampling a set of user-specified fields along a
    particle track, transported by a user-specified velocity field.

    Operands:
    \table
      Operand        | Type  | Location
      input          | -     | -
      output file    | -     <!--
                 --> | $FOAM_CASE/postProcessing/sets/<FO>/<time>/<file>
      output field   | -     | -
    \endtable

Usage
    Minimal example by using \c system/controlDict.functions:
    \verbatim
    streamLine1
    {
        // Mandatory entries (unmodifiable)
        type            streamLine;
        libs            (fieldFunctionObjects);

        // Optional entries
        U               <velocity-name>;
        direction       forward;
        cloud           particleTracks;

        // Mandatory entries (runtime modifiable)
        fields          (<field1> ... <fieldN>);
        setFormat       vtk;
        lifeTime        10000;
        seedSampleSet
        {
            type        uniform;
            axis        x;
            start       (-0.0205 0.0001 0.00001);
            end         (-0.0205 0.0005 0.00001);
            nPoints     100;
        }

        // Optional entries (runtime modifiable)
        bounds          (0.2 -10 -10)(0.22 10 10);
        trackLength     1e-3;
        nSubCycle       1;
        interpolationScheme cellPoint;

        // Deprecated
        // trackForward true;

        // Optional (inherited) entries
        ...
    }
    \endverbatim

    where the entries mean:
    \table
      Property     | Description                           | Type | Req'd | Dflt
      type         | Type name: streamLine                 | word |  yes  | -
      libs         | Library name: fieldFunctionObjects    | word |  yes  | -
      U            | Name of tracking velocity field       | word |  no   | U
      fields       | Names of operand fields to sample     | wordList | yes | -
      setFormat    | Type of output data                   | word |  yes  | -
      direction    | Direction (enum) to track             | word |  no   | forward
      lifetime     | Maximum number of particle tracking steps | label | yes | -
      cloud        | Cloud name to use for streamlines     | word |  no  | typeName
      seedSampleSet| Seeding description (see below)       | dict |  yes  | -
      bounds       | Bounding box to trim tracks    | vector pair | no | -
      trackLength  | Tracking segment length              | scalar | no | VGREAT
      nSubCycle    | Number of tracking steps per cell    | label  | no | 1
      interpolationScheme | Interp. scheme for sample   | word | no | cellPoint
    \endtable

    Example types for the \c seedSampleSet sub-dict:
    \verbatim
        uniform | uniform particle seeding
        cloud   | cloud of points
        triSurfaceMeshPointSet | points according to a tri-surface mesh
    \endverbatim

    Options for the \c setFormat entry:
    \verbatim
        csv
        ensight
        gnuplot
        nastran
        raw
        vtk
        xmgr
    \endverbatim

    Options for the \c direction entry:
    \verbatim
        forward
        backward
        bidirectional
    \endverbatim

    The inherited entries are elaborated in:
     - \link functionObject.H \endlink

    Usage by the \c postProcess utility is not available.

Note
    When specifying the track resolution, the \c trackLength or \c nSubCycle
    option should be used.

See also
    - Foam::functionObject
    - Foam::functionObjects::fvMeshFunctionObject
    - Foam::sampledSet
    - Foam::wallBoundedStreamLine
    - Foam::streamLineBase
    - ExtendedCodeGuide::functionObjects::field::streamLine

SourceFiles
    streamLine.C

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#ifndef Foam_functionObjects_streamLine_H
#define Foam_functionObjects_streamLine_H

#include "streamLineBase.H"

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namespace Foam
{

// Forward Declarations
class objectRegistry;
class dictionary;

namespace functionObjects
{

/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
                         Class streamLine Declaration
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

class streamLine
:
    public functionObjects::streamLineBase
{
    // Private Data

        //- Number of subcycling steps
        label nSubCycle_;


public:

    //- Runtime type information
    TypeName("streamLine");


    // Constructors

        //- Construct from Time and dictionary
        streamLine
        (
            const word& name,
            const Time& runTime,
            const dictionary& dict
        );

        //- No copy construct
        streamLine(const streamLine&) = delete;

        //- No copy assignment
        void operator=(const streamLine&) = delete;


    //- Destructor
    virtual ~streamLine() = default;


    // Member Functions

        //- Read settings
        virtual bool read(const dictionary&);

        //- Do the actual tracking to fill the track data
        virtual void track();
};


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} // End namespace functionObjects
} // End namespace Foam

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#endif

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