zeroGradient.H

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Class
    Foam::functionObjects::zeroGradient

Group
    grpFieldFunctionObjects

Description
    Creates a volume field with zero-gradient
    boundary conditions from another volume field.

    The result can be used, for example, to post-process near-wall
    field values.

    Operands:
    \table
      Operand        | Type                | Location
      input          | vol<Type>Field    | $FOAM_CASE/<time>/<inpField>
      output file    | -                   | -
      output field   | vol<Type>Field    | $FOAM_CASE/<time>/<outField>
    \endtable

    where \c <Type>=Scalar/Vector/SphericalTensor/SymmTensor/Tensor.

Usage
    Minimal example by using \c system/controlDict.functions:
    \verbatim
    zeroGradient1
    {
        // Mandatory entries (unmodifiable)
        type        zeroGradient;
        libs        (fieldFunctionObjects);

        // Mandatory entries (runtime modifiable)
        fields      (<field1> ... <fieldN>); \\(U "(T|k|epsilon|omega)");

        // Optional entries (runtime modifiable)
        result      @@<name>;

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

    where the entries mean:
    \table
      Property     | Description                           | Type | Req'd | Dflt
      type         | Type name: zeroGradient               | word |  yes  | -
      libs         | Library name: fieldFunctionObjects    | word |  yes  | -
      fields       | Name of the operand fields            | wordList | yes | -
      result       | Name of the output field    | word | no | zeroGradient(@@)
    \endtable

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

    Usage by the \c postProcess utility is not available.

Note
    - A list of fields can contain exact names or regular expressions.
    The token '\@\@' in the result name is replaced by the name of the source
    field. In the special case of a single source field (specified as
    a non-regex), the '\@\@' token checking is suppressed.
    - The function object will skip over fields that would not benefit
    i.e., only processor, empty, zeroGradient, symmetry patches.
    This check should also prevent processing fields multiple times.

See also
    - Foam::functionObject
    - Foam::functionObjects::fvMeshFunctionObject
    - ExtendedCodeGuide::functionObjects::field::zeroGradient

SourceFiles
    zeroGradient.C
    zeroGradientTemplates.C

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#ifndef functionObjects_zeroGradient_H
#define functionObjects_zeroGradient_H

#include "fvMeshFunctionObject.H"
#include "volFieldsFwd.H"
#include "OFstream.H"
#include "wordRes.H"

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namespace Foam
{
namespace functionObjects
{

/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
                        Class zeroGradient Declaration
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

class zeroGradient
:
    public fvMeshFunctionObject
{
    // Private Data

        //- Name of fields to process
        wordRes selectFields_;

        //- Formatting for the result fields
        word resultName_;

        //- Hashed names of result fields, and their type
        HashTable<word> results_;


    // Private Member Functions

        //- Accept unless field only has constraint patches
        //  (ie, empty/zero-gradient/processor)
        //  This should also avoid fields that were already processed by
        //  zeroGradient.
        template<class Type>
        static bool accept(const GeometricField<Type, fvPatchField, volMesh>&);

        //- Apply for the volume field type
        template<class Type>
        int apply(const word& inputName, int& state);

        //- Process by trying to apply for various volume field types
        int process(const word& inputName);


public:

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


    // Constructors

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

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

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


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


    // Member Functions

        //- Read the zeroGradient specification
        virtual bool read(const dictionary& dict);

        //- Calculate the zeroGradient fields
        virtual bool execute();

        //- Write the zeroGradient fields
        virtual bool write();
};


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

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#ifdef NoRepository
    #include "zeroGradientTemplates.C"
#endif

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#endif

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