README

This README includes the steps which are necessary to get this application up and running.

OpenFOAM Versions

Generated for version 4.x 5.x 9.x (file laserConvectionFvPatchField.C updated)

What is this repository for?

This repository provides a LASER boundary condition based on the Gaussian distribution function with additional convective heat transfer
The user can specify an arbitrary amount of LASER sources within one patch
The LASER Source can only be applied perpendicular to the x-y plane (no transformation added)
In addition, each LASER source can be moved circularly or linearly
Circular motion means to move the Gaussian spot around a center point with a given omega
Linear motion means to move the Gaussian spot linear within a set of given points with a defined linear velocity

How do to compile the library and set-up the boundary condition?

Feel free to compile it where ever you want, but normally its nice to have a fixed folder for user compiled stuff
Make a new folder

mkdir -p $FOAM_RUN/../OpenFOAM_extensions
Switch to the new folder

cd $FOAM_RUN/../OpenFOAM_extensions
Clone the repository to the new folder

git clone https://shor-ty@bitbucket.org/shor-ty/laserconvectionbc.git
Switch to the repository directory

cd laserconvectionbc
After that pull it

git pull
Now you have your libraries available and you can start compiling

wmake libso
Compiling finished
A description how to set-up the boundary condition in your T-File is given in the header file

Using the library

If you compiled the library (as explained above) you have to add the following line to your controlDict

libs ( "liblaserConvectionBC.so" );
After that the boundary condition should be available

Using the BC within a special solver (not compiled as a stand alone library, offers more coupling but is only valid for this solver)

For that go to the following file

laserConvectionFvPatchField.H

Uncomment the last lines that are commented

// Only needed if you compile with your solver
#ifdef NoRepository
#     include "laserConvectionFvPatchField.C"
#endif

Go to the solver that you want to couple with the boundary condition

Add the boundary source file to your solver by adding the source file (and path) to the 'Make/files' file of your solver. It should look somehow like that (the first and last character is just for highlighting and should not be in the file):


'../../fvPatchFields/laserConvectionBC/laserConvectionFvPatchFields.C'
../../fvPatchFields/AOPCTractionDisplacement/AOPCTractionDisplacementFvPatchVectorField.C
../../fvPatchFields/fixedDisplacement/fixedDisplacementFvPatchVectorField.C
AOPCHeatTreatmentFoam.C

EXE = $(FOAM_USER_APPBIN)/AOPCHeatTreatmentFoam


* Compile your solver
* Done

### Usage as BC ###
* In the header file you will find an example, how to set-up the boundary condition

### Contribution guidelines ###
* If you have questions, hints or any suggestions please email me to Tobias.Holzmann@Holzmann-cfd.de

### Warranty ###
* There is no warranty that the boundary works as expected

### Acknowledgement ###
*Financial support by the Austrian Federal Government (in particular from Bundesministerium fuer Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie and Bundesministerium fuer Witschaft, Familie und Jugend) represented by Oesterreichische Forschungsfoerderungsgesellschaft mbH and the Styrian and the Tyrolean Provincial Government, represented by Steirische Wirtschaftsfoerderungsgesellschaft mbH and Standortagentur Tirol, within the framework of the COMET Funding Programme is gratefully acknowledged.