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Henry Weller
e22c65dd8e Standardized the selection of required and optional fields in BCs, fvOptions, functionObjects etc.
In most boundary conditions, fvOptions etc. required and optional fields
to be looked-up from the objectRegistry are selected by setting the
keyword corresponding to the standard field name in the BC etc. to the
appropriate name in the objectRegistry.  Usually a default is provided
with sets the field name to the keyword name, e.g. in the
totalPressureFvPatchScalarField the velocity is selected by setting the
keyword 'U' to the appropriate name which defaults to 'U':

        Property     | Description             | Required    | Default value
        U            | velocity field name     | no          | U
        phi          | flux field name         | no          | phi
        .
        .
        .

However, in some BCs and functionObjects and many fvOptions another
convention is used in which the field name keyword is appended by 'Name'
e.g.

        Property     | Description             | Required    | Default value
        pName        | pressure field name     | no          | p
        UName        | velocity field name     | no          | U

This difference in convention is unnecessary and confusing, hinders code
and dictionary reuse and complicates code maintenance.  In this commit
the appended 'Name' is removed from the field selection keywords
standardizing OpenFOAM on the first convention above.
2016-05-21 20:28:20 +01:00
Henry Weller
18725ed3ac functionObjects: Renamed dictionary entry 'functionObjectLibs' -> 'libs'
This changes simplifies the specification of functionObjects in
controlDict and is consistent with the 'libs' option in controlDict to
load special solver libraries.

Support for the old 'functionObjectLibs' name is supported for backward compatibility.
2016-05-16 22:09:01 +01:00
Henry Weller
758dfc2c1f Standardized the naming of functions which control the writing of fields etc.
to have the prefix 'write' rather than 'output'

So outputTime() -> writeTime()

but 'outputTime()' is still supported for backward-compatibility.

Also removed the redundant secondary-writing functionality from Time
which has been superseded by the 'writeRegisteredObject' functionObject.
2016-05-12 17:38:01 +01:00
Henry Weller
71290b4d9e functionObjects: Changed options 'outputControl' -> 'writeControl' and 'outputInterval' -> 'writeInterval'
for consistency with the time controls in controlDict and to avoid
unnecessary confusion.  All code and tutorials have been updated.

The old names 'outputControl' and 'outputInterval' are but supported for
backward compatibility but deprecated.
2016-05-12 11:38:11 +01:00
Henry
db4ac98fd8 faceSource: Writing the total area of the faceSource (sum(magSf)) for each time is now optional
Previous behavior which may be useful for moving-mesh cases can be
selected using the optional entry:
    writeTotalArea  yes;

The initial total area is written in the log and data file header e.g.:

 #   Source : faceZone f0
 #   Faces  : 8
 #   Area   : 1.063860e-02
2015-04-26 16:32:19 +01:00
Henry
446e5777f0 Add the OpenFOAM source tree 2014-12-10 22:40:10 +00:00