ACOUSTICFOAM(1)

📦 version 2512, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ NAME ✨

okay so this is ACOUSTICFOAM(1) from the OpenFOAM Commands Manual, and the main character is acousticFoam — part of OpenFOAM (The Open Source CFD Toolbox). That's the whole name-drop, bestie, and it's giving official 💅.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

acousticFoam [OPTIONS]

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

acousticFoam is the acoustic solver solving the acoustic pressure wave equation. That's it, that's the vibe — pressure waves getting the full main-character treatment 🌊✨.

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

okay bestie, here's the full option menu — no skips, no cap:

  • -case dir — case directory (instead of current directory). use this when you're not living in the case dir, iykyk.
  • -decomposeParDict file — alternative decomposePar dictionary file.
  • -dry-run — check case set-up only using a single time step. dry-run energy, no full send.
  • -dry-run-write — check case set-up and write only using a single time step.
  • -parallel — run in parallel. [Parallel option]
  • -postProcess — execute functionObjects only.
  • -doc — display documentation in browser.
  • -help — display short help and exit.
  • -help-full — display full help and exit.

🔥 ADVANCED OPTIONS 🔥

these are the advanced-era options, and yes, they all matter:

  • -debug-switch name=val — set named DebugSwitch (default value: 1). [Can be used multiple times]
  • -fileHandler handler — override the file handler type.
  • -hostRoots ((host1 dir1) .. (hostN dirN)) — per-subprocess root directories for distributed running. the host specification can be a regex. [Parallel option]
  • -info-switch name=val — set named InfoSwitch (default value: 1). [Can be used multiple times]
  • -lib name — additional library or library list to load. [Can be used multiple times]
  • -listFunctionObjects — list functionObjects.
  • -listFvOptions — list fvOptions.
  • -listRegisteredSwitches — list switches registered for run-time modification (see -listUnsetSwitches option).
  • -listScalarBCs — list scalar field boundary conditions (fvPatchField<scalar>).
  • -listSwitches — list switches declared in libraries (see -listUnsetSwitches option).
  • -listUnsetSwitches — modifies switch listing to display values not set in etc/controlDict.
  • -listVectorBCs — list vector field boundary conditions (fvPatchField<vector>).
  • -mpi-no-comm-dup — disable initial MPI_Comm_dup().
  • -mpi-split-by-appnum — split world communicator based on the APPNUM.
  • -mpi-threads — request use of MPI threads.
  • -no-libs — disable use of the controlDict 'libs' entry.
  • -noFunctionObjects — do not execute function objects.
  • -opt-switch name=val — set named OptimisationSwitch (default value: 1). [Can be used multiple times]
  • -roots (dir1 .. dirN) — subprocess root directories for distributed running. [Parallel option]
  • -world name — name of the local world for parallel communication. [Parallel option]
  • -doc-source — display source code in browser.
  • -help-man — display full help (manpage format) and exit.
  • -help-notes — display help notes (description) and exit.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

online documentation: https://www.openfoam.com/documentation/ — go read, bestie 🫶.

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