INTERPHASECHANGEFOAM(1)

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💖 INTERPHASECHANGEFOAM 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because we're doing interPhaseChangeFoam, which is part of OpenFOAM (aka The Open Source CFD Toolbox, the icon, the moment) — and this page lives in the OpenFOAM Commands Manual. it's giving "manual page for a solver" and honestly? slay. let's get into it. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

interPhaseChangeFoam — part of OpenFOAM (The Open Source CFD Toolbox). that's the whole name section, no notes, periodt.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

interPhaseChangeFoam [OPTIONS]

literally that's it. give it options or give it nothing, your call. 🫶

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

so what IS this diva? interPhaseChangeFoam is a solver for two incompressible, isothermal immiscible fluids with phase-change. two fluids. they do NOT mix (immiscible, she said), they're incompressible, and everything stays isothermal — but there IS phase-change happening, so it's not just a chill two-fluid hangout.

it uses VOF (volume of fluid) phase-fraction based interface capturing to track where the interface between the fluids is at. no cap, that's the whole vibe. 💅

✨ OPTIONS ✨

here come the flags, bestie. every single one, exactly as written, don't skip, we don't do that here. 💖

  • -case dir — point it at the case directory you wanna use, instead of just vibing in the current working directory (cwd).
  • -decomposeParDict file — use this specific file as the decomposePar dictionary.
  • -dry-run — just check that the case set-up is valid, using a single time step. like a dress rehearsal. 🙈
  • -dry-run-write — check the case set-up AND write, still only using a single time step.
  • -parallel — run in parallel. [Parallel option] 🔥
  • -postProcess — only execute the functionObjects. nothing else, just those.
  • -doc — pops the documentation open in your browser.
  • -help — short help, then exit. bye.
  • -help-full — the FULL help, then exit. the extended cut.

👑 ADVANCED OPTIONS 👑

okay these are the advanced ones, the main-character-energy flags. stay with me. 💜

  • -debug-switch name=val — set the value of a registered debug switch. if you leave the value out, the default is 1. (you can use this one multiple times) 🍓
  • -fileHandler handler — override the file handler type.
  • -hostRoots ((host1 dir1) .. (hostN dirN)) — per-host slave root directories for distributed running. the host specification can be a regex. [Parallel option]
  • -info-switch name=val — set the value of a registered info switch. default is 1 if you omit the value. (can be used multiple times) ✨
  • -lib name — load an additional library or a whole list of libraries (can be used multiple times).
  • -listFunctionObjects — list the functionObjects.
  • -listFvOptions — list the fvOptions.
  • -listRegisteredSwitches — list the switches registered for run-time modification (see the -listUnsetSwitches option).
  • -listScalarBCs — list scalar field boundary conditions (fvPatchField<scalar>).
  • -listSwitches — list switches declared in libraries (see the -listUnsetSwitches option).
  • -listTurbulenceModels — list the turbulenceModels. 🌈
  • -listUnsetSwitches — modifies the switch listing so it shows values that are NOT set in etc/controlDict.
  • -listVectorBCs — list vector field boundary conditions (fvPatchField<vector>).
  • -noFunctionObjects — do not execute function objects. the opposite of -postProcess, we love a contrast. 💅
  • -opt-switch name=val — set the value of a registered optimisation switch (int/bool). default is 1 if the value is omitted. (can be used multiple times)
  • -roots (dir1 .. dirN) — slave root directories for distributed running. [Parallel option]
  • -doc-source — display the source code in your browser. iykyk. 🧚
  • -help-man — display full help in manpage format, then exit.
  • -help-notes — display help notes (the description), then exit.
heads up bestie: -parallel, -hostRoots and -roots are all marked [Parallel option] in the original, so don't come for me, that's just what they are. 💀

🔗 SEE ALSO 🔗

online documentation lives at https://www.openfoam.com/documentation/ — go read it, it's right there. 💖

Copyright © 2018-2019 OpenCFD Ltd. that's the whole thing, respect the copyright fr fr. 🙏

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