KINEMATICPARCELFOAM(1)

🌸 NAME

kinematicParcelFoam — part of OpenFOAM (The Open Source CFD Toolbox). This is the kinematicParcelFoam(1) page from the OpenFOAM Commands Manual, and bestie, we are going through every single option together. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS

kinematicParcelFoam [OPTIONS]

🦋 DESCRIPTION

Transient solver for incompressible, turbulent flow with kinematic particle clouds and surface film modelling. It’s giving CFD main-character energy: incompressible, turbulent, kinematic particle clouds, plus surface film modelling. ✨

🎀 OPTIONS

• -case dir — Use dir as the case directory instead of the current directory. 🗂️
• -decomposeParDict file — Use an alternative decomposePar dictionary file. 📄
• -dry-run — Check the case set-up only, using a single time step. 🧪
• -dry-run-write — Check the 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 the browser. 🌐
• -help — Display short help and exit. 🆘
• -help-full — Display full help and exit. 📚

🌟 ADVANCED OPTIONS

• -debug-switch name=val — Set the 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 the named InfoSwitch (default value: 1). [Can be used multiple times] ℹ️
• -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 the -listUnsetSwitches option). 🔁
• -listScalarBCs — List scalar field boundary conditions (fvPatchField<scalar>). 🔢
• -listSwitches — List switches declared in libraries (see the -listUnsetSwitches option). 📚
• -listTurbulenceModels — List turbulenceModels. 🌪️
• -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 the 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 the 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 the browser. 💻
• -help-man — Display full help in manpage format and exit. 📖
• -help-notes — Display help notes (description) and exit. 📝

🔥 SEE ALSO

Online documentation: https://www.openfoam.com/documentation/ — go peek, bestie, the docs are right there. 🫶

👑 COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2018-2025 OpenCFD Ltd.

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