OVERPOTENTIALFOAM(1)

💖 OVERPOTENTIALFOAM(1) 💖

okay bestie, so this page is from the OpenFOAM Commands Manual — you know, the OpenFOAM thing, aka The Open Source CFD Toolbox. sit down, grab a boba, we're doing fluid dynamics ✨

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

overPotentialFoam [OPTIONS]

like. that's it. that's the whole vibe. she takes options and she runs 🦋

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So overPotentialFoam is an overset potential flow solver — and what it actually does is solve for the velocity potential. that's the whole thing. no cap, that's the assignment. 🎀

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👑 OPTIONS 👑

• -case dir — tell her which case directory to use instead of the cwd (the current working directory, iykyk). like, "no bestie, we're not in Kansas anymore, we're here."
• -decomposeParDict file — use the specific file you name for the decomposePar dictionary.
• -initialiseUBCs — initialise U boundary conditions. give those boundary conditions their little glow-up. ✨
• -pName pName — the name of the pressure field. call her whatever you want, she answers to it.
• -parallel — run in parallel. [Parallel option] — she's got main character energy and she's bringing the whole group chat. 💅
• -withFunctionObjects — execute functionObjects. let the little helper scripts do their thing.
• -writePhi — write the final velocity potential field. save it for the memories 🫶
• -writep — calculate and write the Euler pressure field.
• -doc — display documentation in the browser. open her up, she's famous.
• -help — display short help and exit.
• -help-full — display full help and exit. the extended director's cut 💀

🌈 ADVANCED OPTIONS 🌈

• -debug-switch name=val — specify the value of a registered debug switch. default is 1 if you leave the value off. (can be used 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 — specify the value of a registered info switch. default is 1 if the value is omitted. (can be used multiple times)
• -lib name — additional library or library list to load (can be used multiple times).
• -listFunctionObjects — list functionObjects.
• -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).
• -listUnsetSwitches — modifies the switch listing so it displays values not set in etc/controlDict.
• -listVectorBCs — list vector field boundary conditions (fvPatchField<vector>).
• -noFunctionObjects — do not execute function objects. (the opposite twin of -withFunctionObjects, we love a duo 💜)
• -opt-switch name=val — specify 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 the browser. read the receipts, bestie 🔥
• -help-man — display full help (manpage format) and exit.
• -help-notes — display help notes (the description) and exit.

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Online documentation: https://www.openfoam.com/documentation/ — go read it, it's giving library of Alexandria but make it CFD.

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💜 COPYRIGHT 💜

Copyright © 2018-2019 OpenCFD Ltd.

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okay that's the whole page, you ate that 🍓

so yeah — that was OVERPOTENTIALFOAM(1), from the OpenFOAM Commands Manual, brought to you by www.openfoam.com and the version tag OpenFOAM-. she's iconic, she's overset, she solves for the velocity potential, and she's out. periodt. 💅✨🧚