REACTINGPARCELFOAM(1)

🦋 REACTINGPARCELFOAM(1) 🦋

okay bestie, so this is reactingParcelFoam, and it's part of OpenFOAM (The Open Source CFD Toolbox) 💖 — yes, the OpenFOAM, the icon, the moment, the whole vibe. this page lives in the OpenFOAM Commands Manual and it's literally gonna walk you through every single flag. no skips, no skimming, we're doing this properly ✨

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

reactingParcelFoam [OPTIONS]

that's it. that's the whole synopsis. she's lowkey mysterious, she contains multitudes 💅

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so reactingParcelFoam is a transient solver — meaning it steps through time, no steady-state shortcuts here, she's on a journey 🦋 — for compressible, turbulent flow with reacting, multiphase particle clouds and surface film modelling.

read that again. reacting ✅ multiphase particle clouds ✅ surface film ✅. it's giving overachiever. it's giving main character energy. it's giving "i contain an entire chemistry lab and a spray dryer and a wet floor" 😭🔥

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -case dir — tell her which case directory to use instead of the cwd (current working directory). like, "hey, not here, over there" 🫶
• -decomposeParDict file — use the file you specify for the decomposePar dictionary. your dict, your rules 💜
• -dry-run — check the case set-up only, using a single time step. a lil sneak peek, no commitment 🙈
• -dry-run-write — check the case set-up and write, only using a single time step. sneak peek plus a souvenir ✨
• -parallel — run in parallel. [Parallel option] — we love a collaborative queen 👑
• -postProcess — execute functionObjects only. no solving, just the extras 💅
• -doc — display documentation in your browser 🌈
• -help — display short help and exit. quick lil wave goodbye 👋
• -help-full — display full help and exit. the whole lore dump 📚

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🔥 ADVANCED OPTIONS 🔥

okay so these are the deep cuts. the b-sides. the ones you only find if you actually read the whole page (hi, that's you, you're doing amazing) 💖

• -debug-switch name=val — specify the value of a registered debug switch. default is 1 if you omit the value. (Can be used multiple times — stack 'em, bestie 🍓)
• -fileHandler handler — override the file handler type. not like it needs the help, but sure 💅
• -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). bring your friends 🫶
• -listFunctionObjects — list functionObjects 📝
• -listFvOptions — list fvOptions 📝
• -listRegisteredSwitches — list switches registered for run-time modification (see the -listUnsetSwitches option). yes, they're linked, iykyk 👀
• -listScalarBCs — list scalar field boundary conditions (fvPatchField<scalar>)
• -listSwitches — list switches declared in libraries (see the -listUnsetSwitches option)
• -listTurbulenceModels — list turbulenceModels 🌪️
• -listUnsetSwitches — modifies the switch listing to display values not set in etc/controlDict. the unspoken ones. the secret menu 💀
• -listVectorBCs — list vector field boundary conditions (fvPatchField<vector>)
• -noFunctionObjects — do not execute function objects. respectfully, no 🙅
• -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 source code in browser. go read the actual receipts, queen 🔍
• -help-man — display full help (manpage format) and exit 📖
• -help-notes — display help notes (description) and exit 📝

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Online documentation, right here, bestie: https://www.openfoam.com/documentation/

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💜 COPYRIGHT 💜

Copyright © 2018-2019 OpenCFD Ltd.

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