RHOREACTINGFOAM(1)

💖 RHOREACTINGFOAM 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the rhoReactingFoam man page, she's part of OpenFOAM (aka The Open Source CFD Toolbox) and she's here to make your combustion sims pop off. grab a snack, we're doing this 🍓

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

rhoReactingFoam [OPTIONS]

like, that's it. that's the whole vibe. you run her, you give her options, she does chemistry. periodt 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So what does she actually do? She's a solver for combustion with chemical reactions, and she runs on the density-based thermodynamics package. that's the whole thing, no cap. flames, reactions, density-based thermodynamics — she ate 🔥

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -case dir — point her at the case directory you wanna use, instead of just vibing in the cwd 🏠
• -decomposeParDict file — use this specific file for the decomposePar dictionary, iykyk
• -dry-run — check that the case set-up is valid, using only a single time step. a little vibe check before the real thing ✨
• -dry-run-write — same energy, but she also checks the set-up and writes, still only using a single time step
• -parallel — run in parallel. it's a [Parallel option] bestie, so like, distributed era 👑
• -postProcess — execute the functionObjects only, nothing else, just the functionObjects 💅
• -doc — pops the documentation open in your browser, so you can read up 📖
• -help — short help, then she dips. bye 👋
• -help-full — the full help, then exit. the deluxe version 🦋

🌈 ADVANCED OPTIONS 🌈

okay these are the lowkey ones, but they're all still here, don't worry:

• -debug-switch name=val — set the value of a registered debug switch. if you skip the value, the default is 1. (can be used multiple times, she's flexible like that) 🐛
• -fileHandler handler — override the file handler type
• -hostRoots ((host1 dir1) .. (hostN dirN)) — per-host slave root directories for distributed running. the host spec can be a regex. [Parallel option] 🖥️
• -info-switch name=val — set the value of a registered info switch. default is 1 if you don't give a value. (can be used multiple times)
• -lib name — load an additional library or library list. (can be used multiple times) 📚
• -listFunctionObjects — lists the functionObjects
• -listFvOptions — lists the fvOptions
• -listRegisteredSwitches — lists switches registered for run-time modification (peep the -listUnsetSwitches option for that one) 🔧
• -listScalarBCs — lists scalar field boundary conditions (fvPatchField<scalar>)
• -listSwitches — lists switches declared in libraries (again, see the -listUnsetSwitches option)
• -listTurbulenceModels — lists turbulenceModels 🌪️
• -listUnsetSwitches — changes the switch listing so it shows values that are not set in etc/controlDict
• -listVectorBCs — lists vector field boundary conditions (fvPatchField<vector>)
• -noFunctionObjects — do not execute function objects. she said no 🙈
• -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 — shows the source code in your browser 👩‍💻
• -help-man — full help in manpage format, then exit
• -help-notes — help notes (the description), then exit 📝

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🔍 SEE ALSO 🔍

online documentation, go look it up: https://www.openfoam.com/documentation/

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright © 2018-2019 OpenCFD Ltd.

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and that's the whole page bestie 🫶 this was RHOREACTINGFOAM(1) from the OpenFOAM Commands Manual, brought to you by www.openfoam.com and running on OpenFOAM-. stan her, run her, slay. mwah 💖✨