I am using openFoam CFD package and want to be able to post process the data to give me the regions which have been encapsulated by a user defined iso-contour. Is this possible in paraView?
Simplified 2D Example (Note that my actual domain is 3D):
I want to be able to determine all the regions encapsulated by the 500C isotherm during any time step in my simulation
I deem a region encapsulated if it is enclosed by the 500C isotherm and or the domain boundary and not connected to either inlet boundary by a ‘path’ of cells with temperatures >=500C.
My simulation has multiple time steps, some encapsulated regions may appear in the data for multiple time steps, if so I only need to record the first of these. If they were to appear on any further timesteps these would be within the initial volumes bounds (as would have shrunk in size), so any logic should still hold true.
As can be seen from the image below (the interface between the orange/blue is the 500C isotherm):
- Region A and C are not marked as encapsulated in the final result as they were connected to an Inlet
- Region C shrank and became region F, which is not connected to the inlet, so is in the final result.
- Regions B, D,E are encapsulated as they are not connected to an inlet. Some of these regions were not in every time step, but if they are in any time step are recorded in the final result.
- Region B shrank in size, but its initial size is recorded in the final result.
- Region E is encapsulated by the wall and the 500C isotherm (it does not connect to the inlets).
Any advice on a methodology or thoughts on the aspects which can or can’t be achieved would be appreciated.
