Fluidic Force Output

[Will01]

Does anyone know how to output the Fluidic Force in a file? like .dat
I can see the calculated forces in the solver output, but not in any output file, like *.ep or *.vtu, I tried to set the SaveScalar to save it, but failed, please let me know if you can help on this. thanks!

[Will01]

ForceCompute: -------------------------------------
ForceCompute: Computing Fluidic Force:
ForceCompute: -------------------------------------
ForceCompute: Forces on Boundary bc 4
ForceCompute: Fluidic Force: 1.740868E+00 -7.361558E-03 0.000000E+00
ForceCompute: Resultant Force: 1.740884E+00
ForceCompute: Contact Area: 4.000000E+00


Does anyone know how to output those results in a result file? like .csv. I can see this in the solver not any output file.

[Will01]

solution found.

[mzenker]

for the records:
and the solution is ... ?

Matthias

[Will01]

The solution is as follows, please note it's important to set this solver at the lowest priority and it will output the cd and cl with time. FluidForce 4 is relate to your BC number.


Solver 1
Equation = SaveScalars
Variable 2 = FluidForce 4
Filename = FluidicForces.dat
Variable 1 = Time
Procedure = "SaveData" "SaveScalars"
Exec Solver = After Timestep
End

Boundary Condition 4
Target Boundaries(1) = 4
Name = "Walls"
Velocity 1 = 0
Velocity 2 = 0
Save Scalars = True
Calculate Fluidic Force = True
End

[mzenker]

Thank you, I think this might be useful for others also...

Matthias