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POTENTIALFOAM(1) OpenFOAM Commands Manual POTENTIALFOAM(1)

NAME

potentialFoam - part of OpenFOAM (The Open Source CFD Toolbox).

SYNOPSIS

potentialFoam [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

Potential flow solver which solves for the velocity potential

OPTIONS

Specify case directory to use (instead of the cwd)
Use specified file for decomposePar dictionary
Check case set-up only using a single time step
Check case set-up and write only using a single time step
Initialise U boundary conditions
Name of the pressure field
Run in parallel [Parallel option]
Specify alternative mesh region
Execute functionObjects
Write the final velocity potential field
Calculate and write the Euler pressure field
Write the final volumetric flux field
Display documentation in browser
Display short help and exit
Display full help and exit

ADVANCED OPTIONS

Specify the value of a registered debug switch. Default is 1 if the value is omitted. (Can be used multiple times)
Override the file handler type
Per-host slave root directories for distributed running. The host specification can be a regex. [Parallel option]
Specify the value of a registered info switch. Default is 1 if the value is omitted. (Can be used multiple times)
Additional library or library list to load (can be used multiple times)
List functionObjects
List switches registered for run-time modification (see -listUnsetSwitches option)
List scalar field boundary conditions (fvPatchField<scalar>)
List switches declared in libraries (see -listUnsetSwitches option)
Modifies switch listing to display values not set in etc/controlDict
List vector field boundary conditions (fvPatchField<vector>)
Do not execute function objects
Specify the value of a registered optimisation switch (int/bool). Default is 1 if the value is omitted. (Can be used multiple times)
Slave root directories for distributed running [Parallel option]
Display source code in browser
Display full help (manpage format) and exit
Display help notes (description) and exit

SEE ALSO

Online documentation https://www.openfoam.com/documentation/

COPYRIGHT

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