KR417: How can we read (interpolate) source term from point data input file not aligned with grid? (Solution ID: 625)


User has source terms (for energy eqn) that are not aligned with grid. How can this source term data be interpolated.
The solution is several steps and involves a UDF (that should be compiled).

-- Compile the UDF.
-- Read mesh or case
-- Add AT LEAST one User-Defined Scalar (UDS) and one User-Defined Memory (UDM)...
-- Set up your case as much as possible and Initialize the solution.
Do not iterate with the the UDS-0 yet!
-- Link UDF
* Define->User Defined->Functions->Compiled... Use "libudf"
-- Use File->Interpolate to interpolate the SOURCE data (source_data.ip) into UDS-0
-- Use Execute on demand (copy_uds_to_udm) to copy UDS-0 into the UDM-0
-- In B.C. panel, under source term, hook source UDF with "my_source"
This will then use the UDM value for the source term.
-- At this point, you may remove UDS-0, since it is no longer used. The data are in UDM-0.

WARNING:
-- If you initizlize the solution, the UDM0 will be zeroed and thes source term will be lost. You
will have to reinterpolate the UDS0 and execute the DEFINE_ON_DEMAND function (copy_uds_to_udm)
again to set the source term!

I would recomend saving the case/data file after you perform the DEFINE_ON_DEMAND(copy_uds_to_udm).
NOTE:
This function extrapolates linearly outside the defined domain of the data!
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Data file input format
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2 (for fluent 6.0)
3 (for 3d)
n (the number of points)
1 (the number of scalar functions)
uds-0 (the name of the function... not arbitrary!)
x1
x2
..
xn
y1
y2
..
yn
z1
z2
..
zn
s1
s2
..
sn

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