4.3.10. Appendix A: OLAF Primary Input File

Check the regression test cases for updates to this input file.

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--------------------------- OLAF (cOnvecting LAgrangian Filaments) INPUT FILE -----------------
Free wake input file for the Helix test case
--------------------------- GENERAL OPTIONS ---------------------------------------------------
5       IntMethod          Integration method {5: Forward Euler 1st order, default: 5} (switch)
0.2     DTfvw              Time interval for wake propagation. {default: dtaero} (s)
5       FreeWakeStart      Time when wake is free. (-) value = always free. {default: 0.0} (s)
2.0     FullCircStart      Time at which full circulation is reached. {default: 0.0} (s)
--------------------------- CIRCULATION SPECIFICATIONS ----------------------------------------
1       CircSolvingMethod  Circulation solving method {1: Cl-Based, 2: No-Flow Through, 3: Prescribed, default: 1 }(switch)
0.01    CircSolvConvCrit   Convergence criteria {default: 0.001} [only if CircSolvingMethod=1] (-)
0.1     CircSolvRelaxation Relaxation factor {default: 0.1} [only if CircSolvingMethod=1] (-)
30      CircSolvMaxIter    Maximum number of iterations for circulation solving {default: 30} (-)
 "NA"   PrescribedCircFile File containing prescribed circulation [only if CircSolvingMethod=3] (quoted string)
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--------------------------- WAKE OPTIONS ------------------------------------------------------
------------------- WAKE EXTENT AND DISCRETIZATION --------------------------------------------
50      nNWPanel           Number of near-wake panels [integer] (-)
400     WakeLength         Total wake distance [integer] (number of time steps)
default FreeWakeLength     Wake length that is free [integer] (number of time steps) {default: WakeLength}
False   FWShedVorticity    Include shed vorticity in the far wake {default: false}
------------------- WAKE REGULARIZATIONS AND DIFFUSION -----------------------------------------
0       DiffusionMethod    Diffusion method to account for viscous effects {0: None, 1: Core Spreading, "default": 0}         
0       RegDeterMethod     Method to determine the regularization parameters {0:  Manual, 1: Optimized, default: 0 }          
2       RegFunction        Viscous diffusion function {0: None, 1: Rankine, 2: LambOseen, 3: Vatistas, 4: Denominator, "default": 3} (switch)
0       WakeRegMethod      Wake regularization method {1: Constant, 2: Stretching, 3: Age, default: 1} (switch)
2.0     WakeRegFactor      Wake regularization factor (m)
2.0     WingRegFactor      Wing regularization factor (m)
100     CoreSpreadEddyVisc Eddy viscosity in core spreading methods, typical values 1-1000 
------------------- WAKE TREATMENT OPTIONS ---------------------------------------------------
False   TwrShadowOnWake    Include tower flow disturbance effects on wake convection {default:false} [only if TwrPotent or TwrShadow]
0       ShearModel         Shear Model {0: No treatment, 1: Mirrored vorticity, default: 0}
------------------- SPEEDUP OPTIONS -----------------------------------------------------------
2       VelocityMethod     Method to determine the velocity {1:Biot-Savart Segment, 2:Particle tree, default: 1}
1.5     TreeBranchFactor   Branch radius fraction above which a multipole calculation is used {default: 2.0} [only if VelocityMethod=2]
1       PartPerSegment     Number of particles per segment [only if VelocityMethod=2]
===============================================================================================
--------------------------- OUTPUT OPTIONS  ---------------------------------------------------
1       WrVTk              Outputs Visualization Toolkit (VTK) (independent of .fst option) {0: NoVTK, 1: Write VTK at each time step} (flag)
1       nVTKBlades         Number of blades for which VTK files are exported {0: No VTK per blade, n: VTK for blade 1 to n} (-) 
2       VTKCoord           Coordinate system used for VTK export. {1: Global, 2: Hub, "default": 1} 
1       VTK_fps            Frame rate for VTK output (frames per second) {"all" for all glue code timesteps, "default" for all OLAF timesteps} [used only if WrVTK=1] 
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