From 721da9c038b191549c3374afc8bcb863ca5f922f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Henry <Henry>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:35:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] face: add special treatment for the sweptVol of a triangular
 face

---
 src/OpenFOAM/meshes/meshShapes/face/face.C | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/meshes/meshShapes/face/face.C b/src/OpenFOAM/meshes/meshShapes/face/face.C
index 995c75cdc0..3211df1514 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/meshes/meshShapes/face/face.C
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/meshes/meshShapes/face/face.C
@@ -655,6 +655,27 @@ Foam::scalar Foam::face::sweptVol
     const pointField& newPoints
 ) const
 {
+    if (size() == 3)
+    {
+        return
+        (
+            triPointRef
+            (
+                oldPoints[operator[](0)],
+                oldPoints[operator[](1)],
+                oldPoints[operator[](2)]
+            ).sweptVol
+            (
+                triPointRef
+                (
+                    newPoints[operator[](0)],
+                    newPoints[operator[](1)],
+                    newPoints[operator[](2)]
+                )
+            )
+        );
+    }
+
     scalar sv = 0;
 
     // Calculate the swept volume by breaking the face into triangles and