From fd257cb0115176aecd2270204d8756bdcdd11b5c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Heather <>
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2021 10:34:20 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] TUT: propeller - added example use of propellerInfo function
 object

---
 .../RAS/propeller/system/controlDict          |  1 +
 .../RAS/propeller/system/propellerInfo        | 48 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 49 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 tutorials/incompressible/pimpleFoam/RAS/propeller/system/propellerInfo

diff --git a/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleFoam/RAS/propeller/system/controlDict b/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleFoam/RAS/propeller/system/controlDict
index 4302a66ae6..2bd5deaf0f 100644
--- a/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleFoam/RAS/propeller/system/controlDict
+++ b/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleFoam/RAS/propeller/system/controlDict
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ functions
     #include "surfaces"
     #include "forces"
     #include "AMIWeights"
+    #include "propellerInfo"
 }
 
 
diff --git a/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleFoam/RAS/propeller/system/propellerInfo b/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleFoam/RAS/propeller/system/propellerInfo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b246fb4e3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleFoam/RAS/propeller/system/propellerInfo
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+propellerInfo1
+{
+    type            propellerInfo;
+    libs            (forces);
+    writeControl    writeTime;
+
+    patches         ("propeller.*");
+
+    // Setting reference back to wake average Uz velocity computed by [this]
+    // function object
+    URef            functionObjectValue;
+    functionObject  propellerInfo1;
+    functionObjectResult UzMean;
+
+    rho             rhoInf; // incompressible
+    rhoInf          1.2;
+
+
+    // Propeller data:
+
+    writePropellerPerformance yes;
+
+    // Radius
+    radius          0.1;
+
+    rotationMode    specified;
+
+    // rotationMode = specified:
+    origin          (0 -0.1 0);
+    n               25.15;
+    axis            (0 1 0);
+
+    // Optionally write wake text files
+    // Note: controlled by writeControl
+    writeWakeFields yes;
+
+    // Sample plane (disk) properties
+    // Note: controlled by writeControl
+    sampleDisk
+    {
+        r1              0.05;
+        r2              0.2;
+        nTheta          36;
+        nRadial         10;
+        interpolationScheme cellPoint;
+        surfaceWriter   vtk;
+    }
+}