primitiveMeshFaceCentresAndAreas.C

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Description
    Calulate the face centres and areas.

    Calculate the centre by breaking the face into triangles using the face
    centre and area-weighted averaging their centres.  This method copes with
    small face-concavity.

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#include "primitiveMesh.H"


// * * * * * * * * * * * * * Private Member Functions  * * * * * * * * * * * //

void Foam::primitiveMesh::calcFaceCentresAndAreas() const
{
    if (debug)
    {
        Pout<< "primitiveMesh::calcFaceCentresAndAreas() : "
            << "Calculating face centres and face areas"
            << endl;
    }

    // It is an error to attempt to recalculate faceCentres
    // if the pointer is already set
    if (faceCentresPtr_ || faceAreasPtr_)
    {
        FatalErrorIn("primitiveMesh::calcFaceCentresAndAreas() const")
            << "Face centres or face areas already calculated"
            << abort(FatalError);
    }

    faceCentresPtr_ = new vectorField(nFaces());
    vectorField& fCtrs = *faceCentresPtr_;

    faceAreasPtr_ = new vectorField(nFaces());
    vectorField& fAreas = *faceAreasPtr_;

    makeFaceCentresAndAreas(points(), fCtrs, fAreas);

    if (debug)
    {
        Pout<< "primitiveMesh::calcFaceCentresAndAreas() : "
            << "Finished calculating face centres and face areas"
            << endl;
    }
}


void Foam::primitiveMesh::makeFaceCentresAndAreas
(
    const pointField& p,
    vectorField& fCtrs,
    vectorField& fAreas
) const
{
    const faceList& fs = faces();

    forAll (fs, facei)
    {
        const labelList& f = fs[facei];
        label nPoints = f.size();

        // If the face is a triangle, do a direct calculation for efficiency
        // and to avoid round-off error-related problems
        if (nPoints == 3)
        {
            fCtrs[facei] = (1.0/3.0)*(p[f[0]] + p[f[1]] + p[f[2]]);
            fAreas[facei] = 0.5*((p[f[1]] - p[f[0]])^(p[f[2]] - p[f[0]]));
        }
        else
        {
            vector sumN = vector::zero;
            scalar sumA = 0.0;
            vector sumAc = vector::zero;

            point fCentre = p[f[0]];
            for (label pi = 1; pi < nPoints; pi++)
            {
                fCentre += p[f[pi]];
            }

            fCentre /= nPoints;

            for (label pi = 0; pi < nPoints; pi++)
            {
                const point& nextPoint = p[f[(pi + 1) % nPoints]];

                vector c = p[f[pi]] + nextPoint + fCentre;
                vector n = (nextPoint - p[f[pi]])^(fCentre - p[f[pi]]);
                scalar a = mag(n);

                sumN += n;
                sumA += a;
                sumAc += a*c;
            }

            fCtrs[facei] = (1.0/3.0)*sumAc/(sumA + VSMALL);
            fAreas[facei] = 0.5*sumN;
        }
    }
}


// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Member Functions  * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

const Foam::vectorField& Foam::primitiveMesh::faceCentres() const
{
    if (!faceCentresPtr_)
    {
        calcFaceCentresAndAreas();
    }

    return *faceCentresPtr_;
}


const Foam::vectorField& Foam::primitiveMesh::faceAreas() const
{
    if (!faceAreasPtr_)
    {
        calcFaceCentresAndAreas();
    }

    return *faceAreasPtr_;
}


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