OpenFOAM guide/Programmer's Guide Errata

Community created Errata for the OpenFOAM Programmer's Guide.

Notes to contributors: Please include the chapter number of the printed version to avoid confusion (the Wiki might give different chapter numbers)

1 Chapter 1: Tensor mathematics

1.1 Section 1.4: OpenFOAM tensor classes

1.1.1 Subsection 1.4.1: Algebraic tensor operations in OpenFOAM

Valid versions:

In Table 1.2: Algebraic tensor operations in OpenFOAM, the following entries need fixing:

Operation	Description in OpenFOAM (wrong)	Description in OpenFOAM (correct)
Component maximum	max(a)	cmptMax(a)
Component minimum	min(a)	cmptMin(a)
Scale	scale(a,b)	cmptMultiply(a,b)

2 Chapter 2: Discretisation procedures

2.1 Section 2.4: Equation discretisation

2.1.1 Subsection 2.4.6: Gradient

Valid versions:

• All references to timeScheme should be either gradSchemes or snGradSchemes [1].
• The indication of [Check**] implies that this subsection needs to be revised.

2.1.2 Subsection 2.6.1: Physical boundary conditions

Valid versions:

• The indication of [Check**] implies that this subsection needs to be revised.

5 Known threads on this topic

This is a unordered list of links to threads about typos and errors in the Programmer's Guide that have been found by the community:

• Bug in the programmer's guide: divergence of a tensor field
  • Only affects
• In Programmer's Guide p. 40
  • The issues in post #1 are at Subsection 2.4.6: Gradient and Subsection 2.6.1: Physical boundary conditions
• Programmers Guide Bugs
  • The issues indicated in post #1 are already here in the wiki in the subsection Subsection 1.4.1 Algebraic tensor operations in OpenFOAM.
• Error in documentation