---
name: "freefoam-postChannel"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "freefoam"
version: "0.1.0+dfsg+1-3"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/freefoam-postChannel"
---

# freefoam-postChannel(1)

Post-processes data from channel flow calculations

## NAME

freefoam-postChannel - Post-processes data from channel flow calculations

## SYNOPSIS

**freefoam postChannel** \[-help\] \[-latestTime\] \[-noZero\] \[-srcDoc\] \[-doc\] \[-time *\<time\>*\] \[-constant\] \[-case *\<dir\>*\]

## DESCRIPTION

For each time: calculate: txx, txy,tyy, txy, eps, prod, vorticity, enstrophy and helicity. Assuming that the mesh is periodic in the x and z directions, collapse Umeanx, Umeany, txx, txy and tyy to a line and print them as standard output.

## OPTIONS

- **-noZero**

  Ignore timestep 0.

- **-constant**

  Include the constant directory.

- **-time** *\<time\>*

  Apply only to specific time.

- **-latestTime**

  Only apply to latest time step.

- **-case** *\<dir\>*

  Case directory.

- **-help**

  Display help message.

- **-doc**

  Display Doxygen API documentation page for this application.

- **-srcDoc**

  Display Doxygen source documentation page for this application.

## SEE ALSO

An overview of FreeFOAM is given in [**freefoam**(1)](/freefoam/1.md).

## AUTHOR

OpenCFD Ltd.

## FREEFOAM

Part of the [**freefoam**(1)](/freefoam/1.md) suite.

## COPYRIGHT

• Copyright © 2008-2012 Michael Wild.

• Copyright © 1991-2010 OpenCFD Ltd.