volscalarField

How we define the volscalarField in OpenFOAM.

In volFieldsFwd.H

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#ifndef volFieldsFwd_H
#define volFieldsFwd_H

#include "fieldTypes.H"

// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

namespace Foam
{

// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

class volMesh;

template<class Type>
class fvPatchField;

template<class Type, template<class> class PatchField, class GeoMesh>
class GeometricField;

typedef GeometricField<scalar, fvPatchField, volMesh> volScalarField;
typedef GeometricField<vector, fvPatchField, volMesh> volVectorField;
typedef GeometricField<sphericalTensor, fvPatchField, volMesh>
    volSphericalTensorField;
typedef GeometricField<symmTensor, fvPatchField, volMesh> volSymmTensorField;
typedef GeometricField<tensor, fvPatchField, volMesh> volTensorField;

// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

} // End namespace Foam

// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

#endif

// ************************************************************************* //

It can be seen here, typedef GeometricField<scalar, fvPatchField, volMesh> volScalarField;, the volScalarField is actually the specialized template class of GeometricField.