variableHeightFlowRateFvPatchField.H

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Class
    Foam::variableHeightFlowRateFvPatchScalarField

Group
    grpInletBoundaryConditions

Description
    This boundary condition provides a phase fraction condition based on the
    local flow conditions, whereby the values are constrained to lay between
    user-specified upper and lower bounds.  The behaviour is described by:

    if alpha > upperBound:
    - apply a fixed value condition, with a uniform level of the upper bound

    if lower bound <= alpha <= upper bound:
    - apply a  zero-gradient condition

    if alpha < lowerBound:
    - apply a fixed value condition, with a uniform level of the lower bound

Usage
    \table
        Property     | Description             | Required    | Default value
        phi          | flux field name         | no          | phi
        lowerBound   | lower bound for clipping | yes        |
        upperBound   | upper bound for clipping | yes        |
    \endtable

    Example of the boundary condition specification:
    \verbatim
    <patchName>
    {
        type            variableHeightFlowRate;
        lowerBound      0.0;
        upperBound      0.9;
        value           uniform 0;
    }
    \endverbatim

SourceFiles
    variableHeightFlowRateFvPatchScalarField.C

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#ifndef variableHeightFlowRateFvPatchScalarField_H
#define variableHeightFlowRateFvPatchScalarField_H

#include "mixedFvPatchFields.H"

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namespace Foam
{

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          Class variableHeightFlowRateFvPatchScalarField Declaration
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class variableHeightFlowRateFvPatchScalarField
:
    public mixedFvPatchScalarField
{

protected:

    // Protected data

        //- Name of flux field
        word phiName_;

        //- Lower bound for alpha1
        scalar lowerBound_;

        //- Upper bound for alpha1
        scalar upperBound_;


public:

    //- Runtime scalar information
    TypeName("variableHeightFlowRate");


    // Constructors

        //- Construct from patch and internal field
        variableHeightFlowRateFvPatchScalarField
        (
            const fvPatch&,
            const DimensionedField<scalar, volMesh>&
        );

        //- Construct from patch, internal field and dictionary
        variableHeightFlowRateFvPatchScalarField
        (
            const fvPatch&,
            const DimensionedField<scalar, volMesh>&,
            const dictionary&
        );

        //- Construct by mapping given
        //  variableHeightFlowRateFvPatchScalarField onto a new patch
        variableHeightFlowRateFvPatchScalarField
        (
            const variableHeightFlowRateFvPatchScalarField&,
            const fvPatch&,
            const DimensionedField<scalar, volMesh>&,
            const fvPatchFieldMapper&
        );

        //- Construct as copy
        variableHeightFlowRateFvPatchScalarField
        (
            const variableHeightFlowRateFvPatchScalarField&
        );

        //- Construct and return a clone
        virtual tmp<fvPatchField<scalar>> clone() const
        {
            return tmp<fvPatchField<scalar>>
            (
                new variableHeightFlowRateFvPatchScalarField(*this)
            );
        }

        //- Construct as copy setting internal field reference
        variableHeightFlowRateFvPatchScalarField
        (
            const variableHeightFlowRateFvPatchScalarField&,
            const DimensionedField<scalar, volMesh>&
        );

        //- Construct and return a clone setting internal field reference
        virtual tmp<fvPatchField<scalar>> clone
        (
            const DimensionedField<scalar, volMesh>& iF
        ) const
        {
            return tmp<fvPatchField<scalar>>
            (
                new variableHeightFlowRateFvPatchScalarField(*this, iF)
            );
        }


    // Member functions

        //- Update the coefficients associated with the patch field
        virtual void updateCoeffs();

        //- Write
        virtual void write(Ostream&) const;
};


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} // End namespace Foam

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#endif

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