contactForce.C

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#include "isothermalFilm.H"
#include "fvcGrad.H"
#include "filmContactAngleFvPatchScalarField.H"
 
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Member Functions  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
 
Foam::tmp<Foam::volVectorField::Internal>
Foam::solvers::isothermalFilm::contactForce(const volScalarField& sigma) const
{
    tmp<volVectorField::Internal> tForce
    (
        volVectorField::Internal::New
        (
            typedName("contactForce"),
            mesh,
            dimensionedVector(dimForce/dimVolume, Zero)
        )
    );
 
    vectorField& force = tForce.ref();
 
    const pointField& points = mesh.points();
    const labelUList& own = mesh.owner();
    const labelUList& nbr = mesh.neighbour();
 
    const scalarField& V = mesh.V();
 
    const volVectorField gradDelta(fvc::grad(constrainedField(delta)));
 
    const scalar deltaWet = this->deltaWet.value();
 
    boolList contactCells(delta.size(), false);
 
    forAll(nbr, facei)
    {
        const label cello = own[facei];
        const label celln = nbr[facei];
 
        if ((delta[cello] > deltaWet) && (delta[celln] < deltaWet))
        {
            contactCells[cello] = true;
        }
        else if ((delta[cello] < deltaWet) && (delta[celln] > deltaWet))
        {
            contactCells[celln] = true;
        }
    }
 
    // Filter for film wall and surface patches
    labelHashSet wallAndSurfacePatches(wallPatchIDs);
    wallAndSurfacePatches.insert(surfacePatchID);
 
    const volScalarField::Boundary& deltaBf = delta.boundaryField();
 
    forAll(mesh.boundary(), patchi)
    {
        const fvPatch& p(mesh.boundary()[patchi]);
 
        // For internal coupled patches
        if (p.coupled() && !wallAndSurfacePatches.found(patchi))
        {
            tmp<scalarField> tdeltan = deltaBf[patchi].patchNeighbourField();
            const scalarField& deltan = tdeltan();
 
            forAll(deltan, facei)
            {
                const label celli = p.faceCells()[facei];
 
                if ((delta[celli] > deltaWet) && (deltan[facei] < deltaWet))
                {
                    contactCells[celli] = true;
                }
            }
        }
    }
 
    forAll(wallPatchIDs, i)
    {
        const label patchi = wallPatchIDs[i];
 
        if
        (
            isA<filmContactAngleFvPatchScalarField>
            (
                delta.boundaryField()[patchi]
            )
        )
        {
            const filmContactAngleFvPatchScalarField& contactAngle
            (
                refCast<const filmContactAngleFvPatchScalarField>
                (
                    delta.boundaryField()[patchi]
                )
            );
 
            const vectorField np
            (
                gradDelta.boundaryField()[patchi]
               /(mag(gradDelta.boundaryField()[patchi]) + rootVSmall)
            );
 
            const scalarField cosTheta
            (
                contactAngle.cosTheta(U.boundaryField()[patchi], np)
            );
 
            const fvPatch& p(mesh.boundary()[patchi]);
 
            forAll(p, facei)
            {
                const label celli = p.faceCells()[facei];
 
                if (contactCells[celli])
                {
                    const vector& n = np[facei];
 
                    // Estimate the length of the contact line across the face
                    scalar clen = 0;
                    const face& f(p.patch()[facei]);
                    forAll(f, i)
                    {
                        clen += mag
                        (
                            n ^ (points[f[f.fcIndex(i)]] - points[f[i]])
                        );
                    }
                    clen /= 2;
 
                    // Calculate the contact force for the film wall face
                    force[celli] =
                        n*sigma[celli]*(1 - cosTheta[facei])*clen/V[celli];
                }
            }
        }
    }
 
    return tForce;
}
 
 
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