correctContactAngle.C

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#include "correctContactAngle.H"
 
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void Foam::correctContactAngle
(
    const volScalarField& a1,
    const volScalarField& a2,
    const volVectorField::Boundary& Ubf,
    const dimensionedScalar& deltaN,
    surfaceVectorField::Boundary& nHatbf
)
{
    const volScalarField::Boundary& a1bf = a1.boundaryField();
    const volScalarField::Boundary& a2bf = a2.boundaryField();
 
    const fvBoundaryMesh& boundary = a1.mesh().boundary();
 
    forAll(boundary, patchi)
    {
        const fvPatchScalarField& a1p = a1bf[patchi];
        const fvPatchScalarField& a2p = a2bf[patchi];
 
        const bool a1pIsCa = isA<alphaContactAngleFvPatchScalarField>(a1p);
        const bool a2pIsCa = isA<alphaContactAngleFvPatchScalarField>(a2p);
 
        if (a1pIsCa || a2pIsCa)
        {
            if (a1pIsCa != a2pIsCa)
            {
                FatalErrorInFunction
                    << alphaContactAngleFvPatchScalarField::typeName
                    << " boundary condition specified on patch "
                    << boundary[patchi].name() << " for "
                    << (a1pIsCa ? a1.name() : a2.name()) << " but not for "
                    << (a2pIsCa ? a1.name() : a2.name())
                    << exit(FatalError);
            }
 
            const alphaContactAngleFvPatchScalarField& a1ca =
                refCast<const alphaContactAngleFvPatchScalarField>(a1p);
            const alphaContactAngleFvPatchScalarField& a2ca =
                refCast<const alphaContactAngleFvPatchScalarField>(a2p);
 
            const bool a1caHasProps = a1ca.thetaProps().found(a2.group());
            const bool a2caHasProps = a2ca.thetaProps().found(a1.group());
 
            if (!a1caHasProps && !a2caHasProps)
            {
                FatalErrorInFunction
                    << "Neither "
                    << alphaContactAngleFvPatchScalarField::typeName
                    << " boundary condition specified on patch "
                    << boundary[patchi].name()
                    << " for " << a1.name() << " and " << a2.name()
                    << " contains properties for the other phase"
                    << exit(FatalError);
            }
 
            if
            (
                a1caHasProps && a2caHasProps
             && a1ca.thetaProps()[a2.group()]
             != a2ca.thetaProps()[a1.group()].reversed()
            )
            {
                FatalErrorInFunction
                    << "The "
                    << alphaContactAngleFvPatchScalarField::typeName
                    << " boundary conditions specified on patch "
                    << boundary[patchi].name()
                    << " for " << a1.name() << " and " << a2.name()
                    << " contain inconsistent properties"
                    << exit(FatalError);
            }
 
            const alphaContactAngleFvPatchScalarField::contactAngleProperties
                tp = a1caHasProps
              ? a1ca.thetaProps()[a2.group()]
              : a2ca.thetaProps()[a1.group()].reversed();
 
            const vectorField np(a1.mesh().boundary()[patchi].nf());
 
            vectorField& nHatp = nHatbf[patchi];
 
            // Calculate the contact angle
            scalarField theta(np.size(), tp.theta0());
 
            // Calculate the dynamic contact angle if required
            if (tp.dynamic())
            {
                // Calculated the component of the velocity parallel to the wall
                vectorField Uwall
                (
                    Ubf[patchi].patchInternalField() - Ubf[patchi]
                );
                Uwall -= (np & Uwall)*np;
 
                // Find the direction of the interface parallel to the wall
                vectorField nWall(nHatp - (np & nHatp)*np);
                nWall /= (mag(nWall) + small);
 
                // Calculate Uwall resolved normal to the interface parallel to
                // the interface
                const scalarField uwall(nWall & Uwall);
 
                theta += (tp.thetaA() - tp.thetaR())*tanh(uwall/tp.uTheta());
            }
 
            // Reset nHatp to correspond to the contact angle
            const scalarField a12(nHatp & np);
            const scalarField b1(cos(theta));
            scalarField b2(nHatp.size());
            forAll(b2, facei)
            {
                b2[facei] = cos(acos(a12[facei]) - theta[facei]);
            }
            const scalarField det(1 - a12*a12);
            const scalarField a((b1 - a12*b2)/det);
            const scalarField b((b2 - a12*b1)/det);
 
            nHatp = a*np + b*nHatp;
            nHatp /= (mag(nHatp) + deltaN.value());
        }
    }
}
 
 
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