LehrMilliesMewesCoalescence.C

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#include "LehrMilliesMewesCoalescence.H"
#include "addToRunTimeSelectionTable.H"

// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Static Data Members * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

namespace Foam
{
namespace diameterModels
{
namespace coalescenceModels
{
    defineTypeNameAndDebug(LehrMilliesMewesCoalescence, 0);
    addToRunTimeSelectionTable
    (
        coalescenceModel,
        LehrMilliesMewesCoalescence,
        dictionary
    );
}
}
}

using Foam::constant::mathematical::pi;

// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Constructors  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

Foam::diameterModels::coalescenceModels::LehrMilliesMewesCoalescence::
LehrMilliesMewesCoalescence
(
    const populationBalanceModel& popBal,
    const dictionary& dict
)
:
    coalescenceModel(popBal, dict),
    uCrit_
    (
        dimensionedScalar::lookupOrDefault("uCrit", dict, dimVelocity, 0.08)
    ),
    alphaMax_
    (
        dimensionedScalar::lookupOrDefault("alphaMax", dict, dimless, 0.6)
    )
{}


// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Member Functions  * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

void
Foam::diameterModels::coalescenceModels::LehrMilliesMewesCoalescence::
addToCoalescenceRate
(
    volScalarField& coalescenceRate,
    const label i,
    const label j
)
{
    const sizeGroup& fi = popBal_.sizeGroups()[i];
    const sizeGroup& fj = popBal_.sizeGroups()[j];

    const volScalarField uChar
    (
        max
        (
            sqrt(2.0)*cbrt(popBal_.continuousTurbulence().epsilon())
           *sqrt(cbrt(sqr(fi.dSph())) + cbrt(sqr(fj.dSph()))),
            mag(fi.phase().U() - fj.phase().U())
        )
    );

    coalescenceRate +=
        pi/4*sqr(fi.dSph() + fj.dSph())*min(uChar, uCrit_)
       *exp
        (
          - sqr(cbrt(alphaMax_)
           /cbrt(max(popBal_.alphas(), fi.phase().residualAlpha())) - 1)
        );
}


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