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Class
    Foam::particle

Description
    Base particle class

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#ifndef particle_H
#define particle_H

#include "vector.H"
#include "barycentric.H"
#include "barycentricTensor.H"
#include "IDLList.H"
#include "pointField.H"
#include "faceList.H"
#include "OFstream.H"
#include "tetPointRef.H"
#include "FixedList.H"
#include "polyMeshTetDecomposition.H"
#include "particleMacros.H"
#include "transformer.H"

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namespace Foam
{

// Forward declaration of classes
class particle;

class polyPatch;

class cyclicPolyPatch;
class cyclicAMIPolyPatch;
class processorPolyPatch;
class symmetryPlanePolyPatch;
class symmetryPolyPatch;
class wallPolyPatch;
class wedgePolyPatch;

// Forward declaration of friend functions and operators

Ostream& operator<<
(
    Ostream&,
    const particle&
);

bool operator==(const particle&, const particle&);

bool operator!=(const particle&, const particle&);

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                          Class Particle Declaration
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class particle
:
    public IDLList<particle>::link
{
    // Private member data

        //- Size in bytes of the position data
        static const std::size_t sizeofPosition_;

        //- Size in bytes of the fields
        static const std::size_t sizeofFields_;

        //- The value of nTracksBehind_ at which tracking is abandoned. See the
        //  description of nTracksBehind_.
        static const label maxNTracksBehind_;


public:

    class trackingData
    {
    public:

        // Public data

            //- Flag to indicate whether to keep particle (false = delete)
            bool keepParticle;

            //- Processor to send the particle to. -1 indicates that this
            //  particle is not to be transferred.
            label sendToProc;

            //- Patch from which to send the particle
            label sendFromPatch;

            //- Patch to which to send the particle
            label sendToPatch;

            //- Patch face to which to send the particle
            label sendToPatchFace;


        // Constructor
        template <class TrackCloudType>
        trackingData(const TrackCloudType& cloud)
        :
            keepParticle(false),
            sendToProc(-1),
            sendFromPatch(-1),
            sendToPatch(-1),
            sendToPatchFace(-1)
        {}
    };


private:

    // Private Data

        //- Reference to the polyMesh database
        const polyMesh& mesh_;

        //- Coordinates of particle
        barycentric coordinates_;

        //- Index of the cell it is in
        label celli_;

        //- Index of the face that owns the decomposed tet that the
        //  particle is in
        label tetFacei_;

        //- Index of the point on the face that defines the decomposed
        //  tet that the particle is in.  Relative to the face base
        //  point.
        label tetPti_;

        //- Face index if the particle is on a face otherwise -1
        label facei_;

        //- Fraction of time-step completed
        scalar stepFraction_;

        //- The step fraction less than the maximum reached so far
        scalar stepFractionBehind_;

        //- The number of tracks carried out that ended in a step fraction less
        //  than the maximum reached so far. Once this reaches
        //  maxNTracksBehind_, tracking is abandoned for the current step.
        //
        //  This is needed because when tetrahedra are inverted a straight
        //  trajectory can form a closed loop through regions of overlapping
        //  positive and negative space. Without this break clause, such loops
        //  can result in a valid track which never ends.
        //
        //  Because the test is susceptible to round off error, a track of zero
        //  length will also increment the counter. As such, it is important
        //  that maxNTracksBehind_ is set large enough so that valid small
        //  tracks do not result in the track being abandoned. The largest
        //  number of valid small tracks that are likely to be performed
        //  sequentially is equal to the number of tetrahedra that can meet at
        //  a point. An estimate of this number is therefore used to set
        //  maxNTracksBehind_.
        label nTracksBehind_;

        //- Originating processor id
        label origProc_;

        //- Local particle id on originating processor
        label origId_;


private:

    // Private Member Functions

        // Tetrahedra functions

            //- Get the vertices of the current tet
            inline void stationaryTetGeometry
            (
                vector& centre,
                vector& base,
                vector& vertex1,
                vector& vertex2
            ) const;

            //- Get the transformation associated with the current tet. This
            //  will convert a barycentric position within the tet to a
            //  cartesian position in the global coordinate system. The
            //  conversion is x = A & y, where x is the cartesian position, y is
            //  the barycentric position and A is the transformation tensor.
            inline barycentricTensor stationaryTetTransform() const;

            //- Get the reverse transform associated with the current tet. The
            //  conversion is detA*y = (x - centre) & T. The variables x, y and
            //  centre have the same meaning as for the forward transform. T is
            //  the transposed inverse of the forward transform tensor, A,
            //  multiplied by its determinant, detA. This separation allows
            //  the barycentric tracking algorithm to function on inverted or
            //  degenerate tetrahedra.
            void stationaryTetReverseTransform
            (
                vector& centre,
                scalar& detA,
                barycentricTensor& T
            ) const;

            //- Get the vertices of the current moving tet. Two values are
            //  returned for each vertex. The first is a constant, and the
            //  second is a linear coefficient of the track fraction.
            inline void movingTetGeometry
            (
                const scalar endStepFraction,
                Pair<vector>& centre,
                Pair<vector>& base,
                Pair<vector>& vertex1,
                Pair<vector>& vertex2
            ) const;

            //- Get the transformation associated with the current, moving, tet.
            //  This is of the same form as for the static case. As with the
            //  moving geometry, a linear function of the tracking fraction is
            //  returned for each component.
            inline Pair<barycentricTensor> movingTetTransform
            (
                const scalar endStepFraction
            ) const;

            //- Get the reverse transformation associated with the current,
            //  moving, tet. This is of the same form as for the static case. As
            //  with the moving geometry, a function of the tracking fraction is
            //  returned for each component. The functions are higher order than
            //  for the forward transform; the determinant is cubic, and the
            //  tensor is quadratic.
            void movingTetReverseTransform
            (
                const scalar endStepFraction,
                Pair<vector>& centre,
                FixedList<scalar, 4>& detA,
                FixedList<barycentricTensor, 3>& T
            ) const;


        // Transformations

            //- Reflection transform. Corrects the coordinates when the particle
            //  moves between two tets which share a base vertex, but for which
            //  the other two non cell-centre vertices are reversed. All hits
            //  which retain the same face behave this way, as do face hits.
            void reflect();

            //- Rotation transform. Corrects the coordinates when the particle
            //  moves between two tets with different base vertices, but are
            //  otherwise similarly oriented. Hits which change the face within
            //  the cell make use of both this and the reflect transform.
            void rotate(const bool direction);


        // Topology changes

            //- Change tet within a cell. Called after a triangle is hit.
            void changeTet(const label tetTriI);

            //- Change tet face within a cell. Called by changeTet.
            void changeFace(const label tetTriI);

            //- Change cell. Called when the particle hits an internal face.
            void changeCell();


        // Geometry changes

            //- Locate the particle at the given position
            void locate
            (
                const vector& position,
                label celli,
                const bool boundaryFail,
                const string boundaryMsg
            );


protected:

    // Patch interactions

        //- Overridable function to handle the particle hitting a patch.
        //  Executed before other patch-hitting functions.
        template<class TrackCloudType>
        bool hitPatch(TrackCloudType&, trackingData&);

        //- Overridable function to handle the particle hitting a wedgePatch
        template<class TrackCloudType>
        void hitWedgePatch(TrackCloudType&, trackingData&);

        //- Overridable function to handle the particle hitting a
        //  symmetryPlanePatch
        template<class TrackCloudType>
        void hitSymmetryPlanePatch(TrackCloudType&, trackingData&);

        //- Overridable function to handle the particle hitting a symmetryPatch
        template<class TrackCloudType>
        void hitSymmetryPatch(TrackCloudType&, trackingData&);

        //- Overridable function to handle the particle hitting a cyclicPatch
        template<class TrackCloudType>
        void hitCyclicPatch(TrackCloudType&, trackingData&);

        //- Overridable function to handle the particle hitting a cyclicAMIPatch
        template<class TrackCloudType>
        void hitCyclicAMIPatch
        (
            const vector& displacement,
            const scalar fraction,
            TrackCloudType& cloud,
            trackingData& td
        );

        //- Overridable function to handle the particle hitting an
        //  nonConformalCyclicPolyPatch
        template<class TrackCloudType>
        bool hitNonConformalCyclicPatch
        (
            const vector& displacement,
            const scalar fraction,
            const label patchi,
            TrackCloudType& cloud,
            trackingData& td
        );

        //- Overridable function to handle the particle hitting a processorPatch
        template<class TrackCloudType>
        void hitProcessorPatch(TrackCloudType&, trackingData&);

        //- Overridable function to handle the particle hitting a wallPatch
        template<class TrackCloudType>
        void hitWallPatch(TrackCloudType&, trackingData&);


public:

    // Static Data Members

        //- Runtime type information
        TypeName("particle");

        //- String representation of properties
        DefinePropertyList
        (
            "(coordinatesa coordinatesb coordinatesc coordinatesd) "
            "celli tetFacei tetPti facei stepFraction "
            "behind nBehind origProc origId"
        );

        //- Cumulative particle counter - used to provide unique ID
        static label particleCount_;


    // Constructors

        //- Construct from components
        particle
        (
            const polyMesh& mesh,
            const barycentric& coordinates,
            const label celli,
            const label tetFacei,
            const label tetPti
        );

        //- Construct from a position and a cell, searching for the rest of the
        //  required topology
        particle
        (
            const polyMesh& mesh,
            const vector& position,
            const label celli
        );

        //- Construct from Istream
        particle(const polyMesh& mesh, Istream&, bool readFields = true);

        //- Construct as a copy
        particle(const particle& p);

        //- Construct as a copy with references to a new mesh
        particle(const particle& p, const polyMesh& mesh);

        //- Construct a clone
        virtual autoPtr<particle> clone() const
        {
            return autoPtr<particle>(new particle(*this));
        }

        //- Factory class to read-construct particles used for
        //  parallel transfer
        class iNew
        {
            const polyMesh& mesh_;

        public:

            iNew(const polyMesh& mesh)
            :
                mesh_(mesh)
            {}

            autoPtr<particle> operator()(Istream& is) const
            {
                return autoPtr<particle>(new particle(mesh_, is, true));
            }
        };


    //- Destructor
    virtual ~particle()
    {}


    // Member Functions

        // Access

            //- Get unique particle creation id
            inline label getNewParticleID() const;

            //- Return the mesh database
            inline const polyMesh& mesh() const;

            //- Return current particle coordinates
            inline const barycentric& coordinates() const;

            //- Return current cell particle is in
            inline label cell() const;

            //- Return current tet face particle is in
            inline label tetFace() const;

            //- Return current tet face particle is in
            inline label tetPt() const;

            //- Return current face particle is on otherwise -1
            inline label face() const;

            //- Return the fraction of time-step completed
            inline scalar stepFraction() const;

            //- Return the fraction of time-step completed
            inline scalar& stepFraction();

            //- Return the originating processor ID
            inline label origProc() const;

            //- Return the originating processor ID
            inline label& origProc();

            //- Return the particle ID on the originating processor
            inline label origId() const;

            //- Return the particle ID on the originating processor
            inline label& origId();


        // Check

            //- Return the step fraction change within the overall time-step.
            //  Returns the start value and the change as a scalar pair. Always
            //  return Pair<scalar>(0, 1), unless sub-cycling is in effect, in
            //  which case the values will reflect the span of the sub-cycle
            //  within the time-step.
            inline Pair<scalar> stepFractionSpan() const;

            //- Return the current fraction within the timestep. This differs
            //  from the stored step fraction due to sub-cycling.
            inline scalar currentTimeFraction() const;

            //- Return the indices of the current tet that the
            //  particle occupies.
            inline tetIndices currentTetIndices() const;

            //- Return the current tet transformation tensor
            inline barycentricTensor currentTetTransform() const;

            //- Return the normal of the tri on tetFacei_ for the
            //  current tet.
            inline vector normal() const;

            //- Is the particle on a face?
            inline bool onFace() const;

            //- Is the particle on an internal face?
            inline bool onInternalFace() const;

            //- Is the particle on a boundary face?
            inline bool onBoundaryFace() const;

            //- Return the index of patch that the particle is on
            inline label patch() const;

            //- Return current particle position
            inline vector position() const;


    // Track

        //- Set the step fraction and clear the behind data in preparation for
        //  a new track
        inline void reset(const scalar stepFraction);

        //- Track along the displacement for a given fraction of the overall
        //  step. End when the track is complete, or when a boundary is hit.
        //  On exit, stepFraction_ will have been incremented to the current
        //  position, and facei_ will be set to the index of the boundary
        //  face that was hit, or -1 if the track completed within a cell.
        //  The proportion of the displacement still to be completed is
        //  returned.
        scalar track
        (
            const vector& displacement,
            const scalar fraction
        );

        //- As particle::track, but stops when a new cell is reached.
        scalar trackToCell
        (
            const vector& displacement,
            const scalar fraction
        );

        //- As particle::track, but stops when a face is hit.
        scalar trackToFace
        (
            const vector& displacement,
            const scalar fraction
        );

        //- As particle::trackToFace, but stops when a tet triangle is hit. On
        //  exit, tetTriI is set to the index of the tet triangle that was hit,
        //  or -1 if the end position was reached.
        scalar trackToTri
        (
            const vector& displacement,
            const scalar fraction,
            label& tetTriI
        );

        //- As particle::trackToTri, but for stationary meshes
        scalar trackToStationaryTri
        (
            const vector& displacement,
            const scalar fraction,
            label& tetTriI
        );

        //- As particle::trackToTri, but for moving meshes
        scalar trackToMovingTri
        (
            const vector& displacement,
            const scalar fraction,
            label& tetTriI
        );

        //- Hit the current face. If the current face is internal than this
        //  crosses into the next cell. If it is a boundary face then this will
        //  interact the particle with the relevant patch.
        template<class TrackCloudType>
        void hitFace
        (
            const vector& displacement,
            const scalar fraction,
            TrackCloudType& cloud,
            trackingData& td
        );

        //- Convenience function. Combines trackToFace and hitFace
        template<class TrackCloudType>
        scalar trackToAndHitFace
        (
            const vector& displacement,
            const scalar fraction,
            TrackCloudType& cloud,
            trackingData& td
        );

        //- Get the displacement from the mesh centre. Used to correct the
        //  particle position in cases with reduced dimensionality. Returns a
        //  zero vector for three-dimensional cases.
        vector deviationFromMeshCentre() const;


    // Patch data

        //- Get the normal and displacement of the current patch location
        inline void patchData(vector& normal, vector& displacement) const;


    // Transformations

        //- Transform the physical properties of the particle
        //  according to the given transformation tensor
        virtual void transformProperties(const transformer&);


    // Transfers

        //- Make changes prior to a parallel transfer. Runs either processor or
        //  nonConformalCyclic variant below.
        void prepareForParallelTransfer(trackingData& td);

        //- Make changes following a parallel transfer. Runs either processor
        //  or nonConformalCyclic variant below.
        void correctAfterParallelTransfer(trackingData& td);

        //- Make changes prior to a transfer across a processor boundary.
        //  Stores the local patch face index (in facei_) so that the mesh face
        //  index can be determined on the other side.
        void prepareForProcessorTransfer(trackingData& td);

        //- Make changes following a transfer across a processor boundary.
        //  Converts the stored patch index to a mesh index. Accounts for
        //  the receiving face being reversed relative to the sending face.
        void correctAfterProcessorTransfer(trackingData& td);

        //- Make changes prior to a transfer across a non conformal cyclic
        //  boundary. Stores the receiving patch face (in facei_). Breaks the
        //  topology and stores the cartesian position.
        void prepareForNonConformalCyclicTransfer
        (
            const label sendToPatch,
            const label sendToPatchFace
        );

        //- Make changes following a transfer across a non conformal cyclic
        //  boundary. Locates the particle using the stored face index and
        //  cartesian position.
        void correctAfterNonConformalCyclicTransfer(const label sendToPatch);


    // Interaction list referral

        //- Break the topology and store the cartesian position so that the
        //  particle can be referred.
        void prepareForInteractionListReferral
        (
            const transformer& transform
        );

        //- Correct the topology after referral. Locates the particle relative
        //  to a nearby cell/tet. The particle may end up outside this cell/tet
        //  and cannot therefore be tracked.
        void correctAfterInteractionListReferral(const label celli);


    // Decompose and reconstruct

        //- Return the tet point appropriate for decomposition or reconstruction
        //  to or from the given mesh.
        label procTetPt
        (
            const polyMesh& procMesh,
            const label procCell,
            const label procTetFace
        ) const;


    // Mapping

        //- Map after a topology change
        void autoMap(const vector& position, const polyTopoChangeMap& mapper);


    // I-O

        //- Read the fields associated with the owner cloud
        template<class TrackCloudType>
        static void readFields(TrackCloudType& c);

        //- Write the fields associated with the owner cloud
        template<class TrackCloudType>
        static void writeFields(const TrackCloudType& c);

        //- Write the particle position and cell
        void writePosition(Ostream&) const;


    // Friend Operators

        friend Ostream& operator<<(Ostream&, const particle&);

        friend bool operator==(const particle& pA, const particle& pB);

        friend bool operator!=(const particle& pA, const particle& pB);
};


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} // End namespace Foam

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#include "particleI.H"

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#ifdef NoRepository
    #include "particleTemplates.C"
#endif

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#endif

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