SaffmanMei.H

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Class
    Foam::liftModels::SaffmanMei
 
Description
    Lift model of Saffman (1965) as extended by Mei (1992). Applicable to
    spherical particles.
 
    References:
    \verbatim
        Saffman, P. G. T. (1965).
        The lift on a small sphere in a slow shear flow.
        Journal of fluid mechanics, 22(2), 385-400.
 
        Mei, R. (1992).
        An approximate expression for the shear lift force on a spherical
        particle at finite Reynolds number.
        International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 18(1), 145-147.
    \endverbatim
 
SourceFiles
    SaffmanMei.C
 
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#ifndef SaffmanMei_H
#define SaffmanMei_H
 
#include "dispersedLiftModel.H"
 
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namespace Foam
{
namespace liftModels
{
 
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                         Class SaffmanMei Declaration
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class SaffmanMei
:
    public dispersedLiftModel
{
    // Private Data
 
        //- Residual Reynold's number
        const dimensionedScalar residualRe_;
 
 
public:
 
    //- Runtime type information
    TypeName("SaffmanMei");
 
 
    // Constructors
 
        //- Construct from a dictionary and an interface
        SaffmanMei
        (
            const dictionary& dict,
            const phaseInterface& interface
        );
 
 
    //- Destructor
    virtual ~SaffmanMei();
 
 
    // Member Functions
 
        //- Lift coefficient
        virtual tmp<volScalarField> Cl() const;
};
 
 
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} // End namespace liftModels
} // End namespace Foam
 
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#endif
 
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