SaffmanMei Class Reference

Lift model of Saffman (1965) as extended by Mei (1992). Applicable to spherical particles. More...

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Public Member Functions

 TypeName ("SaffmanMei")
 Runtime type information. More...
 
 SaffmanMei (const dictionary &dict, const phaseInterface &interface)
 Construct from a dictionary and an interface. More...
 
virtual ~SaffmanMei ()
 Destructor. More...
 
virtual tmp< volScalarFieldCl () const
 Lift coefficient. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from dispersedLiftModel
 dispersedLiftModel (const dictionary &dict, const phaseInterface &interface)
 
virtual ~dispersedLiftModel ()
 Destructor. More...
 
virtual tmp< volVectorFieldFi () const
 Return phase-intensive lift force. More...
 
virtual tmp< volVectorFieldF () const
 Return lift force. More...
 
virtual tmp< surfaceScalarFieldFf () const
 Return face lift force. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from liftModel
 TypeName ("liftModel")
 Runtime type information. More...
 
 declareRunTimeSelectionTable (autoPtr, liftModel, dictionary,(const dictionary &dict, const phaseInterface &interface),(dict, interface))
 
 liftModel (const dictionary &dict, const phaseInterface &interface)
 Construct from a dictionary and an interface. More...
 
virtual ~liftModel ()
 Destructor. More...
 

Additional Inherited Members

- Static Public Member Functions inherited from liftModel
static autoPtr< liftModelNew (const dictionary &dict, const phaseInterface &interface, const bool outer=true)
 
- Static Public Attributes inherited from liftModel
static const dimensionSet dimF
 Force dimensions. More...
 
static const bool correctFixedFluxBCs = true
 Does this model require correcting on fixed flux boundaries? More...
 
- Protected Attributes inherited from dispersedLiftModel
const dispersedPhaseInterface interface_
 Interface. More...
 

Detailed Description

Lift model of Saffman (1965) as extended by Mei (1992). Applicable to spherical particles.

References:

    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.
Source files

Definition at line 63 of file SaffmanMei.H.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ SaffmanMei()

SaffmanMei ( const dictionary dict,
const phaseInterface interface 
)

Construct from a dictionary and an interface.

Definition at line 45 of file SaffmanMei.C.

◆ ~SaffmanMei()

~SaffmanMei ( )
virtual

Destructor.

Definition at line 58 of file SaffmanMei.C.

Member Function Documentation

◆ TypeName()

TypeName ( "SaffmanMei"  )

Runtime type information.

◆ Cl()

Foam::tmp< Foam::volScalarField > Cl ( ) const
virtual

Lift coefficient.

Implements dispersedLiftModel.

Definition at line 64 of file SaffmanMei.C.

References Foam::fvc::curl(), Foam::dimKinematicViscosity, Foam::exp(), Foam::mag(), Foam::max(), Foam::neg0(), Foam::pos(), Foam::Re(), Foam::sqr(), Foam::sqrt(), and Foam::constant::mathematical::twoPi().

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