Green.H

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Class
    Foam::packingDispersionModels::Green
 
Description
    Green packing dispersion model for industrial separations
 
    Reference:
    \verbatim
        Green, M. D., Eberl, M., & Landman, K. A. (1996).
        Compressive yield stress of flocculated suspensions:
        determination via experiment.
        AIChE journal, 42(8), 2308-2318.
   \endverbatim
 
Usage
    Example usage:
    \verbatim
        packingDispersionModel Green;
 
        GreenCoeffs
        {
            sigma0          2.11e-3;
            n               9;
            alphaGel        0.1;
        }
    \endverbatim
 
SourceFiles
    Green.C
 
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#ifndef Green_H
#define Green_H
 
#include "packingDispersionModel.H"
 
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namespace Foam
{
namespace packingDispersionModels
{
 
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                           Class Green Declaration
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class Green
:
    public packingDispersionModel
{
    // Private Data
 
        dimensionedScalar sigma0_;
        dimensionedScalar n_;
        dimensionedScalar alphaGel_;
 
 
public:
 
    //- Runtime type information
    TypeName("Green");
 
 
    // Constructors
 
        //- Construct from components
        Green
        (
            const dictionary& dict,
            const relativeVelocityModel& relativeVelocity
        );
 
 
    //- Destructor
    ~Green();
 
 
    // Member Functions
 
        //- Return the derivative of the packing stress w.r.t. phase-fraction
        virtual tmp<volScalarField> sigmaPrime() const;
};
 
 
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} // End namespace packingDispersionModels
} // End namespace Foam
 
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#endif
 
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