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Class
    Foam::functionObjects::age
 
Description
    Calculates and writes out the time taken for a particle to travel from an
    inlet to the location. Solves the following equation when incompressible:
    \f[
        \div (\phi t) = 1
    \f]
    where:
    \vartable
        t    | Age [s]
        \phi | Volumetric flux [m^3/s]
    \endvartable
    Boundary conditions are generated automatically as zeroGradient on all
    walls and inletOutlet everywhere else.
 
Usage
    \table
        Property  | Description                   | Required | Default value
        phi       | The name of the flux field    | no       | phi
        rho       | The name of the density field | no       | rho
        nCorr     | The maximum number of correctors | no       | 5
        schemesField | The name of the field from which schemes are taken | \\
        no | age
        diffusion | Switch to turn on/off the diffusion term | no | off
        tolerance  | Solver residual control       | no       | 1e-5
    \endtable
 
    \verbatim
    age1
    {
        type            age;
        libs            ("libsolverFunctionObjects.so");
 
        executeControl  writeTime;
        writeControl    writeTime;
 
        schemesField    k;
    }
    \endverbatim
 
SourceFiles
    age.C
 
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#ifndef age_functionObject_H
#define age_functionObject_H
 
#include "fvMeshFunctionObject.H"
#include "volFields.H"
 
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namespace Foam
{
namespace functionObjects
{
 
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                             Class age Declaration
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class age
:
    public fvMeshFunctionObject
{
    // Private Data
 
        //- The name of the flux field
        word phiName_;
 
        //- The name of the density field
        word rhoName_;
 
        //- Number of corrections
        int nCorr_;
 
        //- Name of field from which schemes are taken
        word schemesField_;
 
        //- Switch to turn on/off the diffusion term
        Switch diffusion_;
 
        //- Convergence tolerance
        scalar tolerance_;
 
 
    // Private Member Functions
 
        //- The list of patch types for the age field
        wordList patchTypes() const;
 
        //- Check convergence
        bool converged(const int nCorr, const scalar initialResidual) const;
 
 
public:
 
    //- Runtime type information
    TypeName("age");
 
 
    // Constructors
 
        //- Construct from Time and dictionary
        age
        (
            const word& name,
            const Time& runTime,
            const dictionary& dict
        );
 
 
    //- Destructor
    virtual ~age();
 
 
    // Member Functions
 
        //- Read the data
        virtual bool read(const dictionary&);
 
        //- Return the list of fields required
        virtual wordList fields() const;
 
        //- Execute
        virtual bool execute();
 
        //- Write
        virtual bool write();
};
 
 
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
 
} // End namespace functionObjects
} // End namespace Foam
 
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
 
#endif
 
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