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< volScalarField >	Cl () const
	Lift coefficient. More...

Public Member Functions inherited from dispersedLiftModel
	dispersedLiftModel (const dictionary &dict, const phaseInterface &interface)

virtual	~dispersedLiftModel ()
	Destructor. More...

virtual tmp< volVectorField >	Fi () const
	Return phase-intensive lift force. Note that this is. More...

virtual tmp< volVectorField >	F () const
	Return lift force. More...

virtual tmp< surfaceScalarField >	Ff () 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< liftModel >	New (const dictionary &dict, const phaseInterface &interface, const bool outer=true)

Static Public Attributes inherited from liftModel
static const dimensionSet	dimF
	Force dimensions. 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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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

applications/modules/multiphaseEuler/phaseSystem/interfacialModels/liftModels/SaffmanMei/SaffmanMei.H
applications/modules/multiphaseEuler/phaseSystem/interfacialModels/liftModels/SaffmanMei/SaffmanMei.C

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