nutWallFunctionFvPatchScalarField.H

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Class
    Foam::nutWallFunctionFvPatchScalarField

Group
    grpWallFunctions

Description
    This boundary condition provides a turbulent kinematic viscosity condition
    when using wall functions, based on turbulence kinetic energy.
    - replicates OpenFOAM v1.5 (and earlier) behaviour

    \heading Patch usage

    \table
        Property  | Description         | Required   | Default value
        Cmu       | Cmu coefficient     | no         | 0.09
        kappa     | Von Karman constant | no         | 0.41
        E         | E coefficient       | no         | 9.8
    \endtable

    Examples of the boundary condition specification:
    \verbatim
    myPatch
    {
        type            nutWallFunction;
        value           uniform 0.0;
    }
    \endverbatim

    Reference for the default model coefficients:
    \verbatim
        H. Versteeg, W. Malalasekera
        An Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics: The Finite Volume
        Method, subsection "3.5.2 k-epsilon model"
    \endverbatim

SeeAlso
    Foam::fixedValueFvPatchField

SourceFiles
    nutWallFunctionFvPatchScalarField.C

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#ifndef nutWallFunctionFvPatchScalarField_H
#define nutWallFunctionFvPatchScalarField_H

#include "fixedValueFvPatchFields.H"

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namespace Foam
{

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             Class nutWallFunctionFvPatchScalarField Declaration
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class nutWallFunctionFvPatchScalarField
:
    public fixedValueFvPatchScalarField
{
protected:

    // Protected data

        //- Cmu coefficient
        scalar Cmu_;

        //- Von Karman constant
        scalar kappa_;

        //- E coefficient
        scalar E_;

        //- Y+ at the edge of the laminar sublayer
        scalar yPlusLam_;


    // Protected Member Functions

        //- Check the type of the patch
        virtual void checkType();

        //- Calculate the turbulence viscosity
        virtual tmp<scalarField> calcNut() const = 0;

        //- Write local wall function variables
        virtual void writeLocalEntries(Ostream&) const;


public:

    //- Runtime type information
    TypeName("nutWallFunction");


    // Constructors

        //- Construct from patch and internal field
        nutWallFunctionFvPatchScalarField
        (
            const fvPatch&,
            const DimensionedField<scalar, volMesh>&
        );

        //- Construct from patch, internal field and dictionary
        nutWallFunctionFvPatchScalarField
        (
            const fvPatch&,
            const DimensionedField<scalar, volMesh>&,
            const dictionary&
        );

        //- Construct by mapping given
        //  nutWallFunctionFvPatchScalarField
        //  onto a new patch
        nutWallFunctionFvPatchScalarField
        (
            const nutWallFunctionFvPatchScalarField&,
            const fvPatch&,
            const DimensionedField<scalar, volMesh>&,
            const fvPatchFieldMapper&
        );

        //- Construct as copy
        nutWallFunctionFvPatchScalarField
        (
            const nutWallFunctionFvPatchScalarField&
        );

        //- Construct as copy setting internal field reference
        nutWallFunctionFvPatchScalarField
        (
            const nutWallFunctionFvPatchScalarField&,
            const DimensionedField<scalar, volMesh>&
        );


    // Member functions

        //- Calculate the Y+ at the edge of the laminar sublayer
        static scalar yPlusLam(const scalar kappa, const scalar E);

        //- Calculate and return the yPlus at the boundary
        virtual tmp<scalarField> yPlus() const = 0;


        // Evaluation functions

            //- Update the coefficients associated with the patch field
            virtual void updateCoeffs();


        // I-O

            //- Write
            virtual void write(Ostream&) const;
};


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} // End namespace Foam

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#endif

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