setRDeltaT.H

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{
    volScalarField& rDeltaT = trDeltaT.ref();

    const dictionary& pimpleDict = pimple.dict();

    // Maximum flow Courant number
    scalar maxCo(readScalar(pimpleDict.lookup("maxCo")));

    // Maximum time scale
    scalar maxDeltaT(pimpleDict.lookupOrDefault<scalar>("maxDeltaT", GREAT));

    // Smoothing parameter (0-1) when smoothing iterations > 0
    scalar rDeltaTSmoothingCoeff
    (
        pimpleDict.lookupOrDefault<scalar>("rDeltaTSmoothingCoeff", 0.1)
    );

    // Damping coefficient (1-0)
    scalar rDeltaTDampingCoeff
    (
        pimpleDict.lookupOrDefault<scalar>("rDeltaTDampingCoeff", 0.2)
    );

    // Maximum change in cell temperature per iteration
    // (relative to previous value)
    scalar alphaTemp(pimpleDict.lookupOrDefault("alphaTemp", 0.05));


    Info<< "Time scales min/max:" << endl;

    // Cache old reciprocal time scale field
    volScalarField rDeltaT0("rDeltaT0", rDeltaT);

    // Flow time scale
    {
        rDeltaT.ref() =
        (
            fvc::surfaceSum(mag(phi))()()
           /((2*maxCo)*mesh.V()*rho())
        );

        // Limit the largest time scale
        rDeltaT.max(1/maxDeltaT);

        Info<< "    Flow        = "
            << gMin(1/rDeltaT.primitiveField()) << ", "
            << gMax(1/rDeltaT.primitiveField()) << endl;
    }

    // Reaction source time scale
    {
        volScalarField::Internal rDeltaTT
        (
            mag
            (
               parcels.hsTrans()/(mesh.V()*runTime.deltaT())
             + combustion->Sh()()
            )
           /(
               alphaTemp
              *rho()
              *thermo.Cp()()()
              *T()
           )
        );

        Info<< "    Temperature = "
            << gMin(1/(rDeltaTT.field() + VSMALL)) << ", "
            << gMax(1/(rDeltaTT.field() + VSMALL)) << endl;

        rDeltaT.ref() = max
        (
            rDeltaT(),
            rDeltaTT
        );
    }

    // Update tho boundary values of the reciprocal time-step
    rDeltaT.correctBoundaryConditions();

    // Spatially smooth the time scale field
    if (rDeltaTSmoothingCoeff < 1.0)
    {
        fvc::smooth(rDeltaT, rDeltaTSmoothingCoeff);
    }

    // Limit rate of change of time scale
    // - reduce as much as required
    // - only increase at a fraction of old time scale
    if
    (
        rDeltaTDampingCoeff < 1.0
     && runTime.timeIndex() > runTime.startTimeIndex() + 1
    )
    {
        rDeltaT = max
        (
            rDeltaT,
            (scalar(1.0) - rDeltaTDampingCoeff)*rDeltaT0
        );
    }

    Info<< "    Overall     = "
        << gMin(1/rDeltaT.primitiveField())
        << ", " << gMax(1/rDeltaT.primitiveField()) << endl;
}


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