BirdCarreau.H
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24 Class
25  Foam::viscosityModels::BirdCarreau
26 
27 Description
28  An incompressible Bird-Carreau non-Newtonian viscosity model.
29 
30  The Bird-Carreau-Yasuda form is also supported if the optional "a"
31  coefficient is specified. "a" defaults to 2 for the Bird-Carreau model.
32 
33 SourceFiles
34  BirdCarreau.C
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37 
38 #ifndef BirdCarreau_H
39 #define BirdCarreau_H
40 
41 #include "viscosityModel.H"
42 #include "dimensionedScalar.H"
43 #include "volFields.H"
44 
45 // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
46 
47 namespace Foam
48 {
49 namespace viscosityModels
50 {
51 
52 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
53  Class BirdCarreau Declaration
54 \*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
55 
56 class BirdCarreau
57 :
58  public viscosityModel
59 {
60  // Private data
61 
62  dictionary BirdCarreauCoeffs_;
63 
64  dimensionedScalar nu0_;
65  dimensionedScalar nuInf_;
69 
70  volScalarField nu_;
71 
72 
73  // Private Member Functions
74 
75  //- Calculate and return the laminar viscosity
76  tmp<volScalarField> calcNu() const;
77 
78 
79 public:
80 
81  //- Runtime type information
82  TypeName("BirdCarreau");
83 
84 
85  // Constructors
86 
87  //- Construct from components
89  (
90  const word& name,
92  const volVectorField& U,
93  const surfaceScalarField& phi
94  );
95 
96 
97  //- Destructor
98  virtual ~BirdCarreau()
99  {}
100 
101 
102  // Member Functions
103 
104  //- Return the laminar viscosity
105  virtual tmp<volScalarField> nu() const
106  {
107  return nu_;
108  }
109 
110  //- Return the laminar viscosity for patch
111  virtual tmp<scalarField> nu(const label patchi) const
112  {
113  return nu_.boundaryField()[patchi];
114  }
115 
116  //- Correct the laminar viscosity
117  virtual void correct()
118  {
119  nu_ = calcNu();
120  }
121 
122  //- Read transportProperties dictionary
123  virtual bool read(const dictionary& viscosityProperties);
124 };
125 
126 
127 // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
128 
129 } // End namespace viscosityModels
130 } // End namespace Foam
131 
132 // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
133 
134 #endif
135 
136 // ************************************************************************* //
surfaceScalarField & phi
U
Definition: pEqn.H:83
intWM_LABEL_SIZE_t label
A label is an int32_t or int64_t as specified by the pre-processor macro WM_LABEL_SIZE.
Definition: label.H:59
virtual ~BirdCarreau()
Destructor.
Definition: BirdCarreau.H:97
A list of keyword definitions, which are a keyword followed by any number of values (e...
Definition: dictionary.H:137
virtual bool read(const dictionary &viscosityProperties)
Read transportProperties dictionary.
Definition: BirdCarreau.C:104
const Boundary & boundaryField() const
Return const-reference to the boundary field.
An incompressible Bird-Carreau non-Newtonian viscosity model.
Definition: BirdCarreau.H:55
An abstract base class for incompressible viscosityModels.
TypeName("BirdCarreau")
Runtime type information.
const dictionary & viscosityProperties() const
Return the phase transport properties dictionary.
A class for handling words, derived from string.
Definition: word.H:59
virtual tmp< volScalarField > nu() const
Return the laminar viscosity.
Definition: BirdCarreau.H:104
word name(const complex &)
Return a string representation of a complex.
Definition: complex.C:47
label patchi
virtual void correct()
Correct the laminar viscosity.
Definition: BirdCarreau.H:116
A class for managing temporary objects.
Definition: PtrList.H:53
BirdCarreau(const word &name, const dictionary &viscosityProperties, const volVectorField &U, const surfaceScalarField &phi)
Construct from components.
Definition: BirdCarreau.C:62
Namespace for OpenFOAM.