NonSphereDragForce.H

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Class
    Foam::NonSphereDragForce

Description
    Drag model for non-spherical particles.

    Takes the form of

        24.0/Re*(1.0 + a_*pow(Re, b_)) + Re*c_/(Re + d_);

    Where a(phi), b(phi), c(phi) and d(phi) are model coefficients, with phi
    defined as:

              area of sphere with same volume as particle
        phi = -------------------------------------------
                       actual particle area

    Equation used is Eqn (11) of reference below - good to within 2 to 4 % of
    RMS values from experiment.

    H and L also give a simplified model with greater error compared to
    results from experiment - Eqn 12 - but since phi is presumed
    constant, it offers little benefit.

    Reference:
    \verbatim
        "Drag coefficient and terminal velocity of spherical and nonspherical
        particles"
        A. Haider and O. Levenspiel,
        Powder Technology
        Volume 58, Issue 1, May 1989, Pages 63-70
    \endverbatim


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#ifndef NonSphereDragForce_H
#define NonSphereDragForce_H

#include "ParticleForce.H"

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namespace Foam
{
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                    Class NonSphereDragForce Declaration
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template<class CloudType>
class NonSphereDragForce
:
    public ParticleForce<CloudType>
{
protected:

    // Protected Data

        //- Ratio of surface of sphere having same volume as particle to
        //  actual surface area of particle (0 < phi <= 1)
        scalar phi_;


        // Model coefficients

            scalar a_;

            scalar b_;

            scalar c_;

            scalar d_;


    // Private Member Functions

        //- Drag coefficient multiplied by Reynolds number
        scalar CdRe(const scalar Re) const;


public:

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


    // Constructors

        //- Construct from mesh
        NonSphereDragForce
        (
            CloudType& owner,
            const fvMesh& mesh,
            const dictionary& dict
        );

        //- Construct copy
        NonSphereDragForce(const NonSphereDragForce<CloudType>& df);

        //- Construct and return a clone
        virtual autoPtr<ParticleForce<CloudType>> clone() const
        {
            return autoPtr<ParticleForce<CloudType>>
            (
                new NonSphereDragForce<CloudType>(*this)
            );
        }


    //- Destructor
    virtual ~NonSphereDragForce();


    // Member Functions

        // Evaluation

            //- Calculate the non-coupled force
            virtual forceSuSp calcCoupled
            (
                const typename CloudType::parcelType& p,
                const scalar dt,
                const scalar mass,
                const scalar Re,
                const scalar muc
            ) const;
};


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} // End namespace Foam

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#ifdef NoRepository
    #include "NonSphereDragForce.C"
#endif

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#endif

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