LemmertChawla.H

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Class
    Foam::wallBoilingModels::nucleationSiteModels::LemmertChawla

Description
    Lemmert & Chawla function for nucleation site density,
    correlation by Egorov & Menter.

    References:
    \verbatim
        Lemmert, M., & Chawla, J. M. (1977).
        Influence of flow velocity on surface boiling heat transfer coefficient.
        Heat Transfer in Boiling, 237, 247.

        Egorov, Y., & Menter, F. (2004).
        Experimental implementation of the RPI wall boiling model in CFX-5.6.
        Staudenfeldweg, 12, 83624.
        Technical Report ANSYS/TR-04-10, ANSYS Gmbh.
    \endverbatim

SourceFiles
    LemmertChawla.C

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#ifndef LemmertChawla_H
#define LemmertChawla_H

#include "nucleationSiteModel.H"

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namespace Foam
{
namespace wallBoilingModels
{
namespace nucleationSiteModels
{

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                         Class LemmertChawla Declaration
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class LemmertChawla
:
    public nucleationSiteModel
{

    // Private data:

        //- Coefficient for nucleation site density
        scalar Cn_;

public:

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

    // Constructors

        //- Construct from a dictionary
        LemmertChawla(const dictionary& dict);


    //- Destructor
    virtual ~LemmertChawla();


    // Member Functions

        //- Calculate and return the nucleation-site density
        virtual tmp<scalarField> N
        (
            const phaseModel& liquid,
            const phaseModel& vapor,
            const label patchi,
            const scalarField& Tl,
            const scalarField& Tsatw,
            const scalarField& L
        ) const;
};


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} // End namespace nucleationSiteModels
} // End namespace wallBoilingModels
} // End namespace Foam

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#endif

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