BirdCarreau.H

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Class
    Foam::laminarModels::generalizedNewtonianViscosityModels::BirdCarreau

Description
    Bird-Carreau generalized Newtonian viscosity model

    The Bird-Carreau-Yasuda form is also supported if the optional \c a
    coefficient is specified.  \c a defaults to 2 for the Bird-Carreau model.

    The strain rate coefficient can be specified either as the constant \c k or
    the critical stress level at the transition to shear thinning \c
    tauStar if \c tauStar is provided:

    Kinematic viscosity [m^2/s]

    \f[
        \nu = \nu_\infty\,
            + (\nu_0 - \nu_\infty)\,
              \left(1 + (k\gamma)^a \right)^{(n - 1)/a}
    \f]

    or

    \f[
        \nu = \nu_\infty
            + (\nu_0 - \nu_\infty)
              \left(1 + (\frac{\nu_0\gamma}{\tau^*} )^a \right)^{(n - 1)/a}
    \f]

    Example specification for a polymer:
    \verbatim
         viscosityModel BirdCarreau;

         nuInf       0;
         tauStar     90;
         n           0.5;
    \endverbatim

SourceFiles
    BirdCarreau.C

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#ifndef BirdCarreau_H
#define BirdCarreau_H

#include "generalizedNewtonianViscosityModel.H"
#include "dimensionedScalar.H"

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namespace Foam
{
namespace laminarModels
{
namespace generalizedNewtonianViscosityModels
{

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                           Class BirdCarreau Declaration
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class BirdCarreau
:
    public generalizedNewtonianViscosityModel
{
    // Private Data

        dimensionedScalar nuInf_;
        dimensionedScalar k_;
        dimensionedScalar tauStar_;
        dimensionedScalar n_;
        dimensionedScalar a_;


public:

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


    // Constructors

        //- Construct from components
        BirdCarreau(const dictionary& viscosityProperties);


    //- Destructor
    virtual ~BirdCarreau()
    {}


    // Member Functions

        //- Read transportProperties dictionary
        virtual bool read(const dictionary& viscosityProperties);

        //- Return the laminar viscosity
        virtual tmp<volScalarField> nu
        (
            const volScalarField& nu0,
            const volScalarField& strainRate
        ) const;
};


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} // End namespace generalizedNewtonianViscosityModels
} // End namespace laminarModels
} // End namespace Foam

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#endif

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