phaseForces Class Reference

This functionObject calculates and outputs the blended interfacial forces acting on a given phase, i.e. drag, virtual mass, lift, wall-lubrication and turbulent dispersion. Note that it works only in run-time processing mode and in combination with the reactingEulerFoam solvers. More...

Inheritance diagram for phaseForces:
Collaboration diagram for phaseForces:

Public Member Functions

 TypeName ("phaseForces")
 Runtime type information. More...
 
 phaseForces (const word &name, const Time &runTime, const dictionary &)
 Construct from Time and dictionary. More...
 
 phaseForces (const phaseForces &)=delete
 Disallow default bitwise copy construction. More...
 
virtual ~phaseForces ()
 Destructor. More...
 
virtual bool read (const dictionary &dict)
 Read the input data. More...
 
virtual bool execute ()
 Calculate the force fields. More...
 
virtual bool write ()
 Write the force fields. More...
 
void operator= (const phaseForces &)=delete
 Disallow default bitwise assignment. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from fvMeshFunctionObject
 TypeName ("fvMeshFunctionObject")
 Runtime type information. More...
 
 fvMeshFunctionObject (const word &name, const Time &runTime, const dictionary &dict)
 Construct from Time and dictionary. More...
 
 fvMeshFunctionObject (const word &name, const objectRegistry &obr, const dictionary &dict)
 Construct from the region objectRegistry and dictionary. More...
 
 fvMeshFunctionObject (const fvMeshFunctionObject &)=delete
 Disallow default bitwise copy construction. More...
 
virtual ~fvMeshFunctionObject ()
 Destructor. More...
 
void operator= (const fvMeshFunctionObject &)=delete
 Disallow default bitwise assignment. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from regionFunctionObject
 TypeName ("regionFunctionObject")
 Runtime type information. More...
 
 regionFunctionObject (const word &name, const Time &runTime, const dictionary &dict)
 Construct from Time and dictionary. More...
 
 regionFunctionObject (const word &name, const objectRegistry &obr, const dictionary &dict)
 Construct from the region objectRegistry and dictionary. More...
 
 regionFunctionObject (const regionFunctionObject &)=delete
 Disallow default bitwise copy construction. More...
 
virtual ~regionFunctionObject ()
 Destructor. More...
 
void operator= (const regionFunctionObject &)=delete
 Disallow default bitwise assignment. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from functionObject
 ClassName ("functionObject")
 
virtual const wordtype () const =0
 Runtime type information. More...
 
 declareRunTimeSelectionTable (autoPtr, functionObject, dictionary,(const word &name, const Time &runTime, const dictionary &dict),(name, runTime, dict))
 
 functionObject (const word &name)
 Construct from components. More...
 
autoPtr< functionObjectclone () const
 Return clone. More...
 
 functionObject (const functionObject &)=delete
 Disallow default bitwise copy construction. More...
 
virtual ~functionObject ()
 Destructor. More...
 
const wordname () const
 Return the name of this functionObject. More...
 
virtual bool executeAtStart () const
 Return true if the functionObject should be executed at the start. More...
 
virtual bool end ()
 Called when Time::run() determines that the time-loop exits. More...
 
virtual bool setTimeStep ()
 Called by Time::setDeltaT(). Allows the functionObject to override. More...
 
virtual scalar timeToNextWrite ()
 Called by Time::adjustTimeStep(). Allows the functionObject to. More...
 
virtual void updateMesh (const mapPolyMesh &mpm)
 Update for changes of mesh. More...
 
virtual void movePoints (const polyMesh &mesh)
 Update for changes of mesh. More...
 
void operator= (const functionObject &)=delete
 Disallow default bitwise assignment. More...
 

Protected Member Functions

template<class modelType >
tmp< volVectorFieldnonDragForce (const phasePair &key) const
 Evaluate and return non-drag force. More...
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from regionFunctionObject
template<class ObjectType >
bool foundObject (const word &fieldName) const
 Find field in the objectRegistry. More...
 
template<class ObjectType >
const ObjectType & lookupObject (const word &fieldName) const
 Lookup object from the objectRegistry. More...
 
template<class ObjectType >
ObjectType & lookupObjectRef (const word &fieldName)
 Lookup non-const object reference from the objectRegistry. More...
 
template<class ObjectType >
bool store (const tmp< ObjectType > &tfield)
 Store the given field in the objectRegistry. More...
 
template<class ObjectType >
bool store (const word &fieldName, const tmp< ObjectType > &tfield, bool cacheable=false)
 Store the given field in the objectRegistry under the given name. More...
 
bool writeObject (const word &fieldName)
 Write field if present in objectRegistry. More...
 
bool clearObject (const word &fieldName)
 Clear field from the objectRegistry if present. More...
 

Protected Attributes

HashPtrTable< volVectorFieldforceFields_
 
const phaseModelphase_
 Phase for which forces are evaluated. More...
 
const phaseSystemfluid_
 Constant access to phaseSystem. More...
 
- Protected Attributes inherited from fvMeshFunctionObject
const fvMeshmesh_
 Reference to the fvMesh. More...
 
- Protected Attributes inherited from regionFunctionObject
const Timetime_
 Reference to the Time. More...
 
const objectRegistryobr_
 Reference to the region objectRegistry. More...
 

Additional Inherited Members

- Static Public Member Functions inherited from functionObject
static autoPtr< functionObjectNew (const word &name, const Time &, const dictionary &)
 Select from dictionary, based on its "type" entry. More...
 
- Public Attributes inherited from functionObject
Switch log
 Switch write log to Info. More...
 
Switch executeAtStart_
 Switch write log to Info. More...
 
- Static Public Attributes inherited from functionObject
static bool postProcess
 Global post-processing mode switch. More...
 

Detailed Description

This functionObject calculates and outputs the blended interfacial forces acting on a given phase, i.e. drag, virtual mass, lift, wall-lubrication and turbulent dispersion. Note that it works only in run-time processing mode and in combination with the reactingEulerFoam solvers.

For a simulation involving more than two phases, the accumulated force is calculated by looping over all phasePairs involving that phase. The fields are stored in the database so that they can be processed further, e.g. with the fieldAveraging functionObject.

Example of function object specification:

phaseForces.water
{
    type            phaseForces;

    libs ("libmultiphaseEulerFoamFunctionObjects.so");

    phase           water;
}
Usage
Property Description Required Default value
type type name: phaseForces yes
phase Name of evaluated phase yes
See also
Foam::BlendedInterfacialModel Foam::functionObjects::fvMeshFunctionObject Foam::functionObject
Source files

Definition at line 98 of file phaseForces.H.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ phaseForces() [1/2]

phaseForces ( const word name,
const Time runTime,
const dictionary  
)

Construct from Time and dictionary.

◆ phaseForces() [2/2]

phaseForces ( const phaseForces )
delete

Disallow default bitwise copy construction.

◆ ~phaseForces()

virtual ~phaseForces ( )
virtual

Destructor.

Member Function Documentation

◆ nonDragForce()

tmp<volVectorField> nonDragForce ( const phasePair key) const
protected

Evaluate and return non-drag force.

◆ TypeName()

TypeName ( "phaseForces"  )

Runtime type information.

◆ read()

virtual bool read ( const dictionary dict)
virtual

Read the input data.

Reimplemented from regionFunctionObject.

◆ execute()

virtual bool execute ( )
virtual

Calculate the force fields.

Implements functionObject.

◆ write()

virtual bool write ( )
virtual

Write the force fields.

Implements functionObject.

◆ operator=()

void operator= ( const phaseForces )
delete

Disallow default bitwise assignment.

Member Data Documentation

◆ forceFields_

HashPtrTable<volVectorField> forceFields_
protected

Definition at line 106 of file phaseForces.H.

◆ phase_

const phaseModel& phase_
protected

Phase for which forces are evaluated.

Definition at line 109 of file phaseForces.H.

◆ fluid_

const phaseSystem& fluid_
protected

Constant access to phaseSystem.

Definition at line 112 of file phaseForces.H.


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