HerschelBulkley.C

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#include "HerschelBulkley.H"
#include "volFields.H"
#include "addToRunTimeSelectionTable.H"

// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Static Data Members * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

namespace Foam
{
namespace laminarModels
{
namespace generalisedNewtonianViscosityModels
{
    defineTypeNameAndDebug(HerschelBulkley, 0);

    addToRunTimeSelectionTable
    (
        generalisedNewtonianViscosityModel,
        HerschelBulkley,
        dictionary
    );
}
}
}


// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Constructors  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

Foam::laminarModels::generalisedNewtonianViscosityModels::HerschelBulkley::
HerschelBulkley
(
    const dictionary& viscosityProperties
)
:
    generalisedNewtonianViscosityModel(viscosityProperties),
    k_("k", dimViscosity, 0),
    n_("n", dimless, 0),
    tau0_("tau0", dimViscosity/dimTime, 0)
{
    read(viscosityProperties);
}


// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Member Functions  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

bool Foam::laminarModels::generalisedNewtonianViscosityModels::
HerschelBulkley::read
(
    const dictionary& viscosityProperties
)
{
    generalisedNewtonianViscosityModel::read(viscosityProperties);

    const dictionary& coeffs =
        viscosityProperties.optionalSubDict(typeName + "Coeffs");

    coeffs.lookup("k") >> k_;
    coeffs.lookup("n") >> n_;
    coeffs.lookup("tau0") >> tau0_;

    return true;
}


Foam::tmp<Foam::volScalarField>
Foam::laminarModels::generalisedNewtonianViscosityModels::HerschelBulkley::
nu
(
    const volScalarField& nu0,
    const volScalarField& strainRate
) const
{
    dimensionedScalar tone("tone", dimTime, 1.0);
    dimensionedScalar rtone("rtone", dimless/dimTime, 1.0);

    return
    (
        min
        (
            nu0,
            (tau0_ + k_*rtone*pow(tone*strainRate, n_))
           /max
            (
                strainRate,
                dimensionedScalar ("vSmall", dimless/dimTime, vSmall)
            )
        )
    );
}


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