phaseScalarTransport Class Reference

Evolves a passive scalar transport equation within one phase of a multiphase simulation. The scalar is considered to be a phase-intensive property; i.e., its value represents an amount per-unit of the phase. In addition to the scalar, the function also writes out the product of the volume fraction and the scalar, as this provides a phase-extensive field which is often more convenient to post-process. More...

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Public Member Functions

 TypeName ("phaseScalarTransport")
 Runtime type information. More...
 
 phaseScalarTransport (const word &name, const Time &runTime, const dictionary &dict)
 Construct from Time and dictionary. More...
 
virtual ~phaseScalarTransport ()
 Destructor. More...
 
virtual bool read (const dictionary &)
 Read the settings from the given dictionary. More...
 
virtual bool execute ()
 Solve for the evolution of the field. More...
 
virtual bool write ()
 Do nothing. The field is registered and written automatically. 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 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...
 

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...
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from regionFunctionObject
template<class ObjectType >
bool foundObject (const word &fieldName) const
 Find field in the objectRegistry. More...
 
template<class ObjectType >
void cannotFindObject (const word &fieldName)
 Prints a warning message that fieldName cannot be found. More...
 
void cannotFindObject (const word &fieldName)
 Prints a warning message that fieldName cannot be found. 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 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...
 

Detailed Description

Evolves a passive scalar transport equation within one phase of a multiphase simulation. The scalar is considered to be a phase-intensive property; i.e., its value represents an amount per-unit of the phase. In addition to the scalar, the function also writes out the product of the volume fraction and the scalar, as this provides a phase-extensive field which is often more convenient to post-process.

Most entries are the same as for the scalarTransport function. Refer to its documentation for details. Entries specific to this function are detailed below. Note that the phase-name will be determined by stripping the extension from the supplied field name.

If alphaPhi is specified and found in the database then it will be used to transport the field. This is the likely mode of operation if this function is used with Euler-Euler solvers, in which alphaPhi -like fluxes are available. If alphaPhi is not found, then a pressure-like equation will be solved in order to construct it so that it exactly matches the time-derivative of the phase volume or mass. This is likely to be necessary in volume-of-fluid solvers where alphaPhi is not part of the solution procedure. The pressure field name will be required in this case.

Usage
Property Description Req'd? Default
alpha Name of the volume-fraction field no alpha.<phase-name>
alphaPhi Name of the phase-flux field no alphaPhi.<phase-name>
p Name of the pressure field no p
residualAlpha Small volume fraction used to stabilise the solution no rootSmall
writeAlphaField Also write out alpha multiplied by the field no true

Example specification for interFoam:

    phaseScalarTransport1
    {
        type            phaseScalarTransport;
        libs            ("libsolverFunctionObjects.so");

        field           s.water;
        p               p_rgh;
    }

Example specification for multiphaseEulerFoam:

    phaseScalarTransport1
    {
        type            phaseScalarTransport;
        libs            ("libsolverFunctionObjects.so");

        field           s.water;
        alphaPhi        alphaRhoPhi.water;
        rho             thermo:rho.water;
    }
See also
Foam::functionObjects::fvMeshFunctionObject Foam::functionObjects::scalarTransport
Source files

Definition at line 139 of file phaseScalarTransport.H.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ phaseScalarTransport()

phaseScalarTransport ( const word name,
const Time runTime,
const dictionary dict 
)

Construct from Time and dictionary.

Definition at line 294 of file phaseScalarTransport.C.

References Foam::exit(), Foam::FatalError, FatalErrorInFunction, word::null, and Foam::read().

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◆ ~phaseScalarTransport()

~phaseScalarTransport ( )
virtual

Destructor.

Definition at line 335 of file phaseScalarTransport.C.

Member Function Documentation

◆ TypeName()

TypeName ( "phaseScalarTransport"  )

Runtime type information.

◆ read()

bool read ( const dictionary dict)
virtual

Read the settings from the given dictionary.

Reimplemented from regionFunctionObject.

Definition at line 341 of file phaseScalarTransport.C.

References IOobject::groupName(), dictionary::lookupOrDefault(), regionFunctionObject::read(), and dictionary::readIfPresent().

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◆ execute()

◆ write()

bool write ( )
virtual

Do nothing. The field is registered and written automatically.

Implements functionObject.

Definition at line 513 of file phaseScalarTransport.C.


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