HerschelBulkley.H

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Class
    Foam::viscosityModels::HerschelBulkley

Description
     Herschel-Bulkley non-Newtonian viscosity model.

SourceFiles
    HerschelBulkley.C

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#ifndef HerschelBulkley_H
#define HerschelBulkley_H

#include "viscosityModel.H"
#include "dimensionedScalar.H"
#include "volFields.H"

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namespace Foam
{
namespace viscosityModels
{

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                       Class HerschelBulkley Declaration
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class HerschelBulkley
:
    public viscosityModel
{
    // Private Data

        dictionary HerschelBulkleyCoeffs_;

        dimensionedScalar k_;
        dimensionedScalar n_;
        dimensionedScalar tau0_;
        dimensionedScalar nu0_;

        volScalarField nu_;


    // Private Member Functions

        //- Calculate and return the laminar viscosity
        tmp<volScalarField> calcNu() const;


public:

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


    // Constructors

        //- Construct from components
        HerschelBulkley
        (
            const word& name,
            const dictionary& viscosityProperties,
            const volVectorField& U,
            const surfaceScalarField& phi
        );


    //- Destructor
    virtual ~HerschelBulkley()
    {}


    // Member Functions

        //- Return the laminar viscosity
        virtual tmp<volScalarField> nu() const
        {
            return nu_;
        }

        //- Return the laminar viscosity for patch
        virtual tmp<scalarField> nu(const label patchi) const
        {
            return nu_.boundaryField()[patchi];
        }

        //- Correct the laminar viscosity
        virtual void correct()
        {
            nu_ = calcNu();
        }

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


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} // End namespace viscosityModels
} // End namespace Foam

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#endif

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