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Class
Foam::turbulentInletFvPatchField
Group
grpInletBoundaryConditions
Description
This boundary condition produces spatiotemporal-variant field by summing
a set of pseudo-random numbers and a given spatiotemporal-invariant mean
field. The field can be any type, e.g. scalarField. At a single point and
time, all components are summed by the same random number, e.g. velocity
components (u, v, w) are summed by the same random number, p; thus, output
is (u+p, v+p, w+p).
The pseudo-random number generator obeys the probability density function
of the uniform distribution constrained by the range [0:1]. The seed for
the random number generator is hard-coded; therefore, it will produce the
same sequence of random numbers at every execution.
\f[
x_p = (1 - \alpha) x_p^{n - 1} + \alpha (x_{ref} + c s R |x_{ref}|)
\f]
where
\vartable
x_p | patch field
x_{ref} | spatiotemporal-invariant patch scalar
n | time level
\alpha | a scalar attempting to build two-temporal-point correlations
by heuristically adding a fraction of the new random component
to the previous time patch field
c | a heuristic automatically calculated correction term
to compensate energy level losses due to the alpha scalar
R | pseudo-random number [HARD-CODED seed]
s | fluctuation scale (proportional to the xRef)
\endvartable
Usage
\table
Property | Description | Required | Default value
fluctuationScale | RMS fluctuation scale (fraction of mean) | yes |
referenceField | reference (mean) field | yes |
alpha | fraction of new random component added to previous | no | 0.1
\endtable
Example of the boundary condition specification:
\verbatim
{
// Mandatory entries
type turbulentInlet;
fluctuationScale 0.1; // the term `s` above
referenceField uniform 10; // the term `xRef` above
// Optional entries
alpha 0.1; // the term `alpha` above
}
\endverbatim
Note
This boundary condition should not be used for DES or LES computations as a
turbulent velocity inflow condition, because the BC will not produce
turbulence-alike time-series, and will decay almost immediately downstream
of the inlet boundary although its historical name suggests the opposite.
Nevertheless, the BC may be still used for other applications, e.g. as a
uniform-random noise source in aeroacoustics.
SeeAlso
Foam::fixedValueFvPatchField
SourceFiles
turbulentInletFvPatchField.C
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#ifndef turbulentInletFvPatchField_H
#define turbulentInletFvPatchField_H
#include "Random.H"
#include "fixedValueFvPatchFields.H"
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
namespace Foam
{
/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
Class turbulentInletFvPatchField Declaration
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
template
class turbulentInletFvPatchField
:
public fixedValueFvPatchField
{
// Private Data
//- Random number generator
Random ranGen_;
//- Fluctuation scale
Type fluctuationScale_;
//- Reference field
Field referenceField_;
//- Fraction of RMS component to apply to last time step values
scalar alpha_;
//- Current time index (used for updating)
label curTimeIndex_;
public:
//- Runtime type information
TypeName("turbulentInlet");
// Constructors
//- Construct from patch and internal field
turbulentInletFvPatchField
(
const fvPatch&,
const DimensionedField&
);
//- Construct from patch, internal field and dictionary
turbulentInletFvPatchField
(
const fvPatch&,
const DimensionedField&,
const dictionary&
);
//- Construct by mapping given turbulentInletFvPatchField
//- onto a new patch
turbulentInletFvPatchField
(
const turbulentInletFvPatchField&,
const fvPatch&,
const DimensionedField&,
const fvPatchFieldMapper&
);
//- Construct as copy
turbulentInletFvPatchField
(
const turbulentInletFvPatchField&
);
//- Construct as copy setting internal field reference
turbulentInletFvPatchField
(
const turbulentInletFvPatchField&,
const DimensionedField&
);
//- Return a clone
virtual tmp> clone() const
{
return fvPatchField::Clone(*this);
}
//- Clone with an internal field reference
virtual tmp> clone
(
const DimensionedField& iF
) const
{
return fvPatchField::Clone(*this, iF);
}
// Member Functions
// Access
//- Return the fluctuation scale
const Type& fluctuationScale() const
{
return fluctuationScale_;
}
//- Return reference to the fluctuation scale to allow adjustment
Type& fluctuationScale()
{
return fluctuationScale_;
}
//- Return the reference field
const Field& referenceField() const
{
return referenceField_;
}
//- Return reference to the reference field to allow adjustment
Field& referenceField()
{
return referenceField_;
}
// Mapping functions
//- Map (and resize as needed) from self given a mapping object
virtual void autoMap
(
const fvPatchFieldMapper&
);
//- Reverse map the given fvPatchField onto this fvPatchField
virtual void rmap
(
const fvPatchField&,
const labelList&
);
// Evaluation functions
//- Update the coefficients associated with the patch field
virtual void updateCoeffs();
//- Write
virtual void write(Ostream&) const;
};
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
} // End namespace Foam
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
#ifdef NoRepository
#include "turbulentInletFvPatchField.C"
#endif
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
#endif
// ************************************************************************* //