/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\ ========= | \\ / F ield | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox \\ / O peration | \\ / A nd | www.openfoam.com \\/ M anipulation | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright (C) 2011-2016 OpenFOAM Foundation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- License This file is part of OpenFOAM. OpenFOAM is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. OpenFOAM is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with OpenFOAM. If not, see . Class Foam::variableHeightFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField Group grpInletBoundaryConditions Description This boundary condition provides a velocity boundary condition for multphase flow based on a user-specified volumetric flow rate. The flow rate is made proportional to the phase fraction alpha at each face of the patch and alpha is ensured to be bound between 0 and 1. Usage \table Property | Description | Required | Default value flowRate | volumetric flow rate [m3/s] | yes | alpha | phase-fraction field | yes | \endtable Example of the boundary condition specification: \verbatim { type variableHeightFlowRateInletVelocity; flowRate 0.2; alpha alpha.water; value uniform (0 0 0); // placeholder } \endverbatim The \c flowRate entry is a \c Function1 of time, see Foam::Function1Types. Note - the value is positive into the domain - may not work correctly for transonic inlets - strange behaviour with potentialFoam since the momentum equation is not solved See also Foam::fixedValueFvPatchField Foam::Function1Types SourceFiles variableHeightFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField.C \*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ #ifndef variableHeightFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField_H #define variableHeightFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField_H #include "fixedValueFvPatchFields.H" #include "Function1.H" // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * // namespace Foam { /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\ Class variableHeightFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField Declaration \*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ class variableHeightFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField : public fixedValueFvPatchVectorField { // Private data //- Inlet integral flow rate autoPtr> flowRate_; //- Name of the phase-fraction field word alphaName_; public: //- Runtime type information TypeName("variableHeightFlowRateInletVelocity"); // Constructors //- Construct from patch and internal field variableHeightFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField ( const fvPatch&, const DimensionedField& ); //- Construct from patch, internal field and dictionary variableHeightFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField ( const fvPatch&, const DimensionedField&, const dictionary& ); //- Construct by mapping given // variableHeightFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField // onto a new patch variableHeightFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField ( const variableHeightFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField&, const fvPatch&, const DimensionedField&, const fvPatchFieldMapper& ); //- Construct as copy variableHeightFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField ( const variableHeightFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField& ); //- Construct as copy setting internal field reference variableHeightFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField ( const variableHeightFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField&, 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 //- Update the coefficients associated with the patch field virtual void updateCoeffs(); //- Write virtual void write(Ostream&) const; }; // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * // } // End namespace Foam // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * // #endif // ************************************************************************* //