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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
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#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
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