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
    ~HerschelBulkley()
    {}
 
 
    // Member Functions
 
        //- Return the laminar viscosity
        tmp<volScalarField> nu() const
        {
            return nu_;
        }
 
        //- Return the laminar viscosity for patch
        tmp<scalarField> nu(const label patchi) const
        {
            return nu_.boundaryField()[patchi];
        }
 
        //- Correct the laminar viscosity
        void correct()
        {
            nu_ = calcNu();
        }
 
        //- Read transportProperties dictionary
        bool read(const dictionary& viscosityProperties);
};
 
 
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} // End namespace viscosityModels
} // End namespace Foam
 
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#endif
 
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