powerLaw Class Reference

Standard power-law non-Newtonian viscosity model. More...

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Public Member Functions
	TypeName ("powerLaw")
	Runtime type information. More...
	powerLaw (const word &name, const dictionary &viscosityProperties, const volVectorField &U, const surfaceScalarField &phi)
	Construct from components. More...
	~powerLaw ()
	Destructor. More...
tmp< volScalarField >	nu () const
	Return the laminar viscosity. More...
tmp< scalarField >	nu (const label patchi) const
	Return the laminar viscosity for patch. More...
void	correct ()
	Correct the laminar viscosity. More...
bool	read (const dictionary &viscosityProperties)
	Read transportProperties dictionary. More...
Public Member Functions inherited from viscosityModel
	TypeName ("viscosityModel")
	Runtime type information. More...
	declareRunTimeSelectionTable (autoPtr, viscosityModel, dictionary,(const word &name, const dictionary &viscosityProperties, const volVectorField &U, const surfaceScalarField &phi),(name, viscosityProperties, U, phi))
	viscosityModel (const word &name, const dictionary &viscosityProperties, const volVectorField &U, const surfaceScalarField &phi)
	Construct from components. More...
virtual	~viscosityModel ()
	Destructor. More...
const dictionary &	viscosityProperties () const
	Return the phase transport properties dictionary. More...
tmp< volScalarField >	strainRate () const
	Return the strain rate. More...

Private Member Functions
tmp< volScalarField >	calcNu () const
	Calculate and return the laminar viscosity. More...

Private Attributes
dictionary	powerLawCoeffs_
dimensionedScalar	k_
dimensionedScalar	n_
dimensionedScalar	nuMin_
dimensionedScalar	nuMax_
volScalarField	nu_

Additional Inherited Members
Static Public Member Functions inherited from viscosityModel
static autoPtr< viscosityModel >	New (const word &name, const dictionary &viscosityProperties, const volVectorField &U, const surfaceScalarField &phi)
	Return a reference to the selected viscosity model. More...
Protected Member Functions inherited from viscosityModel
	viscosityModel (const viscosityModel &)
	Disallow copy construct. More...
void	operator= (const viscosityModel &)
	Disallow default bitwise assignment. More...
Protected Attributes inherited from viscosityModel
word	name_
dictionary	viscosityProperties_
const volVectorField &	U_
const surfaceScalarField &	phi_

Detailed Description

Standard power-law non-Newtonian viscosity model.

Source files

• powerLaw.H
• powerLaw.C

Definition at line 52 of file powerLaw.H.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

powerLaw()

powerLaw	(	const word &	name,
		const dictionary &	viscosityProperties,
		const volVectorField &	U,
		const surfaceScalarField &	phi
	)

Construct from components.

Definition at line 76 of file powerLaw.C.

~powerLaw()

~powerLaw ( )

inline

Destructor.

Definition at line 93 of file powerLaw.H.

Member Function Documentation

calcNu()

Foam::tmp< Foam::volScalarField > calcNu ( ) const

private

Calculate and return the laminar viscosity.

Definition at line 51 of file powerLaw.C.

References Foam::dimless, Foam::dimTime, powerLaw::k_, Foam::max(), Foam::min(), powerLaw::n_, powerLaw::nuMax_, powerLaw::nuMin_, Foam::pow(), viscosityModel::strainRate(), and dimensioned::value().

Referenced by powerLaw::correct().

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TypeName()

TypeName

(

"powerLaw"

)

Runtime type information.

nu() [1/2]

tmp<volScalarField> nu ( ) const

inlinevirtual

Return the laminar viscosity.

Implements viscosityModel.

Definition at line 100 of file powerLaw.H.

References powerLaw::nu_.

nu() [2/2]

tmp<scalarField> nu ( const label  patchi ) const

inlinevirtual

Return the laminar viscosity for patch.

Implements viscosityModel.

Definition at line 106 of file powerLaw.H.

References GeometricField::boundaryField(), powerLaw::nu_, and patchi.

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correct()

void correct ( )

inlinevirtual

Correct the laminar viscosity.

Implements viscosityModel.

Definition at line 112 of file powerLaw.H.

References powerLaw::calcNu(), and powerLaw::nu_.

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read()

bool read ( const dictionary &  viscosityProperties )

virtual

Read transportProperties dictionary.

Implements viscosityModel.

Definition at line 107 of file powerLaw.C.

References dictionary::lookup(), viscosityModel::read(), and dictionary::subDict().

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Field Documentation

powerLawCoeffs_

dictionary powerLawCoeffs_

private

Definition at line 58 of file powerLaw.H.

k_

dimensionedScalar k_

private

Definition at line 60 of file powerLaw.H.

Referenced by powerLaw::calcNu().

n_

dimensionedScalar n_

private

Definition at line 61 of file powerLaw.H.

Referenced by powerLaw::calcNu().

nuMin_

dimensionedScalar nuMin_

private

Definition at line 62 of file powerLaw.H.

Referenced by powerLaw::calcNu().

nuMax_

dimensionedScalar nuMax_

private

Definition at line 63 of file powerLaw.H.

Referenced by powerLaw::calcNu().

nu_

volScalarField nu_

private

Definition at line 65 of file powerLaw.H.

Referenced by powerLaw::correct(), and powerLaw::nu().

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• src/transportModels/incompressible/viscosityModels/powerLaw/powerLaw.H
• src/transportModels/incompressible/viscosityModels/powerLaw/powerLaw.C