setRDeltaT.H

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{
    volScalarField& rDeltaT = trDeltaT();
 
    const dictionary& pimpleDict = pimple.dict();
 
    scalar maxCo
    (
        pimpleDict.lookupOrDefault<scalar>("maxCo", 0.8)
    );
 
    scalar rDeltaTSmoothingCoeff
    (
        pimpleDict.lookupOrDefault<scalar>("rDeltaTSmoothingCoeff", 0.02)
    );
 
    scalar rDeltaTDampingCoeff
    (
        pimpleDict.lookupOrDefault<scalar>("rDeltaTDampingCoeff", 1.0)
    );
 
    scalar maxDeltaT
    (
        pimpleDict.lookupOrDefault<scalar>("maxDeltaT", GREAT)
    );
 
    volScalarField rDeltaT0("rDeltaT0", rDeltaT);
 
    // Set the reciprocal time-step from the local Courant number
    rDeltaT.dimensionedInternalField() = max
    (
        1/dimensionedScalar("maxDeltaT", dimTime, maxDeltaT),
        fvc::surfaceSum(mag(phi))().dimensionedInternalField()
       /((2*maxCo)*mesh.V()*rho.dimensionedInternalField())
    );
 
    if (pimple.transonic())
    {
        surfaceScalarField phid
        (
            "phid",
            fvc::interpolate(psi)*(fvc::interpolate(U) & mesh.Sf())
        );
 
        rDeltaT.dimensionedInternalField() = max
        (
            rDeltaT.dimensionedInternalField(),
            fvc::surfaceSum(mag(phid))().dimensionedInternalField()
            /((2*maxCo)*mesh.V()*psi.dimensionedInternalField())
        );
    }
 
    // Update tho boundary values of the reciprocal time-step
    rDeltaT.correctBoundaryConditions();
 
    Info<< "Flow time scale min/max = "
        << gMin(1/rDeltaT.internalField())
        << ", " << gMax(1/rDeltaT.internalField()) << endl;
 
    if (rDeltaTSmoothingCoeff < 1.0)
    {
        fvc::smooth(rDeltaT, rDeltaTSmoothingCoeff);
    }
 
    Info<< "Smoothed flow time scale min/max = "
        << gMin(1/rDeltaT.internalField())
        << ", " << gMax(1/rDeltaT.internalField()) << endl;
 
    // Limit rate of change of time scale
    // - reduce as much as required
    // - only increase at a fraction of old time scale
    if
    (
        rDeltaTDampingCoeff < 1.0
     && runTime.timeIndex() > runTime.startTimeIndex() + 1
    )
    {
        rDeltaT =
            rDeltaT0
           *max(rDeltaT/rDeltaT0, scalar(1) - rDeltaTDampingCoeff);
 
        Info<< "Damped flow time scale min/max = "
            << gMin(1/rDeltaT.internalField())
            << ", " << gMax(1/rDeltaT.internalField()) << endl;
    }
}