InterfaceForce.H

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Class
    Foam::InterfaceForce
 
Description
    Vector force apply to particles to avoid the crossing of particles from
    one phase to the other. The magnitude is calculated as C*mass*grad(alpha)
 
SourceFiles
    InterfaceForce.C
 
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#ifndef InterfaceForce_H
#define InterfaceForce_H
 
#include "ParticleForce.H"
#include "interpolation.H"
 
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namespace Foam
{
 
class fvMesh;
 
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                       Class InterfaceForce Declaration
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template<class CloudType>
class InterfaceForce
:
    public ParticleForce<CloudType>
{
    // Private data
 
        //- Name of phase fraction field
        const word alphaName_;
 
        //- Model constant
        const scalar C_;
 
        //- Interpolator for gradInterForce
        autoPtr<interpolation<vector>> gradInterForceInterpPtr_;
 
 
public:
 
    //- Runtime type information
    TypeName("interface");
 
 
    // Constructors
 
        //- Construct from mesh
        InterfaceForce
        (
            CloudType& owner,
            const fvMesh& mesh,
            const dictionary& dict
        );
 
        //- Construct copy
        InterfaceForce(const InterfaceForce& gf);
 
        //- Construct and return a clone
        virtual autoPtr<ParticleForce<CloudType>> clone() const
        {
            return autoPtr<ParticleForce<CloudType>>
            (
                new InterfaceForce<CloudType>(*this)
            );
        }
 
 
    //- Destructor
    virtual ~InterfaceForce();
 
 
        // Evaluation
 
            //- Cache fields
            virtual void cacheFields(const bool store);
 
            //- Calculate the non-coupled force
            virtual forceSuSp calcNonCoupled
            (
                const typename CloudType::parcelType& p,
                const typename CloudType::parcelType::trackingData& td,
                const scalar dt,
                const scalar mass,
                const scalar Re,
                const scalar muc
            ) const;
};
 
 
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} // End namespace Foam
 
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#ifdef NoRepository
    #include "InterfaceForce.C"
#endif
 
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#endif
 
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