interfaceProperties Class Reference

Contains the interface properties. More...

Inheritance diagram for interfaceProperties:

Public Member Functions
	interfaceProperties (const volScalarField &alpha1, const volVectorField &U, const IOdictionary &)
	Construct from volume fraction field gamma and IOdictionary. More...
scalar	cAlpha () const
const dimensionedScalar &	deltaN () const
const surfaceScalarField &	nHatf () const
tmp< volScalarField >	sigmaK () const
tmp< surfaceScalarField >	surfaceTensionForce () const
tmp< volScalarField >	nearInterface () const
	Indicator of the proximity of the interface. More...
void	correct ()
bool	read ()
	Read transportProperties dictionary. More...

Detailed Description

Contains the interface properties.

Properties to aid interFoam:

1. Correct the alpha boundary condition for dynamic contact angle.
2. Calculate interface curvature.

References:

    Smoother algorithm for interface curvatures (tag:YK):
        Yamamoto, T. & Komarov, S. V. (2022).
        Evaluation on different volume of fluid methods in
        unstructured solver under the optimized condition. Preprint.
        DOI:10.13140/RG.2.2.17223.37281

Source files

• interfaceProperties.H
• interfaceProperties.C

Definition at line 63 of file interfaceProperties.H.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

interfaceProperties()

interfaceProperties	(	const volScalarField &	alpha1,
		const volVectorField &	U,
		const IOdictionary &
	)

Construct from volume fraction field gamma and IOdictionary.

Member Function Documentation

cAlpha()

scalar cAlpha ( ) const

inline

Definition at line 145 of file interfaceProperties.H.

deltaN()

const dimensionedScalar& deltaN ( ) const

inline

Definition at line 150 of file interfaceProperties.H.

nHatf()

const surfaceScalarField& nHatf ( ) const

inline

Definition at line 155 of file interfaceProperties.H.

sigmaK()

Foam::tmp< Foam::volScalarField > sigmaK

(

)

const

Definition at line 224 of file interfaceProperties.C.

surfaceTensionForce()

Foam::tmp< Foam::surfaceScalarField > surfaceTensionForce

(

)

const

Definition at line 231 of file interfaceProperties.C.

References Foam::fvc::interpolate(), and Foam::fvc::snGrad().

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nearInterface()

Foam::tmp< Foam::volScalarField > nearInterface

(

)

const

Indicator of the proximity of the interface.

Field values are 1 near and 0 away for the interface.

Definition at line 238 of file interfaceProperties.C.

References Foam::pos0().

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correct()

void correct

(

)

Definition at line 244 of file interfaceProperties.C.

Referenced by immiscibleIncompressibleTwoPhaseMixture::correct().

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read()

bool read

(

)

Read transportProperties dictionary.

Definition at line 250 of file interfaceProperties.C.

Referenced by immiscibleIncompressibleTwoPhaseMixture::read().

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

• src/transportModels/interfaceProperties/interfaceProperties.H
• src/transportModels/interfaceProperties/interfaceProperties.C