BrownianMotionForce.H

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Class
    Foam::BrownianMotionForce

Description
    Calculates particle Brownian motion force.

    Reference:
    \verbatim
        Li, A., & Ahmadi, G. (1992).
        Dispersion and deposition of spherical particles from point sources
        in a turbulent channel flow.
        Aerosol science and technology,
        16(4), 209-226.
    \endverbatim

    Entries
    \table
        Property | Description                            | Type | Reqd | Deflt
        lambda   | Molecular free path length             | scalar | yes  | -
        turbulence | Use turbulence                       | bool | yes | -
        spherical | Spherical instead of cubic distribution | bool | no  | true
    \endtable

Note
    The treatment changed from cubic to spherical around v1606.
    Reinstate support for cubic via spherical (true/false) switch after v2306.

SourceFiles
    BrownianMotionForce.C

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#ifndef Foam_BrownianMotionForce_H
#define Foam_BrownianMotionForce_H

#include "ParticleForce.H"
#include "Random.H"

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namespace Foam
{

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                    Class BrownianMotionForce Declaration
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template<class CloudType>
class BrownianMotionForce
:
    public ParticleForce<CloudType>
{
    // Private Data

        //- Reference to the cloud random number generator
        Random& rndGen_;

        //- Molecular free path length [m]
        const scalar lambda_;

        //- Pointer to the turbulence kinetic energy field
        const volScalarField* kPtr_;

        //- Turbulence flag
        bool turbulence_;

        //- Local ownership of the turbulence k field
        bool ownK_;

        //- Spherical vs cubic (transitional)
        bool useSpherical_;


    // Private Member Functions

        //- Return the k field from the turbulence model
        tmp<volScalarField> kModel() const;


public:

    //- Runtime type information
    TypeName("BrownianMotion");


    // Constructors

        //- Construct from mesh
        BrownianMotionForce
        (
            CloudType& owner,
            const fvMesh& mesh,
            const dictionary& dict
        );

        //- Construct copy
        BrownianMotionForce(const BrownianMotionForce& bmf);

        //- Construct and return a clone
        virtual autoPtr<ParticleForce<CloudType>> clone() const
        {
            return autoPtr<ParticleForce<CloudType>>
            (
                new BrownianMotionForce<CloudType>(*this)
            );
        }


    //- Destructor
    virtual ~BrownianMotionForce();


    // Member Functions

    // Access

        //- The molecular free path length [m]
        scalar lambda() const noexcept { return lambda_; }

        //- The turbulence flag
        bool turbulence() const noexcept { return turbulence_; }


        // Evaluation

            //- Cache fields
            virtual void cacheFields(const bool store);

            //- Calculate the coupled force
            virtual forceSuSp calcCoupled
            (
                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 "BrownianMotionForce.C"
#endif

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#endif

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