Computes view factors according to Hottel's crossed strings method. More...

Inheritance diagram for viewFactorHottel:

Collaboration diagram for viewFactorHottel:

Public Member Functions
	TypeName ("viewFactorHottel")
	Runtime type information. More...

	viewFactorHottel (const fvMesh &mesh, const dictionary &dict)
	Constructor. More...

virtual	~viewFactorHottel ()=default
	Destructor. More...

Public Member Functions inherited from viewFactorModel
	TypeName ("viewFactorModel")
	Runtime type information. More...

	declareRunTimeSelectionTable (autoPtr, viewFactorModel, mesh,(const fvMesh &mesh, const dictionary &dict),(mesh, dict))
	Selection table. More...

	viewFactorModel (const viewFactorModel &)=delete
	No copy construct. More...

void	operator= (const viewFactorModel &)=delete
	No copy assignment. More...

	viewFactorModel (const fvMesh &mesh, const dictionary &dict)
	Constructor. More...

virtual	~viewFactorModel ()
	Destructor. More...

virtual void	calculate ()
	Calculate the view factors. More...

Protected Member Functions
virtual scalarListList	calculate (const labelListList &visibleFaceFaces, const pointField &compactCf, const vectorField &compactSf, const UList< List< vector >> &compactFineSf, const UList< List< point >> &compactFineCf, const UList< List< point >> &compactPoints, const UList< label > &compactPatchId) const
	Calculate. More...

Static Protected Member Functions
static scalar	calculateFij (const point &p0, const point &p1, const point &p2, const point &p3)
	Calculate view factor using the double-area integral. More...

Static Protected Member Functions inherited from viewFactorModel
static void	writeRays (const fileName &fName, const pointField &compactCf, const labelListList &visibleFaceFaces)
	Write ray geometry to file. More...

Additional Inherited Members
Static Public Member Functions inherited from viewFactorModel
static autoPtr< viewFactorModel >	New (const fvMesh &mesh, const dictionary &dict)
	Selector. More...

Protected Attributes inherited from viewFactorModel
const fvMesh &	mesh_
	Reference to the mesh database. More...

autoPtr< raySearchEngine >	searchEnginePtr_
	Run-time selectable ray search engine. More...

bool	writeViewFactors_
	Flag to write the view factor field. More...

bool	writeRays_
	Flag to write the ray geometry. More...

Detailed Description

Computes view factors according to Hottel's crossed strings method.

Reference:

    Hottel, H. C., & Saforim, A. F. (1967).
    Radiative transfer.
    McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York.

Usage

Minimal example in <constant>/viewFactorsDict:

// Inherited entries
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The inherited entries are elaborated in:

viewFactorModel.H

Note: Only applicable to 2D cases

Source files

Definition at line 69 of file viewFactorHottel.H.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ viewFactorHottel()

viewFactorHottel	(	const fvMesh &	mesh,
		const dictionary &	dict
	)

Constructor.

◆ ~viewFactorHottel()

virtual ~viewFactorHottel ( )

virtualdefault

Destructor.

Member Function Documentation

◆ calculateFij()

static scalar calculateFij	(	const point &	p0,
		const point &	p1,
		const point &	p2,
		const point &	p3
	)

staticprotected

Calculate view factor using the double-area integral.

◆ calculate()

virtual scalarListList calculate	(	const labelListList &	visibleFaceFaces,
		const pointField &	compactCf,
		const vectorField &	compactSf,
		const UList< List< vector >> &	compactFineSf,
		const UList< List< point >> &	compactFineCf,
		const UList< List< point >> &	compactPoints,
		const UList< label > &	compactPatchId
	)		const

protectedvirtual

Calculate.

Implements viewFactorModel.

◆ TypeName()

TypeName ( "viewFactorHottel" )

Runtime type information.

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

applications/utilities/preProcessing/createViewFactors/viewFactorModels/viewFactorModel/viewFactorHottel/viewFactorHottel.H

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