variableHeightFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField.H

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Class
    Foam::variableHeightFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField

Group
    grpInletBoundaryConditions

Description
    This boundary condition provides a velocity boundary condition for
    multphase flow based on a user-specified volumetric flow rate.

    The flow rate is made proportional to the phase fraction alpha at each
    face of the patch and alpha is ensured to be bound between 0 and 1.

Usage
    \table
        Property     | Description             | Required    | Default value
        flowRate     | volumetric flow rate [m3/s] | yes |
        alpha        | phase-fraction field    | yes |
    \endtable

    Example of the boundary condition specification:
    \verbatim
    <patchName>
    {
        type            variableHeightFlowRateInletVelocity;
        flowRate        0.2;
        alpha           alpha.water;
        value           uniform (0 0 0); // placeholder
    }
    \endverbatim

    The \c flowRate entry is a \c Function1 of time, see Foam::Function1Types.

Note
    - the value is positive into the domain
    - may not work correctly for transonic inlets
    - strange behaviour with potentialFoam since the momentum equation is
      not solved

See also
    Foam::fixedValueFvPatchField
    Foam::Function1Types

SourceFiles
    variableHeightFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField.C

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#ifndef variableHeightFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField_H
#define variableHeightFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField_H

#include "fixedValueFvPatchFields.H"
#include "Function1.H"

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namespace Foam
{
/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
    Class variableHeightFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField Declaration
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class variableHeightFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField
:
    public fixedValueFvPatchVectorField
{
    // Private data

        //- Inlet integral flow rate
        autoPtr<Function1<scalar>> flowRate_;

        //- Name of the phase-fraction field
        word alphaName_;


public:

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


   // Constructors

        //- Construct from patch and internal field
        variableHeightFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField
        (
            const fvPatch&,
            const DimensionedField<vector, volMesh>&
        );

        //- Construct from patch, internal field and dictionary
        variableHeightFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField
        (
            const fvPatch&,
            const DimensionedField<vector, volMesh>&,
            const dictionary&
        );

        //- Construct by mapping given
        //  variableHeightFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField
        //  onto a new patch
        variableHeightFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField
        (
            const variableHeightFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField&,
            const fvPatch&,
            const DimensionedField<vector, volMesh>&,
            const fvPatchFieldMapper&
        );

        //- Construct as copy
        variableHeightFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField
        (
            const variableHeightFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField&
        );

        //- Construct as copy setting internal field reference
        variableHeightFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField
        (
            const variableHeightFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField&,
            const DimensionedField<vector, volMesh>&
        );

        //- Return a clone
        virtual tmp<fvPatchField<vector>> clone() const
        {
            return fvPatchField<vector>::Clone(*this);
        }

        //- Clone with an internal field reference
        virtual tmp<fvPatchField<vector>> clone
        (
            const DimensionedField<vector, volMesh>& iF
        ) const
        {
            return fvPatchField<vector>::Clone(*this, iF);
        }


    // Member functions

        //- Update the coefficients associated with the patch field
        virtual void updateCoeffs();

        //- Write
        virtual void write(Ostream&) const;
};


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} // End namespace Foam

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#endif

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