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"CFDEMproject Website"_lws - "Main Page"_main :c
:link(lws,http://www.cfdem.com)
:link(main,CFDEMcoupling_Manual.html)
:line
forceModel virtualMassForce command :h3
[Syntax:]
Defined in "couplingProperties"_CFDEMcoupling_dicts.html#couplingProperties
dictionary.
forceModels
(
virtualMassForce
);
virtualMassForceProps
\{
velFieldName "U";
voidfractionFieldName "voidfraction";
UsFieldName "Us";
phiFieldName "phi";
splitUrelCalculation switch1;
useUs switch2;
useFelderhof switch3;
Cadd scalar1;
treatForceExplicit switch4;
interpolation switch5;
smoothingModel "smoothingModel";
\} :pre
{U} = name of the finite volume fluid velocity field :ulb,l
{voidfraction} = name of the finite volume void fraction field :l
{Us} = name of the finite volume cell averaged particle velocity field :l
{phi} = name of the finite volume flux field :l
{switch1} = (optional, default false) indicator to split calculation of Urel between CFDEM and LIGGGHTS :l
{switch2} = (optional, default false) indicator to use the cell-averaged particle velocity Us for calculation of Urel :l
{switch3} = (optional, default false) indicator to use the correlation by Felderhof for the virtual mass coefficient :l
{scalar1} = (optional, default 0.5) virtual mass coefficient :l
{switch4} = (optional, default true) sub model switch, see "forceSubModel"_forceSubModel.html for details :l
{switch5} = (optional, default false) sub model switch, see "forceSubModel"_forceSubModel.html for details :l
{smoothingModel} = name of smoothing model for the DU/Dt field :l
:ule
[Examples:]
forceModels
(
virtualMassForce
);
virtualMassForceProps
\{
velFieldName "U";
voidfractionFieldName "voidfraction"
USFieldName "Us"
phiFieldName "phi";
smoothingModel off;
\} :pre
[Description:]
The force model performs the calculation of forces (e.g. fluid-particle
interaction forces) acting on each DEM particle. The {virtualMassForce} model
calculates the virtual mass force for each particle.
For more detail, see "Nijssen et al. (2020)"_#Nijssen2020.
:link(Nijssen2020)
[(Nijssen2020)] T.M.J. Nijssen, J.A.M. Kuipers, J. van der Stel, A.T. Adema, K.A. Buist. (2020):
"Complete liquid-solid momentum coupling for unresolved CFD-DEM simulations",
International Journal of Multiphase Flow
[Restrictions:]
IMPORTANT NOTE: Model not validated!
[Related commands:]
"forceModel"_forceModel.html