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<H3>voidfractionModel_dividedVoidFraction command
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<P><B>Syntax:</B>
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<P>Defined in couplingProperties dictionary.
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<PRE>voidfractionModel divided;
dividedProps
{
alphaMin number1;
interpolation;
weight number2;
porosity number3;
}
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<UL><LI><I>number1</I> = minimum limit for voidfraction
<LI><I>interpolation</I> = flag to interpolate voidfraction to particle positions (normally off)
<LI><I>number2</I> = (optional) scaling of the particle volume to account for porosity or agglomerations.
<LI><I>number3</I> = (optional) diameter of the particle's representation is artificially increased according to <I>number2</I> * Vparticle, volume remains unaltered!
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<P><B>Examples:</B>
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<PRE>voidfractionModel divided;
dividedProps
{
alphaMin 0.2;
}
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<P><B>Description:</B>
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<P>The divided voidFraction model is supposed to be used when a particle (or its representation) is in the size range of a CFD cell. Satellite points are used to divide the particle's volume to the touched cells.
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<P>The region of influence of a particle can be increased artificially by "porosity", which blows up the particles, but keeps their volume (for voidfraction calculation) constant.
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<P>The particle volume occupied in the CFD domain can be adjusted by the parameter "weight", using Vparticle=dsphere^3*pi/6*weight.
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<P>In the basic implementation of solvers, the void fraction is calculated based on all particles. Depending on the solver used, the void fraction calculation is also performed for a certain type of particles.
The void fraction calculation is based on a three-step approach (reset, set and interpolate), i.e., the void fraction is time interpolated from a previous and a next void fraction field. Appropriate names for these fields have to be specified in the sub-dictionaries voidFracFieldNamesPrev and voidFracFieldNamesNext in the couplingProperties dictionary.
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<P><B>Restrictions:</B> none.
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<P><B>Related commands:</B>
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<P><A HREF = "voidfractionModel.html">voidfractionModel</A>
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