From 7a1de27e781447dc53d35139bcf97f4925201e91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jakub Knir <http://cfd.direct>
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2020 00:03:49 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] wallHeatTransferCoeffModels::kappaEff Corrected reading
 Lchar.

---
 .../wallHeatTransferCoeffModels/kappaEff/kappaEff.C    | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/functionObjects/field/wallHeatTransferCoeff/wallHeatTransferCoeffModels/kappaEff/kappaEff.C b/src/functionObjects/field/wallHeatTransferCoeff/wallHeatTransferCoeffModels/kappaEff/kappaEff.C
index b6b0145127..3efae97043 100644
--- a/src/functionObjects/field/wallHeatTransferCoeff/wallHeatTransferCoeffModels/kappaEff/kappaEff.C
+++ b/src/functionObjects/field/wallHeatTransferCoeff/wallHeatTransferCoeffModels/kappaEff/kappaEff.C
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Foam::wallHeatTransferCoeffModels::kappaEff::kappaEff
     mesh_(mesh),
     Prl_("Prl", dimless, dict),
     Prt_("Prl", dimless, dict),
-    Lchar_("Lchar", dimLength, dict),
+    Lchar_("Lchar", dimLength, Zero),
     isCharLength_(false)
 {
     read(dict);
@@ -76,8 +76,12 @@ bool Foam::wallHeatTransferCoeffModels::kappaEff::read(const dictionary& dict)
 {
     Prl_.read(dict);
     Prt_.read(dict);
-    Lchar_.lookupOrDefault("Lchar", dict, dimLength);
-    isCharLength_ =  dict.found("Lchar") ? true : false;
+    isCharLength_ = dict.found("Lchar");
+
+    if (isCharLength_)
+    {
+        Lchar_.read(dict);
+    }
 
     return true;
 }