This avoids potential hidden run-time errors caused by solvers running with
boundary conditions which are not fully specified. Note that "null-constructor"
here means the constructor from patch and internal field only, no data is
provided.
Constraint and simple BCs such as 'calculated', 'zeroGradient' and others which
do not require user input to fully specify their operation remain on the
null-constructor table for the construction of fields with for example all
'calculated' or all 'zeroGradient' BCs.
Following this improvement the null-constructors have been removed from all
pointPatchFields not added to the null-constructor table thus reducing the
amount of code and maintenance overhead and making easier and more obvious to
write new pointPatchField types.
This avoids potential hidden run-time errors caused by solvers running with
boundary conditions which are not fully specified. Note that "null-constructor"
here means the constructor from patch and internal field only, no data is
provided.
Constraint and simple BCs such as 'calculated', 'zeroGradient' and others which
do not require user input to fully specify their operation remain on the
null-constructor table for the construction of fields with for example all
'calculated' or all 'zeroGradient' BCs.
A special version of the 'inletOutlet' fvPatchField named 'zeroInletOutlet' has
been added in which the inlet value is hard-coded to zero which allows this BC
to be included on the null-constructor table. This is useful for the 'age'
functionObject to avoid the need to provide the 'age' volScalarField at time 0
unless special inlet or outlet BCs are required. Also for isothermalFilm in
which the 'alpha' field is created automatically from the 'delta' field if it is
not present and can inherit 'zeroInletOutlet' from 'delta' if appropriate. If a
specific 'inletValue' is require or other more complex BCs then the 'alpha'
field file must be provided to specify these BCs as before.
Following this improvement it will now be possible to remove the
null-constructors from all fvPatchFields not added to the null-constructor
table, which is most of them, thus reducing the amount of code and maintenance
overhead and making easier and more obvious to write new fvPatchField types.
which allows lambda to set higher in the cells adjacent to the boundary which is
particularly useful when solving for waves in a domain with no mean-flow and
wave BCs to avoid numerical stability problems where the specified wave flow
reverses into the domain. The alternative is to use symmetry rather than wave
BCs on the side patches which is stable without using lambdaBoundary but there
is modest distortion of the wave profile adjacent to the side patches which does
not propagate into the domain due to the wave forcing.
to demonstrate motion of a floating object due to waves without any mean flow,
generated by the waveForcing fvModel using the waves specification in
constant/waveProperties which is also used for the side boundary conditions.
gcc-13 has new code checking and warning mechanisms which are useful but not
entirely robust and produce many false positives, particularly with respect to
local references:
warning: possibly dangling reference to a temporary
This commit resolves many of the new warning messages but the above false
warnings remain. It is possible to switch off this warning but as it also
provides some useful checks it is currently left on.
in which the mass transfer rate is based on the theory of
evaporation/condensation on a plane interface.
Class
Foam::compressible::cavitationModels::Saito
Description
Saito cavitation model.
Reference:
\verbatim
Saito, Y., Takami, R., Nakamori, I., & Ikohagi, T. (2007).
Numerical analysis of unsteady behavior of cloud cavitation
around a NACA0015 foil. Computational Mechanics, 40, 85-96.
\endverbatim
Usage:
\table
Property | Description | Required | Default value
liquid | Name of the liquid phase | yes |
pSat | Saturation vapor pressure | yes |
Ca | Interfacial area concentration coefficient [1/m] | yes |
Cv | Vapourisation rate coefficient | yes |
Cc | Condensation rate coefficient | yes |
alphaNuc | Nucleation site volume fraction | yes |
\endtable
Example:
\verbatim
model Saito;
liquid liquid;
pSat 79995;
Ca 0.1; // Interfacial area concentration coefficient [1/m]
Cc 1;
Cv 1;
alphaNuc 0.01;
\endverbatim
SourceFiles
Saito.C
The new general multi-region framework using the isothermalFilm and film solver
modules and executed with foamMultiRun is a much more flexible approach to the
inclusion of liquid films in simulations with the support for coupling to other
regions of various types e.g. gas flows, Lagrangian clouds, VoF, CHT etc. This
has all been achieved with a significant reduction in the number of lines of
code and significant improvements in code structure, readability and
maintainability.
This ensures that all fvModels in all regions are updated before continuity is
predicted in any region so that inter-region mass transfers are included in the
region continuity equations.
The filmCloudTransfer fvModel now supports an optional ejection model which
provides transfer of film to cloud by dripping from an inverted surface or
curvature separation:
Class
Foam::filmEjectionModels::dripping
Description
Dripping film to cloud ejection transfer model
On an inverted surface if the film thickness is sufficient to generate a
valid parcel the equivalent mass is removed from the film and transfered to
the cloud as a parcel containing droplets with a diameter obtained from
the specified parcelDistribution.
Usage
Example usage:
\verbatim
filmCloudTransfer
{
type filmCloudTransfer;
libs ("libfilmCloudTransfer.so");
ejection
{
model dripping;
deltaStable 5e-4;
minParticlesPerParcel 10;
parcelDistribution
{
type RosinRammler;
Q 0;
min 1e-3;
max 2e-3;
d 7.5e-05;
n 0.5;
}
}
}
\endverbatim
Class
Foam::filmEjectionModels::BrunDripping
Description
Brun dripping film to cloud ejection transfer model
If the film thickness exceeds the critical value needed to generate one or
more drops, the equivalent mass is removed from the film. The critical film
thickness is calculated from the Rayleigh-Taylor stability analysis of film
flow on an inclined plane by Brun et.al.
Reference:
\verbatim
Brun, P. T., Damiano, A., Rieu, P., Balestra, G., & Gallaire, F. (2015).
Rayleigh-Taylor instability under an inclined plane.
Physics of Fluids (1994-present), 27(8), 084107.
\endverbatim
The diameter of the drops formed are obtained from the local capillary
length multiplied by the \c dCoeff coefficient which defaults to 3.3.
Reference:
\verbatim
Lefebvre, A. (1988).
Atomisation and sprays
(Vol. 1040, No. 2756). CRC press.
\endverbatim
Usage
Example usage:
\verbatim
filmCloudTransfer
{
type filmCloudTransfer;
libs ("libfilmCloudTransfer.so");
ejection
{
model BrunDripping;
deltaStable 5e-4;
}
}
\endverbatim
Class
Foam::filmEjectionModels::curvatureSeparation
Description
Curvature induced separation film to cloud ejection transfer model
Assesses film curvature via the mesh geometry and calculates a force
balance of the form:
F_sum = F_inertial + F_body + F_surface_tension
If F_sum < 0, the film separates and is transferred to the cloud
if F_sum >= 0 the film remains attached.
Reference:
\verbatim
Owen, I., & Ryley, D. J. (1985).
The flow of thin liquid films around corners.
International journal of multiphase flow, 11(1), 51-62.
\endverbatim
Usage
Example usage:
\verbatim
filmCloudTransfer
{
type filmCloudTransfer;
libs ("libfilmCloudTransfer.so");
ejection
{
model curvatureSeparation;
deltaStable 5e-4;
}
}
\endverbatim
The new tutorials/modules/multiRegion/film/cylinderDripping tutorial case
demonstrates a film dripping into the cloud. The standard cylinder case is
turned upside-down (by changing the orientation of gravity) with an initial
0.2mm film of water over the surface which drips when the thickness is greater
than 0.5mm. Settings for all three ejection models are provided in the
constant/film/fvModels dictionary with the standard dripping model selected.
The volume of the fvCellSet is summed over all processors and is the correct
representation of the region for FV, it is not clear that writing the number of
cells in the set in the header of the functionObject output is useful and can be
obtained by other means.
Lagrangian injections now have a 'uniformParcelSize' control, which
specifies what size of the parcels is kept uniform during a given time
step. This control can be set to 'nParticles', 'surfaceArea' or
'volume'. The particle sizes, by contrast, are specified by the size
distribution.
For example, if 'uniformParcelSize nParticles;' is specified then all
parcels introduced at a given time will have the same number of
particles. Every particle in a parcel has the same properties, including
diameter. So, in this configuration, the larger diameter parcels contain
a much larger fraction of the total particulate volume than the smaller
diameter ones. This may be undesirable as the effect of a parcel on the
simulation might be more in proportion with its volume than with the
number of particles it represents. It might be preferable to create a
greater proportion of large diameter parcels so that their more
significant effect is represented by a finer Lagrangian discretisation.
This can be achieved by setting 'uniformParcelSize volume;'. A setting
of 'uniformParcelSize surfaceArea;' might be appropriate if the limiting
effect of a Lagrangian element scales with its surface area; interfacial
evaporation, for example.
Previously, this control was provided by 'parcelBasisType'. However,
this control also effectively specified the size exponent of the
supplied distribution. This interdependence was not documented and was
problematic in that it coupled physical and numerical controls.
'parcelBasisType' has been removed, and the size exponent of the
distribution is now specified independently of the new
'uniformParcelSize' control along with the rest of the distribution
coefficients or data. See the previous commit for details.
It is still possible to specify a fixed number of particles per parcel
using the 'nParticle' control. The presence of this control is used to
determine whether or not the number of particles per parcel is fixed, so
a 'fixed' basis type is no longer needed.
A number of bugs have been fixed with regards to lack of
interoperability between the various settings in the injection models.
'uniformParcelSize' can be changed freely and the number of parcels and
amount of mass that an injector introduces will not change (this was not
true of 'parcelBasisType'). Redundant settings are no longer read by the
injection models; e.g., mass is not read if the number of particles per
parcel is fixed, duration is not specified for steady tracking, etc...
The 'inflationInjection' model has been removed as there are no examples
of its usage, its purpose was not clearly documented, and it was not
obvious how it should be updated as a result of these changes.
This new class hierarchy replaces the distributions previously provided
by the Lagrangian library.
All distributions (except fixedValue) now require a "size exponent", Q,
to be specified along with their other coefficients. If a distribution's
CDF(x) (cumulative distribution function) represents what proportion of
the distribution takes a value below x, then Q determines what is meant
by "proportion":
- If Q=0, then "proportion" means the number of sampled values expected
to be below x divided by the total number of sampled values.
- If Q=3, then "proportion" means the expected sum of sampled values
cubed for values below x divided by the total sum of values cubed. If
x is a length, then this can be interpreted as a proportion of the
total volume of sampled objects.
- If Q=2, and x is a length, then the distribution might represent the
proportion of surface area, and so on...
In addition to the user-specification of Q defining what size the given
distribution relates to, an implementation that uses a distribution can
also programmatically define a samplingQ to determine what sort of
sample is being constructed; whether the samples should have an equal
number (sampleQ=0), volume (sampleQ=3), area (sampleQ=2), etc...
A number of fixes to the distributions have been made, including fixing
some fundamental bugs in the returned distribution of samples, incorrect
calculation of the distribution means, renaming misleadingly named
parameters, and correcting some inconsistencies in the way in which
tabulated PDF and CDF data was processed. Distributions no longer
require their parameters to be defined in a sub-dictionary, but a
sub-dictionary is still supported for backwards compatibility.
The distributions can now generate their PDF-s as well as samples, and a
test application has been added (replacing two previous applications),
which thoroughly checks consistency between the PDF and the samples for
a variety of combinations of values of Q and sampleQ.
Backwards incompatible changes are as follows:
- The standard deviation keyword for the normal (and multi-normal)
distribution is now called 'sigma'. Previously this was 'variance',
which was misleading, as the value is a standard deviation.
- The 'massRosinRammler' distribution has been removed. This
functionality is now provided by the standard 'RosinRammler'
distributon with a Q equal to 0, and a sampleQ of 3.
- The 'general' distribution has been split into separate distributions
based on whether PDF or CDF data is provided. These distributions are
called 'tabulatedDensity' and 'tabulatedCumulative', respectively.
