Qdot is only relevant for reacting cases, and even then it is only
written out for post-processing purposes. It has been removed from
chtMultiRegionFoam as this solvers' typical usage is for non-reacting
simulations.
If it is desired to obtain Qdot from a chtMultiRegionFoam simulation,
then a better way would be to implement a function object to look up the
reaction model and write it out.
Commit 674bff40 was in the right direction, but pressure dependence also
has to be corrected for, whether the phase is pure or not. The phase now
always updates the thermo whilst maintaining a constant temperature.
An isothermal phase still needs to trigger a thermo update in it's base
classes, primarily to ensure that any inert species fractions get
updated. This will not trigger an actual update of the thermodynamics,
as that is done in AnisothermalPhaseModel.
This is a model for the diameter of vapour bubbles. It calculates the
diameter as a linear function of the liquid sub-cooling.
Also removed the correct method from diameterModel, as it wasn't really
doing anything except facilitating the update of diameter fields to be
written out. Derived sub-models can control this locally without
polluting the base interface.
Based on patch contributed by by Juho Peltola, VTT.
By default the prefix is no longer added to the field names but the previous
behaviour can be reproduced by setting the optional "prefix" entry to "on" or
"yes".
to avoid the need to evaluate departure functions and simplify evaluation of the
temperature. In general it makes more sense to use and e/Cv based
thermodynamics when solving for internal energy rather than h/Cp and have
convert between the energy forms.
All related tutorials and test cases have also been updated.
Changed liquid thermo from sensibleEnthalpy to sensibleInternalEnergy in
tutorials. It is generally more convergent and stable to solve for internal
energy if the fluid is incompressible or weakly compressible.
Zeroing a dimensioned field can now be achieved by assignment to the
zero type. This prevents the clutter associated with constructing an
appropriate dimensioned type, or having to use multiply-equals-zero as a
workaround.
The phaseForces function object now only calulates and writes out forces
when the corresponding model exists.
Patch contributed by Institute of Fluid Dynamics, Helmholtz-Zentrum
Dresden - Rossendorf (HZDR)
Changed to using of UPtrList<Type> instead of List<*Type> for storing
reference to size and velocity groups, as this removes de-referencing
clutter. Fixed lookup of critical film thickness in PrinceBlanch
coalescence model. Added functionality calculating the overall diameter,
void fraction and void fraction weighted velocity for multiple velocity
groups.
Patch contributed by Institute of Fluid Dynamics, Helmholtz-Zentrum
Dresden - Rossendorf (HZDR)
This interpolation method was previously removed by commit fbf00209.
The intention of this method is to provide a slip-like wall boundary
condition for the velocity when interpolated to the location of a
Lagrangian element. This is difficult because any velocity which points
through the wall can cause a drag model and a rebound wall interaction
to "fight"; i.e., the drag pushes the particle to the wall, the wall
bounces it back. This can result in the program hanging.
This method extrapolates a vector field to the wall points and then
modifies the result so that it does not point through the wall. It does
this by rotating the vectors towards the (reversed) point normal. The
result is also scaled so that is reduced to zero if the necessary
rotation exceeds 90 degrees.
This provides an alternate resolution to bug report
https://bugs.openfoam.org/view.php?id=2826
