Changing FreeStream to create inflow on all patches of type patch. Implemented Bird eqn 4.22 for the number flux and eqn 12.5 for the velocity distibution. Drawing T and U for the FreeStream from the boundaryT and boundaryU fields.

applications/solvers/discreteMethods/dsmc/dsmcFoam/dsmcFoam.C

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
         runTime.write();
 
-        Info<< "ExecutionTime = " << runTime.elapsedCpuTime() << " s"
+        Info<< nl << "ExecutionTime = " << runTime.elapsedCpuTime() << " s"
             << "  ClockTime = " << runTime.elapsedClockTime() << " s"
             << nl << endl;
     }

src/lagrangian/dsmc/clouds/Templates/DsmcCloud/DsmcCloud.C

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Foam::scalar Foam::DsmcCloud<ParcelType>::kb = 1.380650277e-23;
 template<class ParcelType>
 Foam::scalar Foam::DsmcCloud<ParcelType>::Tref = 273;
 
+
 // * * * * * * * * * * * * * Private Member Functions  * * * * * * * * * * * //
 
 template<class ParcelType>
@@ -625,6 +626,13 @@ Foam::DsmcCloud<ParcelType>::DsmcCloud
     buildConstProps();
 
     buildCellOccupancy();
+
+    // Initialise the collision selection remainder to a random value between 0
+    // and 1.
+    forAll(collisionSelectionRemainder_, i)
+    {
+        collisionSelectionRemainder_[i] = rndGen_.scalar01();
+    }
 }
 
 
@@ -813,8 +821,12 @@ void Foam::DsmcCloud<ParcelType>::info() const
 
     Info<< "Cloud name: " << this->name() << nl
         << "    Number of dsmc particles        = "
-        << nDsmcParticles << nl
+        << nDsmcParticles
-        << "    Number of molecules             = "
+        << endl;
+
+    if (nDsmcParticles)
+    {
+        Info<< "    Number of molecules             = "
             << nMol << nl
             << "    Mass in system                  = "
             << returnReduce(massInSystem(), sumOp<scalar>()) << nl
@@ -827,9 +839,10 @@ void Foam::DsmcCloud<ParcelType>::info() const
             << "    Average internal energy         = "
             << internalEnergy/nMol << nl
             << "    Average total energy            = "
-        << (internalEnergy + linearKineticEnergy)/nMol << nl
+            << (internalEnergy + linearKineticEnergy)/nMol
             << endl;
     }
+}
 
 
 template<class ParcelType>
@@ -874,7 +887,7 @@ Foam::scalar Foam::DsmcCloud<ParcelType>::equipartitionInternalEnergy
 
         scalar energyRatio;
 
-        scalar P;
+        scalar P = -1;
 
         do
         {

src/lagrangian/dsmc/clouds/Templates/DsmcCloud/DsmcCloud.H

@@ -299,6 +299,12 @@ public:
                     scalar mass
                 ) const;
 
+                inline scalarField maxwellianAverageSpeed
+                (
+                    scalarField temperature,
+                    scalar mass
+                ) const;
+
                 //- RMS particle speed
                 inline scalar maxwellianRMSSpeed
                 (
@@ -306,6 +312,12 @@ public:
                     scalar mass
                 ) const;
 
+                inline scalarField maxwellianRMSSpeed
+                (
+                    scalarField temperature,
+                    scalar mass
+                ) const;
+
                 //- Most probable speed
                 inline scalar maxwellianMostProbableSpeed
                 (
@@ -313,6 +325,11 @@ public:
                     scalar mass
                 ) const;
 
+                inline scalarField maxwellianMostProbableSpeed
+                (
+                    scalarField temperature,
+                    scalar mass
+                ) const;
 
             // Sub-models
 

src/lagrangian/dsmc/clouds/Templates/DsmcCloud/DsmcCloudI.H

@@ -302,6 +302,17 @@ inline Foam::scalar Foam::DsmcCloud<ParcelType>::maxwellianAverageSpeed
 }
 
 
+template<class ParcelType>
+inline Foam::scalarField Foam::DsmcCloud<ParcelType>::maxwellianAverageSpeed
+(
+    scalarField temperature,
+    scalar mass
+) const
+{
+    return 2.0*sqrt(2.0*kb*temperature/(mathematicalConstant::pi*mass));
+}
+
+
 template<class ParcelType>
 inline Foam::scalar Foam::DsmcCloud<ParcelType>::maxwellianRMSSpeed
 (
@@ -313,6 +324,17 @@ inline Foam::scalar Foam::DsmcCloud<ParcelType>::maxwellianRMSSpeed
 }
 
 
+template<class ParcelType>
+inline Foam::scalarField Foam::DsmcCloud<ParcelType>::maxwellianRMSSpeed
+(
+    scalarField temperature,
+    scalar mass
+) const
+{
+    return sqrt(3.0*kb*temperature/mass);
+}
+
+
 template<class ParcelType>
 inline Foam::scalar
 Foam::DsmcCloud<ParcelType>::maxwellianMostProbableSpeed
@@ -325,6 +347,18 @@ Foam::DsmcCloud<ParcelType>::maxwellianMostProbableSpeed
 }
 
 
+template<class ParcelType>
+inline Foam::scalarField
+Foam::DsmcCloud<ParcelType>::maxwellianMostProbableSpeed
+(
+    scalarField temperature,
+    scalar mass
+) const
+{
+    return sqrt(2.0*kb*temperature/mass);
+}
+
+
 template<class ParcelType>
 inline const Foam::tmp<Foam::volScalarField>
 Foam::DsmcCloud<ParcelType>::rhoN() const

src/lagrangian/dsmc/submodels/InflowBoundaryModel/FreeStream/FreeStream.C

@@ -36,31 +36,26 @@ Foam::FreeStream<CloudType>::FreeStream
 )
 :
     InflowBoundaryModel<CloudType>(dict, cloud, typeName),
-    patchIndex_(),
+    patches_(),
-    temperature_(readScalar(this->coeffDict().lookup("temperature"))),
-    velocity_(this->coeffDict().lookup("velocity")),
     moleculeTypeIds_(),
     numberDensities_(),
     particleFluxAccumulators_()
 {
-    word patchName = this->coeffDict().lookup("patch");
+    // Identify which patches to use
 
-    patchIndex_ = cloud.mesh().boundaryMesh().findPatchID(patchName);
+    DynamicList<label> patches;
 
-    const polyPatch& patch = cloud.mesh().boundaryMesh()[patchIndex_];
+    forAll(cloud.mesh().boundaryMesh(), p)
-
-    if (patchIndex_ == -1)
     {
-        FatalErrorIn
+        const polyPatch& patch = cloud.mesh().boundaryMesh()[p];
-        (
+
-            "Foam::FreeStream<CloudType>::FreeStream"
+        if (patch.type() == polyPatch::typeName)
-            "("
+        {
-                "const dictionary&, "
+            patches.append(p);
-                "CloudType&"
-            ")"
-        )   << "patch " << patchName << " not found." << nl
-            << abort(FatalError);
         }
+    }
+
+    patches_.transfer(patches);
 
     const dictionary& numberDensitiesDict
     (
@@ -69,10 +64,24 @@ Foam::FreeStream<CloudType>::FreeStream
 
     List<word> molecules(numberDensitiesDict.toc());
 
-    numberDensities_.setSize(molecules.size());
+    // Initialise the particleFluxAccumulators_
+    particleFluxAccumulators_.setSize(patches_.size());
+
+    forAll(patches_, p)
+    {
+        const polyPatch& patch = cloud.mesh().boundaryMesh()[patches_[p]];
+
+        particleFluxAccumulators_[p] = List<Field<scalar> >
+        (
+            molecules.size(),
+            Field<scalar>(patch.size(), 0.0)
+        );
+    }
 
     moleculeTypeIds_.setSize(molecules.size());
 
+    numberDensities_.setSize(molecules.size());
+
     forAll(molecules, i)
     {
         numberDensities_[i] = readScalar
@@ -97,12 +106,6 @@ Foam::FreeStream<CloudType>::FreeStream
     }
 
     numberDensities_ /= cloud.nParticle();
-
-    particleFluxAccumulators_.setSize
-    (
-        molecules.size(),
-        Field<scalar>(patch.size(), 0)
-    );
 }
 
 
@@ -127,17 +130,65 @@ void Foam::FreeStream<CloudType>::inflow()
 
     Random& rndGen(cloud.rndGen());
 
-    const polyPatch& patch = mesh.boundaryMesh()[patchIndex_];
+    scalar sqrtPi = sqrt(mathematicalConstant::pi);
 
     label particlesInserted = 0;
 
+    const volScalarField::GeometricBoundaryField& boundaryT
+    (
+        cloud.T().boundaryField()
+    );
+
+    const volVectorField::GeometricBoundaryField& boundaryU
+    (
+        cloud.U().boundaryField()
+    );
+
+    forAll(patches_, p)
+    {
+        label patchI = patches_[p];
+
+        const polyPatch& patch = mesh.boundaryMesh()[patchI];
+
         // Add mass to the accumulators.  negative face area dotted with the
         // velocity to point flux into the domain.
 
-    forAll(particleFluxAccumulators_, i)
+        // Take a reference to the particleFluxAccumulator for this patch
+        List<Field<scalar> >& pFA = particleFluxAccumulators_[p];
+
+        forAll(pFA, i)
         {
-        particleFluxAccumulators_[i] +=
+            label typeId = moleculeTypeIds_[i];
-           -patch.faceAreas() & (velocity_*numberDensities_[i]*deltaT);
+
+            scalar mass = cloud.constProps(typeId).mass();
+
+            scalarField mostProbableSpeed
+            (
+                cloud.maxwellianMostProbableSpeed
+                (
+                    boundaryT[patchI],
+                    mass
+                )
+            );
+
+            // Dotting boundary velocity with the face unit normal (which points
+            // out of the domain, so it must be negated), dividing by the most
+            // probable speed to form molecularSpeedRatio * cosTheta
+
+            scalarField sCosTheta =
+                boundaryU[patchI]
+              & -patch.faceAreas()/mag(patch.faceAreas())
+               /mostProbableSpeed;
+
+            // From Bird eqn 4.22
+
+            pFA[i] +=
+                mag(patch.faceAreas()) * numberDensities_[i] * deltaT
+               *mostProbableSpeed
+               *(
+                   exp(-sqr(sCosTheta)) + sqrtPi*sCosTheta*(1 + erf(sCosTheta))
+                )
+               /(2.0*sqrtPi);
         }
 
         forAll(patch, f)
@@ -177,22 +228,26 @@ void Foam::FreeStream<CloudType>::inflow()
 
             // Normal unit vector *negative* so normal is pointing into the
             // domain
-        vector nw = patch.faceAreas()[f];
+            vector n = patch.faceAreas()[f];
-        nw /= -mag(nw);
+            n /= -mag(n);
 
             // Wall tangential unit vector. Use the direction between the
             // face centre and the first vertex in the list
-        vector tw1 = fC - (mesh.points()[faceVertices[0]]);
+            vector t1 = fC - (mesh.points()[faceVertices[0]]);
-        tw1 /= mag(tw1);
+            t1 /= mag(t1);
 
             // Other tangential unit vector.  Rescaling in case face is not
-        // flat and nw and tw1 aren't perfectly orthogonal
+            // flat and n and t1 aren't perfectly orthogonal
-        vector tw2 = nw^tw1;
+            vector t2 = n^t1;
-        tw2 /= mag(tw2);
+            t2 /= mag(t2);
 
-        forAll(particleFluxAccumulators_, i)
+            scalar faceTemperature = boundaryT[patchI][f];
+
+            const vector& faceVelocity = boundaryU[patchI][f];
+
+            forAll(pFA, i)
             {
-            scalar& faceAccumulator = particleFluxAccumulators_[i][f];
+                scalar& faceAccumulator = pFA[i][f];
 
                 // Number of particles to insert
                 label nI = max(label(faceAccumulator), 0);
@@ -203,9 +258,10 @@ void Foam::FreeStream<CloudType>::inflow()
 
                 scalar mass = cloud.constProps(typeId).mass();
 
-            for (label n = 0; n < nI; n++)
+                for (label i = 0; i < nI; i++)
                 {
-                // Choose a triangle to insert on, based on their relative area
+                    // Choose a triangle to insert on, based on their relative
+                    // area
 
                     scalar triSelection = rndGen.scalar01();
 
@@ -239,19 +295,74 @@ void Foam::FreeStream<CloudType>::inflow()
 
                     point p = (1 - t)*A + (1 - s)*t*B + s*t*C;
 
-                vector U =
+                    // Velocity generation
-                    sqrt(CloudType::kb*temperature_/mass)
+
-                   *(
+                    scalar mostProbableSpeed
-                        rndGen.GaussNormal()*tw1
+                    (
-                      + rndGen.GaussNormal()*tw2
+                        cloud.maxwellianMostProbableSpeed
-                      - sqrt(-2.0*log(max(1 - rndGen.scalar01(), VSMALL)))*nw
+                        (
+                            faceTemperature,
+                            mass
+                        )
                     );
 
-                U += velocity_;
+                    scalar sCosTheta = (faceVelocity & n)/mostProbableSpeed;
+
+                    // Coefficients required for Bird eqn 12.5
+                    scalar uNormProbCoeffA =
+                        sCosTheta + sqrt(sqr(sCosTheta) + 2.0);
+
+                    scalar uNormProbCoeffB =
+                        0.5*
+                        (
+                            1.0
+                          + sCosTheta*(sCosTheta - sqrt(sqr(sCosTheta) + 2.0))
+                        );
+
+                    // Equivalent to the QA value in Bird's DSMC3.FOR
+                    scalar randomScaling = 3.0;
+
+                    if (sCosTheta < -3)
+                    {
+                        randomScaling = mag(sCosTheta) + 1;
+                    }
+
+                    scalar P = -1;
+
+                    // Normalised candidates for the normal direction velocity
+                    // component
+                    scalar uNormal;
+                    scalar uNormalThermal;
+
+                    // Select a velocity using Bird eqn 12.5
+                    do
+                    {
+                        uNormalThermal =
+                            randomScaling*(2.0*rndGen.scalar01() - 1);
+
+                        uNormal = uNormalThermal + sCosTheta;
+
+                        if (uNormal < 0.0)
+                        {
+                            continue;
+                        }
+
+                        P = 2.0*uNormal/uNormProbCoeffA
+                           *exp(uNormProbCoeffB - sqr(uNormalThermal));
+
+                    } while (P < rndGen.scalar01());
+
+                    vector U =
+                        sqrt(CloudType::kb*faceTemperature/mass)
+                       *(
+                            rndGen.GaussNormal()*t1
+                          + rndGen.GaussNormal()*t2
+                        )
+                      + mostProbableSpeed*uNormal*n;
 
                     scalar Ei = cloud.equipartitionInternalEnergy
                     (
-                    temperature_,
+                        faceTemperature,
                         cloud.constProps(typeId).internalDegreesOfFreedom()
                     );
 
@@ -268,6 +379,7 @@ void Foam::FreeStream<CloudType>::inflow()
                 }
             }
         }
+    }
 
     reduce(particlesInserted, sumOp<label>());
 

src/lagrangian/dsmc/submodels/InflowBoundaryModel/FreeStream/FreeStream.H

@@ -26,8 +26,10 @@ Class
     Foam::FreeStream
 
 Description
-    Inserting new particles across the faces of a specified patch for a free
+    Inserting new particles across the faces of a all patched of type
-    stream.  Uniform values of temperature, velocity and number densities
+    "patch" for a free stream.  Uniform values number density, temperature
+    and velocity sourced face-by-face from the boundaryT and boundaryU fields
+    of the cloud.
 
 \*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
@@ -52,14 +54,8 @@ class FreeStream
 {
     // Private data
 
-        //- Index of patch to introduce particles across
+        //- The indices of patches to introduce molecules across
-        label patchIndex_;
+        labelList patches_;
-
-        //- Temperature of the free stream
-        scalar temperature_;
-
-        //- Velocity of the free stream
-        vector velocity_;
 
         //- The molecule types to be introduced
         List<label> moleculeTypeIds_;
@@ -67,10 +63,13 @@ class FreeStream
         //- The number density of the species in the inflow
         Field<scalar> numberDensities_;
 
-        //- A List of Fields, one Field for every species to be introduced, each
+        //- A List of Lists of Fields specifying carry-over of mass flux from
-        // field entry corresponding to a face on the patch to be injected
+        // one timestep to the next
-        // across.
+        // + Outer List - one inner List for each patch
-        List<Field<scalar> > particleFluxAccumulators_;
+        // + Inner List - one Field for every species to be introduced
+        // + Each field entry corresponding to a face to be injected across
+        //   with a particular species
+        List<List<Field<scalar> > > particleFluxAccumulators_;
 
 
 public: