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00023 
00024 Class
00025     Foam::viscosityModels::CrossPowerLaw
00026 
00027 Description
00028     An incompressible Cross-Power law non-Newtonian viscosity model.
00029 
00030 SourceFiles
00031     CrossPowerLaw.C
00032 
00033 \*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
00034 
00035 #ifndef CrossPowerLaw_H
00036 #define CrossPowerLaw_H
00037 
00038 #include <incompressibleTransportModels/viscosityModel.H>
00039 #include <OpenFOAM/dimensionedScalar.H>
00040 #include <finiteVolume/volFields.H>
00041 
00042 // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
00043 
00044 namespace Foam
00045 {
00046 namespace viscosityModels
00047 {
00048 
00049 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
00050                            Class CrossPowerLaw Declaration
00051 \*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
00052 
00053 class CrossPowerLaw
00054 :
00055     public viscosityModel
00056 {
00057     // Private data
00058 
00059         dictionary CrossPowerLawCoeffs_;
00060 
00061         dimensionedScalar nu0_;
00062         dimensionedScalar nuInf_;
00063         dimensionedScalar m_;
00064         dimensionedScalar n_;
00065 
00066         volScalarField nu_;
00067 
00068     // Private Member Functions
00069 
00070         //- Calculate and return the laminar viscosity
00071         tmp<volScalarField> calcNu() const;
00072 
00073 
00074 public:
00075 
00076     //- Runtime type information
00077     TypeName("CrossPowerLaw");
00078 
00079 
00080     // Constructors
00081 
00082         //- Construct from components
00083         CrossPowerLaw
00084         (
00085             const word& name,
00086             const dictionary& viscosityProperties,
00087             const volVectorField& U,
00088             const surfaceScalarField& phi
00089         );
00090 
00091 
00092     // Destructor
00093 
00094         ~CrossPowerLaw()
00095         {}
00096 
00097 
00098     // Member Functions
00099 
00100         //- Return the laminar viscosity
00101         tmp<volScalarField> nu() const
00102         {
00103             return nu_;
00104         }
00105 
00106         //- Correct the laminar viscosity
00107         void correct()
00108         {
00109             nu_ = calcNu();
00110         }
00111 
00112         //- Read transportProperties dictionary
00113         bool read(const dictionary& viscosityProperties);
00114 };
00115 
00116 
00117 // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
00118 
00119 } // End namespace viscosityModels
00120 } // End namespace Foam
00121 
00122 // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
00123 
00124 #endif
00125 
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