HerschelBulkley.C

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#include "HerschelBulkley.H"
#include <OpenFOAM/addToRunTimeSelectionTable.H>
#include <finiteVolume/surfaceFields.H>

// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Static Data Members * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

namespace Foam
{
namespace viscosityModels
{
    defineTypeNameAndDebug(HerschelBulkley, 0);

    addToRunTimeSelectionTable
    (
        viscosityModel,
        HerschelBulkley,
        dictionary
    );
}
}


// * * * * * * * * * * * * Private Member Functions  * * * * * * * * * * * * //

Foam::tmp<Foam::volScalarField>
Foam::viscosityModels::HerschelBulkley::calcNu() const
{
    dimensionedScalar tone("tone", dimTime, 1.0);
    dimensionedScalar rtone("rtone", dimless/dimTime, 1.0);

    tmp<volScalarField> sr(strainRate());

 // return
 // (
 //     min
 //     (
 //         nu0_,
 //         (tau0_ + k_*rtone*(pow(tone*sr(), n_) - pow(tone*tau0_/nu0_, n_)))
 //        /max(sr(), dimensionedScalar("VSMALL", dimless/dimTime, VSMALL))
 //     )
 // );

    return
    (
        min
        (
            nu0_,
            (tau0_ + k_*rtone*pow(tone*sr(), n_))
           /(max(sr(), dimensionedScalar ("VSMALL", dimless/dimTime, VSMALL)))
        )
    );
}


// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Constructors  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

Foam::viscosityModels::HerschelBulkley::HerschelBulkley
(
    const word& name,
    const dictionary& viscosityProperties,
    const volVectorField& U,
    const surfaceScalarField& phi
)
:
    viscosityModel(name, viscosityProperties, U, phi),
    HerschelBulkleyCoeffs_(viscosityProperties.subDict(typeName + "Coeffs")),
    k_(HerschelBulkleyCoeffs_.lookup("k")),
    n_(HerschelBulkleyCoeffs_.lookup("n")),
    tau0_(HerschelBulkleyCoeffs_.lookup("tau0")),
    nu0_(HerschelBulkleyCoeffs_.lookup("nu0")),
    nu_
    (
        IOobject
        (
            name,
            U_.time().timeName(),
            U_.db(),
            IOobject::NO_READ,
            IOobject::AUTO_WRITE
        ),
        calcNu()
    )
{}


// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Member Functions  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

bool Foam::viscosityModels::HerschelBulkley::read
(
    const dictionary& viscosityProperties
)
{
    viscosityModel::read(viscosityProperties);

    HerschelBulkleyCoeffs_ = viscosityProperties.subDict(typeName + "Coeffs");

    HerschelBulkleyCoeffs_.lookup("k") >> k_;
    HerschelBulkleyCoeffs_.lookup("n") >> n_;
    HerschelBulkleyCoeffs_.lookup("tau0") >> tau0_;
    HerschelBulkleyCoeffs_.lookup("nu0") >> nu0_;

    return true;
}


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