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Kunz Class Reference

Kunz cavitation model slightly modified so that the condensation term is switched off when the pressure is less than the saturation vapour pressure. This change allows the condensation term to be formulated as a coefficient multiplying (p - p_sat) so that it can be included as an implicit term in the pressure equation. More...


Detailed Description

Kunz cavitation model slightly modified so that the condensation term is switched off when the pressure is less than the saturation vapour pressure. This change allows the condensation term to be formulated as a coefficient multiplying (p - p_sat) so that it can be included as an implicit term in the pressure equation.

Reference:

Kunz, R.F., Boger, D.A., Stinebring, D.R., Chyczewski, Lindau. J.W.,
Gibeling, H.J., Venkateswaran, S., Govindan, T.R.,
"A Preconditioned Implicit Method for Two-Phase Flows with Application
 to Cavitation Prediction,"
Computers and Fluids,
29(8):849-875, 2000.
Source files

Definition at line 65 of file Kunz.H.

Inheritance diagram for Kunz:
Collaboration diagram for Kunz:

List of all members.

Public Member Functions

 TypeName ("Kunz")
 Runtime type information.
 Kunz (const volVectorField &U, const surfaceScalarField &phi, const word &alpha1Name="alpha1")
 construct from components
virtual  ~Kunz ()
virtual Pair< tmp
< volScalarField > >  
mDotAlphal () const
 Return the mass condensation and vaporisation rates as a.
virtual Pair< tmp
< volScalarField > >  
mDotP () const
 Return the mass condensation and vaporisation rates as an.
virtual void  correct ()
 Correct the Kunz phaseChange model.
virtual bool  read ()
 Read the transportProperties dictionary and update.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Kunz ( const volVectorField &   U,
const surfaceScalarField &   phi,
const word &   alpha1Name = "alpha1"  
)

construct from components

virtual ~Kunz (  ) [inline, virtual]

Definition at line 101 of file Kunz.H.


Member Function Documentation

TypeName ( "Kunz"    )

Runtime type information.

virtual Pair<tmp<volScalarField> > mDotAlphal (  ) const [virtual]

Return the mass condensation and vaporisation rates as a.

coefficient to multiply (1 - alphal) for the condensation rate and a coefficient to multiply alphal for the vaporisation rate

Implements phaseChangeTwoPhaseMixture.

virtual Pair<tmp<volScalarField> > mDotP (  ) const [virtual]

Return the mass condensation and vaporisation rates as an.

explicit term for the condensation rate and a coefficient to multiply (p - pSat) for the vaporisation rate

Implements phaseChangeTwoPhaseMixture.

virtual void correct (  ) [virtual]

Correct the Kunz phaseChange model.

Implements phaseChangeTwoPhaseMixture.

virtual bool read (  ) [virtual]

Read the transportProperties dictionary and update.

Implements phaseChangeTwoPhaseMixture.


The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:
  • applications/solvers/multiphase/interPhaseChangeFoam/phaseChangeTwoPhaseMixtures/Kunz/Kunz.H