Merkle Class Reference

Merkle cavitation model. More...

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Detailed Description

Merkle cavitation model.

Reference:

C. L. Merkle, J. Feng, and P. E. O. Buelow,
"Computational modeling of the dynamics of sheet cavitation",
in Proceedings Third International Symposium on Cavitation
Grenoble, France 1998.
   

Source files

• applications/solvers/multiphase/interPhaseChangeFoam/phaseChangeTwoPhaseMixtures/Merkle/Merkle.H
• applications/solvers/multiphase/interPhaseChangeFoam/phaseChangeTwoPhaseMixtures/Merkle/Merkle.C

Definition at line 59 of file Merkle.H.

Inheritance diagram for Merkle:

Collaboration diagram for Merkle:

List of all members.

Public Member Functions
	TypeName ("Merkle")
	Runtime type information.
	Merkle (const volVectorField &U, const surfaceScalarField &phi, const word &alpha1Name="alpha1")
	construct from components
virtual	~Merkle ()
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 Merkle phaseChange model.
virtual bool	read ()
	Read the transportProperties dictionary and update.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

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

construct from components

virtual ~Merkle

(

)

[inline, virtual]

Definition at line 95 of file Merkle.H.

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Member Function Documentation

TypeName

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"Merkle"

)

Runtime type information.

virtual Pair<tmp<volScalarField> > mDotAlphal

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)

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

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)

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

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)

[virtual]

Correct the Merkle phaseChange model.

Implements phaseChangeTwoPhaseMixture.

virtual bool read

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[virtual]

Read the transportProperties dictionary and update.

Implements phaseChangeTwoPhaseMixture.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• applications/solvers/multiphase/interPhaseChangeFoam/phaseChangeTwoPhaseMixtures/Merkle/Merkle.H