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00023 
00024 Class
00025     Foam::viscosityModels::powerLaw
00026 
00027 Description
00028      Standard power-law non-Newtonian viscosity model.
00029 
00030 SourceFiles
00031     powerLaw.C
00032 
00033 \*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
00034 
00035 #ifndef powerLaw_H
00036 #define powerLaw_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 powerLaw Declaration
00051 \*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
00052 
00053 class powerLaw
00054 :
00055     public viscosityModel
00056 {
00057     // Private data
00058 
00059         dictionary powerLawCoeffs_;
00060 
00061         dimensionedScalar k_;
00062         dimensionedScalar n_;
00063         dimensionedScalar nuMin_;
00064         dimensionedScalar nuMax_;
00065 
00066         volScalarField nu_;
00067 
00068 
00069     // Private Member Functions
00070 
00071         //- Calculate and return the laminar viscosity
00072         tmp<volScalarField> calcNu() const;
00073 
00074 
00075 public:
00076 
00077     //- Runtime type information
00078     TypeName("powerLaw");
00079 
00080 
00081     // Constructors
00082 
00083         //- Construct from components
00084         powerLaw
00085         (
00086             const word& name,
00087             const dictionary& viscosityProperties,
00088             const volVectorField& U,
00089             const surfaceScalarField& phi
00090         );
00091 
00092 
00093     // Destructor
00094 
00095         ~powerLaw()
00096         {}
00097 
00098 
00099     // Member Functions
00100 
00101         //- Return the laminar viscosity
00102         tmp<volScalarField> nu() const
00103         {
00104             return nu_;
00105         }
00106 
00107         //- Correct the laminar viscosity
00108         void correct()
00109         {
00110             nu_ = calcNu();
00111         }
00112 
00113         //- Read transportProperties dictionary
00114         bool read(const dictionary& viscosityProperties);
00115 };
00116 
00117 
00118 // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
00119 
00120 } // End namespace viscosityModels
00121 } // End namespace Foam
00122 
00123 // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
00124 
00125 #endif
00126 
00127 // ************************ vim: set sw=4 sts=4 et: ************************ //
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