timeVaryingFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField.H

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Class
    Foam::timeVaryingFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField

Description
    A time-varying form of a flow normal vector boundary condition.

    Example of the boundary condition specification:
    @verbatim
    inlet
    {
        type            timeVaryingFlowRateInletVelocity;
        flowRate        0.2;         // Volumetric/mass flow rate [m3/s or kg/s]
        value           uniform (0 0 0);  // placeholder
        fileName        "$FOAM_CASE/time-series";
        outOfBounds     repeat;           // (error|warn|clamp|repeat)
    }
    @endverbatim

Note
    - The value is positive inwards
    - may not work correctly for transonic inlets!
    - strange behaviour with potentialFoam since the U equation is not solved

See Also
    Foam::interpolationTable and Foam::flowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField

SourceFiles
    timeVaryingFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField.C

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#ifndef timeVaryingFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField_H
#define timeVaryingFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField_H

#include <finiteVolume/flowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField.H>
#include <OpenFOAM/interpolationTable.H>

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namespace Foam
{
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        Class timeVaryingFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatch Declaration
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class timeVaryingFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField
:
    public flowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField
{
    // Private data

        //- the time series being used, including the bounding treatment
        interpolationTable<scalar> timeSeries_;


public:

    //- Runtime type information
    TypeName("timeVaryingFlowRateInletVelocity");


    // Constructors

        //- Construct from patch and internal field
        timeVaryingFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField
        (
            const fvPatch&,
            const DimensionedField<vector, volMesh>&
        );

        //- Construct from patch, internal field and dictionary
        timeVaryingFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField
        (
            const fvPatch&,
            const DimensionedField<vector, volMesh>&,
            const dictionary&
        );

        //- Construct by mapping given patch field onto a new patch
        timeVaryingFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField
        (
            const timeVaryingFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField&,
            const fvPatch&,
            const DimensionedField<vector, volMesh>&,
            const fvPatchFieldMapper&
        );

        //- Construct as copy
        timeVaryingFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField
        (
            const timeVaryingFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField&
        );

        //- Construct and return a clone
        virtual tmp<fvPatchVectorField> clone() const
        {
            return tmp<fvPatchVectorField>
            (
                new timeVaryingFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField(*this)
            );
        }

        //- Construct as copy setting internal field reference
        timeVaryingFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField
        (
            const timeVaryingFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField&,
            const DimensionedField<vector, volMesh>&
        );

        //- Construct and return a clone setting internal field reference
        virtual tmp<fvPatchVectorField> clone
        (
            const DimensionedField<vector, volMesh>& iF
        ) const
        {
            return tmp<fvPatchVectorField>
            (
                new timeVaryingFlowRateInletVelocityFvPatchVectorField
                (
                    *this,
                    iF
                )
            );
        }


    // Member functions

        // Access

            //- Return the time series used
            const interpolationTable<scalar>& timeSeries() const
            {
                return timeSeries_;
            }


        // Evaluation functions

            //- Update the coefficients associated with the patch field
            virtual void updateCoeffs();


        //- Write
        virtual void write(Ostream&) const;
};


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} // End namespace Foam

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#endif

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