Particle-drag model wherein drag forces (per unit carrier-fluid velocity) are dynamically computed by using sphereDrag model; however, are corrected for particle distortion by linearly varying the drag between of a sphere (i.e. sphereDrag) and a value of 1.54 corresponding to a disk.
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#include <DistortedSphereDragForce.H>


Public Member Functions | |
| TypeName ("distortedSphereDrag") | |
| Runtime type information. | |
| DistortedSphereDragForce (CloudType &owner, const fvMesh &mesh, const dictionary &dict) | |
| Construct from mesh. | |
| DistortedSphereDragForce (const DistortedSphereDragForce< CloudType > &df) | |
| Construct copy. | |
| virtual autoPtr< ParticleForce< CloudType > > | clone () const |
| Construct and return a clone. | |
| void | operator= (const DistortedSphereDragForce< CloudType > &)=delete |
| No copy assignment. | |
| virtual | ~DistortedSphereDragForce ()=default |
| Destructor. | |
| virtual forceSuSp | calcCoupled (const typename CloudType::parcelType &p, const typename CloudType::parcelType::trackingData &td, const scalar dt, const scalar mass, const scalar Re, const scalar muc) const |
| Calculate the coupled force. | |
| Public Member Functions inherited from ParticleForce< CloudType > | |
| TypeName ("particleForce") | |
| Runtime type information. | |
| declareRunTimeSelectionTable (autoPtr, ParticleForce, dictionary,(CloudType &owner, const fvMesh &mesh, const dictionary &dict),(owner, mesh, dict)) | |
| Declare runtime constructor selection table. | |
| ParticleForce (CloudType &owner, const fvMesh &mesh, const dictionary &dict, const word &forceType, const bool readCoeffs) | |
| Construct from mesh. | |
| ParticleForce (const ParticleForce &pf) | |
| Construct copy. | |
| virtual | ~ParticleForce () |
| Destructor. | |
| const CloudType & | owner () const noexcept |
| Return const access to the cloud owner. | |
| CloudType & | owner () noexcept |
| Return reference to the cloud owner. | |
| const fvMesh & | mesh () const noexcept |
| Return the mesh database. | |
| const dictionary & | coeffs () const noexcept |
| Return the force coefficients dictionary. | |
| virtual void | cacheFields (const bool store) |
| Cache fields. | |
| virtual forceSuSp | calcNonCoupled (const typename CloudType::parcelType &p, const typename CloudType::parcelType::trackingData &td, const scalar dt, const scalar mass, const scalar Re, const scalar muc) const |
| Calculate the non-coupled force. | |
| virtual scalar | massAdd (const typename CloudType::parcelType &p, const typename CloudType::parcelType::trackingData &td, const scalar mass) const |
| Return the added mass. | |
Additional Inherited Members | |
| Public Types inherited from ParticleForce< CloudType > | |
| typedef VectorSpace< Vector< vector >, vector, 2 > | returnType |
| Convenience typedef for return type. | |
| Static Public Member Functions inherited from ParticleForce< CloudType > | |
| static autoPtr< ParticleForce< CloudType > > | New (CloudType &owner, const fvMesh &mesh, const dictionary &dict, const word &forceType) |
| Selector. | |
Particle-drag model wherein drag forces (per unit carrier-fluid velocity) are dynamically computed by using sphereDrag model; however, are corrected for particle distortion by linearly varying the drag between of a sphere (i.e. sphereDrag) and a value of 1.54 corresponding to a disk.
![\[ \mathrm{F}_\mathrm{D} =
\frac{3}{4}
\frac{\mu_c\,\mathrm{C}_\mathrm{D}\,\mathrm{Re}_p}{\rho_p \, d_p^2}
\]](form_593.png)
with
![\[ \mathrm{C}_\mathrm{D} =
\mathrm{C}_{\mathrm{D, sphere}} \left( 1 + 2.632 y \right)
\]](form_594.png)
where
![]() | = | Drag force per carrier-fluid velocity [kg/s] |
![]() | = | Particle drag coefficient |
![]() | = | Sphere drag coefficient |
![]() | = | Particle Reynolds number |
![]() | = | Particle mass density |
![]() | = | Particle diameter |
![]() | = | Level of distortion determined by other models internally |
Constraints:

References:
Standard model:
Putnam, A. (1961).
Integratable form of droplet drag coefficient.
ARS Journal, 31(10), 1467-1468.
Standard model (tag:AOB):
Amsden, A. A., O'Rourke, P. J., & Butler, T. D. (1989).
KIVA-II: A computer program for chemically
reactive flows with sprays (No. LA-11560-MS).
Los Alamos National Lab.(LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States).
DOI:10.2172/6228444
Expression correcting drag for particle distortion (tag:LMR):
Liu, A. B., Mather, D., & Reitz, R. D. (1993).
Modeling the effects of drop drag
and breakup on fuel sprays.
SAE Transactions, 83-95.
DOI:10.4271/930072
constant/<CloudProperties>: subModels
{
particleForces
{
distortedSphereDrag;
}
}
where the entries mean:
| Property | Description | Type | Reqd | Deflt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
type | Type name: distortedSphereDrag | word | yes | - |

Definition at line 168 of file DistortedSphereDragForce.H.
| DistortedSphereDragForce | ( | CloudType & | owner, |
| const fvMesh & | mesh, | ||
| const dictionary & | dict ) |
Construct from mesh.
Definition at line 45 of file DistortedSphereDragForce.C.
References dict, Foam::GlobalIOList< Tuple2< scalar, vector > >::typeName, ParticleForce< CloudType >::mesh(), ParticleForce< CloudType >::owner(), and ParticleForce< CloudType >::ParticleForce().
Referenced by clone(), DistortedSphereDragForce(), operator=(), and TypeName().


| DistortedSphereDragForce | ( | const DistortedSphereDragForce< CloudType > & | df | ) |
Construct copy.
Definition at line 57 of file DistortedSphereDragForce.C.
References DistortedSphereDragForce(), and ParticleForce< CloudType >::ParticleForce().

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virtualdefault |
| TypeName | ( | "distortedSphereDrag" | ) |
Runtime type information.
References dict, DistortedSphereDragForce(), ParticleForce< CloudType >::mesh(), and ParticleForce< CloudType >::owner().

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inlinevirtual |
Construct and return a clone.
Reimplemented from ParticleForce< CloudType >.
Definition at line 208 of file DistortedSphereDragForce.H.
References DistortedSphereDragForce().

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delete |
No copy assignment.
References DistortedSphereDragForce().

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virtual |
Calculate the coupled force.
Reimplemented from ParticleForce< CloudType >.
Definition at line 69 of file DistortedSphereDragForce.C.
References Foam::clamp(), p, Foam::Re(), Foam::sqr(), td(), y, and Foam::Zero.
