viewFactorHottel Class Reference

Computes view factors according to Hottel's crossed strings method. More...

#include <viewFactorHottel.H>

Inheritance diagram for viewFactorHottel:

Collaboration diagram for viewFactorHottel:

Public Member Functions
	TypeName ("viewFactorHottel")
	Runtime type information.
	viewFactorHottel (const fvMesh &mesh, const dictionary &dict)
	Constructor.
virtual	~viewFactorHottel ()=default
	Destructor.
Public Member Functions inherited from viewFactorModel
	TypeName ("viewFactorModel")
	Runtime type information.
	declareRunTimeSelectionTable (autoPtr, viewFactorModel, mesh,(const fvMesh &mesh, const dictionary &dict),(mesh, dict))
	Selection table.
	viewFactorModel (const viewFactorModel &)=delete
	No copy construct.
void	operator= (const viewFactorModel &)=delete
	No copy assignment.
	viewFactorModel (const fvMesh &mesh, const dictionary &dict)
	Constructor.
virtual	~viewFactorModel ()
	Destructor.
virtual void	calculate ()
	Calculate the view factors.

Protected Member Functions
virtual scalarListList	calculate (const labelListList &visibleFaceFaces, const pointField &compactCf, const vectorField &compactSf, const UList< List< vector > > &compactFineSf, const UList< List< point > > &compactFineCf, const UList< List< point > > &compactPoints, const UList< label > &compactPatchId) const
	Calculate.
Protected Member Functions inherited from viewFactorModel
virtual scalarListList	calculate (const labelListList &visibleFaceFaces, const pointField &compactCoarseCf, const vectorField &compactCoarseSf, const UList< List< vector > > &compactFineSf, const UList< List< point > > &compactFineCf, const UList< List< point > > &compactPoints, const labelUList &compactPatchId) const =0
	Calculate the view factors using run-time selectable model.

Static Protected Member Functions
static scalar	calculateFij (const point &p0, const point &p1, const point &p2, const point &p3)
	Calculate view factor using the double-area integral.
Static Protected Member Functions inherited from viewFactorModel
static void	writeRays (const fileName &fName, const pointField &compactCf, const labelListList &visibleFaceFaces)
	Write ray geometry to file.

Additional Inherited Members
Static Public Member Functions inherited from viewFactorModel
static autoPtr< viewFactorModel >	New (const fvMesh &mesh, const dictionary &dict)
	Selector.
Protected Attributes inherited from viewFactorModel
const fvMesh &	mesh_
	Reference to the mesh database.
autoPtr< raySearchEngine >	searchEnginePtr_
	Run-time selectable ray search engine.
bool	writeViewFactors_
	Flag to write the view factor field.
bool	writeRays_
	Flag to write the ray geometry.

Detailed Description

Computes view factors according to Hottel's crossed strings method.

Reference:

    Hottel, H. C., & Saforim, A. F. (1967).
    Radiative transfer.
    McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York.

Usage

Minimal example in <constant>/viewFactorsDict:

// Inherited entries
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The inherited entries are elaborated in:

• viewFactorModel.H

Note

Only applicable to 2D cases

Source files

• viewFactorHottel.H
• viewFactorModel.C

Definition at line 69 of file viewFactorHottel.H.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

viewFactorHottel()

viewFactorHottel	(	const fvMesh &	mesh,
		const dictionary &	dict )

Constructor.

References dict, and mesh.

~viewFactorHottel()

virtual ~viewFactorHottel ( )

virtualdefault

Destructor.

Member Function Documentation

calculateFij()

scalar calculateFij ( const point & p0, const point & p1, const point & p2, const point & p3 )

staticprotected

Calculate view factor using the double-area integral.

References p0.

calculate()

virtual scalarListList calculate ( const labelListList & visibleFaceFaces, const pointField & compactCf, const vectorField & compactSf, const UList< List< vector > > & compactFineSf, const UList< List< point > > & compactFineCf, const UList< List< point > > & compactPoints, const UList< label > & compactPatchId ) const

protectedvirtual

Calculate.

TypeName()

TypeName

(

"viewFactorHottel"

)

Runtime type information.

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

• applications/utilities/preProcessing/createViewFactors/viewFactorModels/viewFactorModel/viewFactorHottel/viewFactorHottel.H