slurry.H

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Class
    Foam::mixtureViscosityModels::slurry
 
Description
     Thomas' viscosity correction for slurry.
 
     References:
     \verbatim
         "Transport characteristics of suspension:
          VIII. A note on the viscosity of Newtonian suspensions
          of uniform spherical particles".
          D.G. Thomas,
          J. Colloid Sci. 20 (3), 1965, p267.
    \endverbatim
 
SourceFiles
    slurry.C
 
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#ifndef slurry_H
#define slurry_H
 
#include "mixtureViscosityModel.H"
#include "dimensionedScalar.H"
#include "volFields.H"
 
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
 
namespace Foam
{
 
class incompressibleTwoPhaseInteractingMixture;
 
namespace mixtureViscosityModels
{
 
/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
                           Class slurry Declaration
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class slurry
:
    public mixtureViscosityModel
{
protected:
 
    // Protected data
 
        //- Slurry phase fraction
        const volScalarField& alpha_;
 
 
public:
 
    //- Runtime type information
    TypeName("slurry");
 
 
    // Constructors
 
        //- Construct from components
        slurry
        (
            const word& name,
            const dictionary& viscosityProperties,
            const volVectorField& U,
            const surfaceScalarField& phi,
            const word modelName=typeName
        );
 
 
    //- Destructor
    ~slurry()
    {}
 
 
    // Member Functions
 
        //- Return the mixture viscosity
        //  given the viscosity of the continuous phase
        tmp<volScalarField> mu(const volScalarField& muc) const;
 
        //- Read transportProperties dictionary
        bool read(const dictionary& viscosityProperties);
};
 
 
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
 
} // End namespace mixtureViscosityModels
} // End namespace Foam
 
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
 
#endif
 
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