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Class Foam::patchDistMethods::advectionDiffusion Description Calculation of approximate distance to nearest patch for all cells and boundary by solving the Eikonal equation in advection form with diffusion smoothing. If the diffusion coefficient is set to 0 this method is exact in principle but the numerical schemes used are not rendering the scheme approximate, but more accurate than the Poisson method. Also many models relying on the distance to the wall benefit from this field being smooth and monotonic so the addition of diffusion smoothing improves both the convergence and stability of the solution of the Eikonal equation and the behavior of the models using the distance field generated. However, it is not clear what the optimum value for the diffusion coefficient epsilon should be; a default value of 0.1 is provided but higher values may be preferable under some circumstances. Convergence is accelerated by first generating an approximate solution using one of the simpler methods, e.g. Poisson. The method used for this prediction step is specified in the 'advectionDiffusionCoeffs' sub-dictionary, see below. References: \verbatim P.G. Tucker, C.L. Rumsey, R.E. Bartels, R.T. Biedron, "Transport equation based wall distance computations aimed at flows with time-dependent geometry", NASA/TM-2003-212680, December 2003. \endverbatim Example of the wallDist specification in fvSchemes: \verbatim laplacianSchemes { . . laplacian(yPsi) Gauss linear corrected; laplacian(yWall) Gauss linear corrected; . . } wallDist { method advectionDiffusion; // Optional entry enabling the calculation // of the normal-to-wall field nRequired false; advectionDiffusion { method Poisson; epsilon 0.1; tolerance 1e-3; maxIter 10; } } \endverbatim Also the solver specification for yWall is required in fvSolution, e.g. for simple cases: \verbatim yPsi { solver PCG; preconditioner DIC; tolerance 1e-4; relTol 0; } yWall { solver PBiCG; preconditioner DILU; tolerance 1e-4; relTol 0; } relaxationFactors { equations { . . yWall 1; . . } } or for more complex cases: yPsi { solver GAMG; smoother GaussSeidel; tolerance 1e-4; relTol 0; } yWall { solver GAMG; smoother symGaussSeidel; tolerance 1e-4; relTol 0; } relaxationFactors { equations { . . yWall 0.7; . . } } \endverbatim See also Foam::patchDistMethod::Poisson Foam::patchDistMethod::meshWave Foam::wallDist SourceFiles advectionDiffusionPatchDistMethod.C \*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ #ifndef advectionDiffusionPatchDistMethod_H #define advectionDiffusionPatchDistMethod_H #include "patchDistMethod.H" // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * // namespace Foam { namespace patchDistMethods { /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\ Class advectionDiffusion Declaration \*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ class advectionDiffusion : public patchDistMethod { // Private Data //- Sub-dictionary of coefficients dictionary coeffs_; //- Run-time selected method to predict the distance-to-wall field autoPtr pdmPredictor_; //- Diffusion coefficient multiplying y*laplacian(y) scalar epsilon_; //- Convergence tolerance for the iterations of the advection-diffusion // equation to correct the distance-to-patch and normal-to-patch fields scalar tolerance_; //- Maximum number of iterations of the advection-diffusion equation // to correct the distance-to-patch and normal-to-patch fields int maxIter_; //- Flag to indicate the predictor step has been executed bool predicted_; public: //- Runtime type information TypeName("advectionDiffusion"); // Constructors //- Construct from coefficients dictionary, mesh // and fixed-value patch set advectionDiffusion ( const dictionary& dict, const fvMesh& mesh, const labelHashSet& patchIDs ); //- Disallow default bitwise copy construction advectionDiffusion(const advectionDiffusion&) = delete; // Member Functions //- Correct the given distance-to-patch field virtual bool correct(volScalarField& y); //- Correct the given distance-to-patch and normal-to-patch fields virtual bool correct(volScalarField& y, volVectorField& n); // Member Operators //- Disallow default bitwise assignment void operator=(const advectionDiffusion&) = delete; }; // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * // } // End namespace patchDistMethods } // End namespace Foam // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * // #endif // ************************************************************************* //