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Class Foam::alphaContactAngleFvPatchScalarField Description Contact-angle boundary condition for multi-phase interface-capturing simulations. Sets of coefficients are given for the contact angle with each other phase. These coefficients can specify either a constant or a dynamic contact angle. Usage \table Property | Description | Required | Default value theta0 | Equilibrium contact angle | yes | uTheta | Velocity scale | no | none thetaA | Limiting advancing contact angle | if uTheta | none thetaR | Limiting receding contact angle | if uTheta | none \endtable Example of the boundary condition specification: \verbatim { type alphaContactAngle; contactAngleProperties { // Constant contact angle with air air { theta0 90; } // Dynamic contact angle with water oil { theta0 70; uTheta 1; thetaA 100; thetaR 50; } } value uniform 0; } \endverbatim SourceFiles alphaContactAngleFvPatchScalarField.C \*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ #ifndef alphaContactAngleFvPatchScalarField_H #define alphaContactAngleFvPatchScalarField_H #include "zeroGradientFvPatchFields.H" // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * // namespace Foam { /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\ Class alphaContactAngleFvPatchScalarField Declaration \*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ class alphaContactAngleFvPatchScalarField : public zeroGradientFvPatchScalarField { public: class contactAngleProperties { // Private Data //- Equilibrium contact angle scalar theta0_; //- Is this contact angle dynamic? bool dynamic_; //- Dynamic contact angle velocity scale scalar uTheta_; //- Limiting advancing contact angle scalar thetaA_; //- Limiting receding contact angle scalar thetaR_; public: // Constructors //- Construct null contactAngleProperties(); //- Construct non-dynamic properties from components contactAngleProperties(const scalar theta0); //- Construct dynamic properties from components contactAngleProperties ( const scalar theta0, const scalar uTheta, const scalar thetaA, const scalar thetaR ); //- Construct from a dictionary contactAngleProperties(const dictionary& dict); // Member Functions // Access //- Return the equilibrium contact angle theta0 inline scalar theta0() const { return theta0_; } //- Return if this contact angle is dynamic inline bool dynamic() const { return dynamic_; } //- Return the dynamic contact angle velocity scale inline scalar uTheta() const { return uTheta_; } //- Return the limiting advancing contact angle inline scalar thetaA() const { return thetaA_; } //- Return the limiting receding contact angle inline scalar thetaR() const { return thetaR_; } //- Return the contact angle properties for the reverse of this // interface (e.g., convert air_water to water_air). contactAngleProperties reversed() const; //- Write to stream void write(Ostream& os) const; // Member operators //- Check equality between two sets of contact angle properties bool operator==(const contactAngleProperties& thetaProps) const; //- Check inequality between two sets of contact angle properties bool operator!=(const contactAngleProperties& thetaProps) const; }; private: // Private Data //- Table of contact angle properties HashTable thetaProps_; public: //- Runtime type information TypeName("alphaContactAngle"); // Constructors //- Construct from patch, internal field and dictionary alphaContactAngleFvPatchScalarField ( const fvPatch&, const DimensionedField&, const dictionary& ); //- Construct by mapping given alphaContactAngleFvPatchScalarField // onto a new patch alphaContactAngleFvPatchScalarField ( const alphaContactAngleFvPatchScalarField&, const fvPatch&, const DimensionedField&, const fieldMapper& ); //- Construct as copy setting internal field reference alphaContactAngleFvPatchScalarField ( const alphaContactAngleFvPatchScalarField&, const DimensionedField& ); //- Construct and return a clone setting internal field reference virtual tmp clone ( const DimensionedField& iF ) const { return tmp ( new alphaContactAngleFvPatchScalarField(*this, iF) ); } // Member Functions //- Return the contact angle properties const HashTable& thetaProps() const { return thetaProps_; } //- Write virtual void write(Ostream&) const; // Member Operators //- Inherit assignment using zeroGradientFvPatchScalarField::operator=; }; // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * // } // End namespace Foam // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * // #endif // ************************************************************************* //