/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\ | ========= | | | \\ / F ield | foam-extend Project: Open source CFD | | \\ / O peration | Version: 3.0 | | \\ / A nd | Web: www.extend-project.de | | \\/ M anipulation | | \*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ # #+TITLE: *PTT-Linear viscoelastic constitutive model README file for version 3.0* #+AUTHOR: Jovani #+DATE: 05 October 2010 * This is a simulation case for a viscoelastic fluid described by the linear form of the Phan-Thien-Tanner constitutive model (PTT-Linear). The geometry was the 4:1 plane contraction. This is a well studied geometry in viscoelastic fluid flow research. More details about the model or parameters used, as also informations about the geometry, can be found at: *** AZAIEZ, J.; GUÉNETTE, R.; AïT-KADI, A. Numerical simulation of viscoelastic flows through a planar contraction. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, v. 62, n. 2-3, p. 253 – 277, 1996. ISSN 0377-0257. * The results for this case using viscoelasticFluidFoam solver can be found at: *** Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics: