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Application threePhaseInterfaceProperties Description Properties to aid interFoam : 1. Correct the alpha boundary condition for dynamic contact angle. 2. Calculate interface curvature. \*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ #include "threePhaseInterfaceProperties.H" #include "alphaContactAngleFvPatchScalarField.H" #include "mathematicalConstants.H" #include "surfaceInterpolate.H" #include "fvcDiv.H" #include "fvcGrad.H" // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Static Member Data * * * * * * * * * * * * // const Foam::scalar Foam::threePhaseInterfaceProperties::convertToRad = Foam::mathematicalConstant::pi/180.0; // * * * * * * * * * * * * * Private Member Functions * * * * * * * * * * * // // Correction for the boundary condition on the unit normal nHat on // walls to produce the correct contact angle. // The dynamic contact angle is calculated from the component of the // velocity on the direction of the interface, parallel to the wall. void Foam::threePhaseInterfaceProperties::correctContactAngle ( surfaceVectorField::GeometricBoundaryField& nHatb ) const { const volScalarField::GeometricBoundaryField& alpha1 = mixture_.alpha1().boundaryField(); const volScalarField::GeometricBoundaryField& alpha2 = mixture_.alpha2().boundaryField(); const volScalarField::GeometricBoundaryField& alpha3 = mixture_.alpha3().boundaryField(); const volVectorField::GeometricBoundaryField& U = mixture_.U().boundaryField(); const fvMesh& mesh = mixture_.U().mesh(); const fvBoundaryMesh& boundary = mesh.boundary(); forAll(boundary, patchi) { if (isA(alpha1[patchi])) { const alphaContactAngleFvPatchScalarField& a2cap = refCast (alpha2[patchi]); const alphaContactAngleFvPatchScalarField& a3cap = refCast (alpha3[patchi]); scalarField twoPhaseAlpha2 = max(a2cap, scalar(0)); scalarField twoPhaseAlpha3 = max(a3cap, scalar(0)); scalarField sumTwoPhaseAlpha = twoPhaseAlpha2 + twoPhaseAlpha3 + SMALL; twoPhaseAlpha2 /= sumTwoPhaseAlpha; twoPhaseAlpha3 /= sumTwoPhaseAlpha; fvsPatchVectorField& nHatp = nHatb[patchi]; scalarField theta = convertToRad *( twoPhaseAlpha2*(180 - a2cap.theta(U[patchi], nHatp)) + twoPhaseAlpha3*(180 - a3cap.theta(U[patchi], nHatp)) ); vectorField nf = boundary[patchi].nf(); // Reset nHatPatch to correspond to the contact angle scalarField a12 = nHatp & nf; scalarField b1 = cos(theta); scalarField b2(nHatp.size()); forAll(b2, facei) { b2[facei] = cos(acos(a12[facei]) - theta[facei]); } scalarField det = 1.0 - a12*a12; scalarField a = (b1 - a12*b2)/det; scalarField b = (b2 - a12*b1)/det; nHatp = a*nf + b*nHatp; nHatp /= (mag(nHatp) + deltaN_.value()); } } } void Foam::threePhaseInterfaceProperties::calculateK() { const volScalarField& alpha1 = mixture_.alpha1(); const fvMesh& mesh = alpha1.mesh(); const surfaceVectorField& Sf = mesh.Sf(); // Cell gradient of alpha volVectorField gradAlpha = fvc::grad(alpha1); // Interpolated face-gradient of alpha surfaceVectorField gradAlphaf = fvc::interpolate(gradAlpha); // Face unit interface normal surfaceVectorField nHatfv = gradAlphaf/(mag(gradAlphaf) + deltaN_); correctContactAngle(nHatfv.boundaryField()); // Face unit interface normal flux nHatf_ = nHatfv & Sf; // Simple expression for curvature K_ = -fvc::div(nHatf_); // Complex expression for curvature. // Correction is formally zero but numerically non-zero. //volVectorField nHat = gradAlpha/(mag(gradAlpha) + deltaN_); //nHat.boundaryField() = nHatfv.boundaryField(); //K_ = -fvc::div(nHatf_) + (nHat & fvc::grad(nHatfv) & nHat); } // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Constructors * * * * * * * * * * * * * * // Foam::threePhaseInterfaceProperties::threePhaseInterfaceProperties ( const threePhaseMixture& mixture ) : mixture_(mixture), cAlpha_ ( readScalar ( mixture.U().mesh().solutionDict().subDict("PIMPLE").lookup("cAlpha") ) ), sigma12_(mixture.lookup("sigma12")), sigma13_(mixture.lookup("sigma13")), deltaN_ ( "deltaN", 1e-8/pow(average(mixture.U().mesh().V()), 1.0/3.0) ), nHatf_ ( ( fvc::interpolate(fvc::grad(mixture.alpha1())) /(mag(fvc::interpolate(fvc::grad(mixture.alpha1()))) + deltaN_) ) & mixture.alpha1().mesh().Sf() ), K_ ( IOobject ( "K", mixture.alpha1().time().timeName(), mixture.alpha1().mesh() ), -fvc::div(nHatf_) ) { calculateK(); } // ************************************************************************* //