/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\ | ========= | | | \\ / F ield | foam-extend: Open Source CFD | | \\ / O peration | Version: 3.1 | | \\ / A nd | Web: http://www.extend-project.de | | \\/ M anipulation | | \*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ # #+TITLE: *Giesekus viscoelastic constitutive model README file for version 3.1* #+AUTHOR: Jovani #+DATE: 05 October 2010 * This is a simulation case for a viscoelastic fluid described by the multimode Giesekus constitutive model (PTT-Linear). The geometry was the 4:1 plane contraction. More details about the model or parameters used, as also informations about the geometry, can be found at: *** AZAIEZ, J.; GUÉNETTE, R.; AIT-KADI, A. Entry flow calculations using multi-mode models. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, v. 66, n. 2-3, p. 271 – 281, 1996. ISSN 0377-0257. * The results for this case using viscoelasticFluidFoam solver can be found at: *** Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics: