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LaunderGibsonRSTM Class Reference

Launder-Gibson Reynolds stress turbulence model for compressible flows. More...

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Public Member Functions

 TypeName ("LaunderGibsonRSTM")
 Runtime type information.
 LaunderGibsonRSTM (const volScalarField &rho, const volVectorField &U, const surfaceScalarField &phi, const basicThermo &thermophysicalModel)
 Construct from components.
virtual ~LaunderGibsonRSTM ()
 Destructor.
tmp< volScalarFieldDREff () const
 Return the effective diffusivity for R.
tmp< volScalarFieldDepsilonEff () const
 Return the effective diffusivity for epsilon.
virtual tmp< volScalarFieldmut () const
 Return the turbulence viscosity.
virtual tmp< volScalarFieldalphaEff () const
 Return the effective turbulent thermal diffusivity.
virtual tmp< volScalarFieldk () const
 Return the turbulence kinetic energy.
virtual tmp< volScalarFieldepsilon () const
 Return the turbulence kinetic energy dissipation rate.
virtual tmp< volSymmTensorFieldR () const
 Return the Reynolds stress tensor.
virtual tmp< volSymmTensorFielddevRhoReff () const
 Return the effective stress tensor including the laminar stress.
virtual tmp< fvVectorMatrixdivDevRhoReff (volVectorField &U) const
 Return the source term for the momentum equation.
virtual void correct ()
 Solve the turbulence equations and correct the turbulence viscosity.
virtual bool read ()
 Read RASProperties dictionary.

Detailed Description

Launder-Gibson Reynolds stress turbulence model for compressible flows.

The default model coefficients correspond to the following:

    LaunderGibsonRSTMCoeffs
    {
        Cmu         0.09;
        kappa       0.41;
        Clg1        1.8;
        Clg2        0.6;
        C1          1.44;
        C2          1.92;
        C1Ref       0.5;
        C2Ref       0.3;
        Cs          0.25;
        Ceps        0.15;
        sigmah      1.0;    // only for compressible
        sigmaEps    1.3;
        sigmaR      0.81967;
        couplingFactor  0.0;
    }

Source files

Definition at line 71 of file LaunderGibsonRSTM.H.


Constructor & Destructor Documentation

LaunderGibsonRSTM ( const volScalarField rho,
const volVectorField U,
const surfaceScalarField phi,
const basicThermo thermophysicalModel 
)

Construct from components.

Definition at line 41 of file LaunderGibsonRSTM.C.

virtual ~LaunderGibsonRSTM (  )  [inline, virtual]

Destructor.

Definition at line 129 of file LaunderGibsonRSTM.H.


Member Function Documentation

TypeName ( "LaunderGibsonRSTM"   ) 

Runtime type information.

tmp<volScalarField> DREff (  )  const [inline]

Return the effective diffusivity for R.

Definition at line 136 of file LaunderGibsonRSTM.H.

tmp<volScalarField> DepsilonEff (  )  const [inline]

Return the effective diffusivity for epsilon.

Definition at line 145 of file LaunderGibsonRSTM.H.

virtual tmp<volScalarField> mut (  )  const [inline, virtual]

Return the turbulence viscosity.

Implements RASModel.

Definition at line 154 of file LaunderGibsonRSTM.H.

Referenced by LaunderGibsonRSTM::alphaEff().

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virtual tmp<volScalarField> alphaEff (  )  const [inline, virtual]

Return the effective turbulent thermal diffusivity.

Implements RASModel.

Definition at line 160 of file LaunderGibsonRSTM.H.

References LaunderGibsonRSTM::mut().

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virtual tmp<volScalarField> k (  )  const [inline, virtual]

Return the turbulence kinetic energy.

Implements RASModel.

Definition at line 169 of file LaunderGibsonRSTM.H.

References turbulenceModel::alpha().

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virtual tmp<volScalarField> epsilon (  )  const [inline, virtual]

Return the turbulence kinetic energy dissipation rate.

Implements RASModel.

Definition at line 175 of file LaunderGibsonRSTM.H.

Referenced by LaunderGibsonRSTM::R().

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virtual tmp<volSymmTensorField> R (  )  const [inline, virtual]

Return the Reynolds stress tensor.

Implements RASModel.

Definition at line 181 of file LaunderGibsonRSTM.H.

References LaunderGibsonRSTM::epsilon().

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tmp< volSymmTensorField > devRhoReff (  )  const [virtual]

Return the effective stress tensor including the laminar stress.

Implements RASModel.

Definition at line 264 of file LaunderGibsonRSTM.C.

References RASModel::printCoeffs().

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tmp< fvVectorMatrix > divDevRhoReff ( volVectorField U  )  const [virtual]

Return the source term for the momentum equation.

Implements RASModel.

Definition at line 284 of file LaunderGibsonRSTM.C.

void correct (  )  [virtual]

Solve the turbulence equations and correct the turbulence viscosity.

fvm::laplacian(Ceps*rho_*(k_/epsilon_)*R_, epsilon_)

fvm::laplacian(Cs*rho_*(k_/epsilon_)*R_, R_)

Implements RASModel.

Definition at line 346 of file LaunderGibsonRSTM.C.

bool read (  )  [virtual]

Read RASProperties dictionary.

Implements RASModel.

Definition at line 309 of file LaunderGibsonRSTM.C.


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