massRosinRammler.H

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Class
    Foam::massRosinRammler
 
Description
    Mass-based Rosin-Rammler distributionModel.
 
    Corrected form of the Rosin-Rammler distribution taking into account the
    varying number of particels per parces for for fixed-mass parcels.  This
    distribution should be used when
    \verbatim
        parcelBasisType mass;
    \endverbatim
 
    See equation 10 in reference:
    \verbatim
        Yoon, S. S., Hewson, J. C., DesJardin, P. E., Glaze, D. J.,
        Black, A. R., & Skaggs, R. R. (2004).
        Numerical modeling and experimental measurements of a high speed
        solid-cone water spray for use in fire suppression applications.
        International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 30(11), 1369-1388.
    \endverbatim
 
SourceFiles
    massRosinRammler.C
 
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#ifndef massRosinRammler_H
#define massRosinRammler_H
 
#include "distributionModel.H"
 
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namespace Foam
{
namespace distributionModels
{
 
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                       Class massRosinRammler Declaration
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class massRosinRammler
:
    public distributionModel
{
    // Private data
 
        //- Distribution minimum
        scalar minValue_;
 
        //- Distribution maximum
        scalar maxValue_;
 
        //- Characteristic droplet size
        scalar d_;
 
        //- Empirical dimensionless constant to specify the distribution width,
        //  sometimes referred to as the dispersion coefficient
        scalar n_;
 
 
public:
 
    //- Runtime type information
    TypeName("massRosinRammler");
 
 
    // Constructors
 
        //- Construct from components
        massRosinRammler(const dictionary& dict, Random& rndGen);
 
        //- Construct copy
        massRosinRammler(const massRosinRammler& p);
 
        //- Construct and return a clone
        virtual autoPtr<distributionModel> clone() const
        {
            return autoPtr<distributionModel>(new massRosinRammler(*this));
        }
 
 
    //- Destructor
    virtual ~massRosinRammler();
 
 
    // Member Functions
 
        //- Sample the distributionModel
        virtual scalar sample() const;
 
        //- Return the minimum value
        virtual scalar minValue() const;
 
        //- Return the maximum value
        virtual scalar maxValue() const;
 
        //- Return the mean value
        virtual scalar meanValue() const;
};
 
 
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} // End namespace distributionModels
} // End namespace Foam
 
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#endif
 
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