flowType.H

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Class
    Foam::functionObjects::flowType
 
Group
    grpFieldFunctionObjects
 
Description
    Computes the flow type indicator of an input velocity field.
 
    The flow type indicator is obtained according to the following equation:
    \f[
        \lambda = \frac{|D| - |\omega|}{|D| + |\omega|}
    \f]
 
    where
    \vartable
      \lambda | Flow type indicator
      D       | Symmetric part of the gradient tensor of velocity
      \omega  | Skew-symmetric part of the gradient tensor of velocity
    \endvartable
 
    The flow type indicator values mean:
    \verbatim
      -1 = rotational flow
       0 = simple shear flow
       1 = planar extensional flow
    \endverbatim
 
    Operands:
    \table
      Operand          | Type           | Location
      input            | volVectorField | $FOAM_CASE/<time>/<inpField>
      output file      | -              | -
      output field     | volScalarField | $FOAM_CASE/<time>/<outField>
    \endtable
 
Usage
    Minimal example by using \c system/controlDict.functions:
    \verbatim
    flowType1
    {
        // Mandatory entries (unmodifiable)
        type            flowType;
        libs            (fieldFunctionObjects);
 
        // Optional (inherited) entries
        ...
    }
    \endverbatim
 
    where the entries mean:
    \table
      Property     | Description                        | Type | Req'd | Dflt
      type         | Type name: flowType                | word |  yes  | -
      libs         | Library name: fieldFunctionObjects | word |  yes  | -
    \endtable
 
    The inherited entries are elaborated in:
     - \link functionObject.H \endlink
     - \link fieldExpression.H \endlink
 
    Minimal example by using the \c postProcess utility:
    \verbatim
        postProcess -func flowType
    \endverbatim
 
See also
    - Foam::functionObject
    - Foam::functionObjects::fieldExpression
    - Foam::functionObjects::fvMeshFunctionObject
    - ExtendedCodeGuide::functionObjects::field::flowType
 
SourceFiles
    flowType.C
 
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#ifndef functionObjects_flowType_H
#define functionObjects_flowType_H
 
#include "fieldExpression.H"
 
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namespace Foam
{
namespace functionObjects
{
 
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                          Class flowType Declaration
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class flowType
:
    public fieldExpression
{
    // Private Member Functions
 
        //- Calculate the flowType field and return true if successful
        virtual bool calc();
 
 
public:
 
    //- Runtime type information
    TypeName("flowType");
 
 
    // Constructors
 
        //- Construct from Time and dictionary
        flowType
        (
            const word& name,
            const Time& runTime,
            const dictionary& dict
        );
 
        //- No copy construct
        flowType(const flowType&) = delete;
 
        //- No copy assignment
        void operator=(const flowType&) = delete;
 
 
    //- Destructor
    virtual ~flowType() = default;
};
 
 
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} // End namespace functionObjects
} // End namespace Foam
 
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#endif
 
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