forceModel_gradPForce command
Syntax
Defined in couplingProperties dictionary.
forceModels
(
gradPForce;
);
gradPForceProps
{
pFieldName "pressure";
velocityFieldName "U";
interpolation switch1;
gradPInterpolationType "type1"
useAddedMass scalar1;
suppressProbe switch2;
treatForceExplicit switch3;
treatForceDEM switch4;
};
pressure = name of the finite volume fluid pressure field
U = (optional, default “U”) name of the finite volume fluid velocity field
switch1 = flag to use interpolated pressure values (normally off)
type1 = (optional, default cellPointFace) interpolation type for grad(p) field
useAddedMass = (optional) coefficient of added mass accounted for
switch2 = (optional, default false) can be used to suppress the output of the probe model
switch3 = (optional, default true) sub model switch, see forceSubModel for details
switch4 = (optional, default false) sub model switch, see forceSubModel for details
Examples
forceModels
(
gradPForce;
);
gradPForceProps
{
pFieldName "p";
velocityFieldName "U";
interpolation true;
}
Description
The force model performs the calculation of forces (e.g. fluid-particle interaction forces) acting on each DEM particle. The gradPForce model is a model that calculates the particle based pressure gradient force -(grad(p)) * Vparticle (see Zhou et al. (2010): “Discrete particle simulation of particle-fluid flow: model formulations and their applicability” ,JFM).
Restrictions
none.