averaged_fan_base.h

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#ifndef GRINS_AVERAGED_FAN_BASE_H
#define GRINS_AVERAGED_FAN_BASE_H

// GRINS
#include "grins_config.h"
#include "grins/inc_navier_stokes_base.h"

// libMesh
#include "libmesh/function_base.h"
#include "libmesh/getpot.h"
#include "libmesh/tensor_value.h"

// C++
#include <string>

namespace GRINS
{

  template<class Viscosity>
  class AveragedFanBase : public IncompressibleNavierStokesBase<Viscosity>
  {
  public:

    AveragedFanBase( const std::string& physics_name, const GetPot& input );

    ~AveragedFanBase();

    virtual void read_input_options( const GetPot& input );

    bool compute_force ( const libMesh::Point& point,
                         const libMesh::Real time,
                         const libMesh::NumberVectorValue& U,
                         libMesh::NumberVectorValue& F,
                         libMesh::NumberTensorValue *dFdU = NULL);
 
  protected:

    // Velocity of the moving fan blades as a function of x,y,z
    // Iff there are no fan blades moving past a location, the
    // velocity there is specified as zero.
    libMesh::AutoPtr<libMesh::FunctionBase<libMesh::Number> > base_velocity_function;

    // "Up" direction of fan airflow, as a function of x,y,z
    // For most fans this will be a constant, the axis of rotation.
    libMesh::AutoPtr<libMesh::FunctionBase<libMesh::Number> > local_vertical_function;

    // Coefficients of lift and drag as a function of angle "t" in
    // radians.  Should be well defined on [-pi, pi].
    //
    // No, "t" is not time in these functions.
    // Yes, I'm abusing FunctionBase.
    libMesh::AutoPtr<libMesh::FunctionBase<libMesh::Number> > lift_function;
    libMesh::AutoPtr<libMesh::FunctionBase<libMesh::Number> > drag_function;

    // The chord length of the fan wing cross-section.  For fan blades
    // with constant cross-section this will be a constant.
    libMesh::AutoPtr<libMesh::FunctionBase<libMesh::Number> > chord_function;

    // The area swept out by the local fan wing cross-section.  For
    // cylindrical areas swept out by N fan blades, this is just
    // pi*r^2*h/N
    libMesh::AutoPtr<libMesh::FunctionBase<libMesh::Number> > area_swept_function;

    // The angle-of-attack between the fan wing chord line and the fan
    // velocity vector, in radians.  For fan blades with no "twist"
    // this will be a constant.
    libMesh::AutoPtr<libMesh::FunctionBase<libMesh::Number> > aoa_function;

  private:

    AveragedFanBase();
  };

} // end namespace block

#endif // GRINS_AVERAGED_FAN_BASE_H