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oomph::NicosConstitutiveEquation< DIM > Class Template Reference

#include <generalised_newtonian_constitutive_models.h>

+ Inheritance diagram for oomph::NicosConstitutiveEquation< DIM >:

Public Member Functions

 NicosConstitutiveEquation (double *mu_inf_pt, double *mu_0_pt, double *alpha_pt)
 
double viscosity (const double &second_invariant_of_rate_of_strain_tensor)
 
double dviscosity_dinvariant (const double &second_invariant_of_rate_of_strain_tensor)
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from oomph::GeneralisedNewtonianConstitutiveEquation< DIM >
 GeneralisedNewtonianConstitutiveEquation ()
 Empty constructor. More...
 
virtual ~GeneralisedNewtonianConstitutiveEquation ()
 Empty virtual destructor. More...
 

Private Attributes

double * Mu_inf_pt
 high shear rate viscosity More...
 
double * Mu_0_pt
 zero shear rate viscosity More...
 
double * Alpha_pt
 parameter that controls the steepness of the curve More...
 

Detailed Description

template<unsigned DIM>
class oomph::NicosConstitutiveEquation< DIM >

A GeneralisedNewtonianConstitutiveEquation class defining an arbitrary shear-thinning fluid

Definition at line 1148 of file generalised_newtonian_constitutive_models.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ NicosConstitutiveEquation()

template<unsigned DIM>
oomph::NicosConstitutiveEquation< DIM >::NicosConstitutiveEquation ( double *  mu_inf_pt,
double *  mu_0_pt,
double *  alpha_pt 
)
inline

Member Function Documentation

◆ dviscosity_dinvariant()

template<unsigned DIM>
double oomph::NicosConstitutiveEquation< DIM >::dviscosity_dinvariant ( const double &  second_invariant_of_rate_of_strain_tensor)
inlinevirtual

Function returning the derivative of the viscosity w.r.t. the second invariant of the rate of strain tensor For Newtonian behaviour this returns 0.0

Implements oomph::GeneralisedNewtonianConstitutiveEquation< DIM >.

Definition at line 1178 of file generalised_newtonian_constitutive_models.h.

◆ viscosity()

template<unsigned DIM>
double oomph::NicosConstitutiveEquation< DIM >::viscosity ( const double &  second_invariant_of_rate_of_strain_tensor)
inlinevirtual

Function implementing the constitutive model Input: second invariant of the rate of strain Output: the viscosity For Newtonian behaviour this returns 1

Implements oomph::GeneralisedNewtonianConstitutiveEquation< DIM >.

Definition at line 1170 of file generalised_newtonian_constitutive_models.h.

References oomph::GeneralisedNewtonianConstitutiveEquation< DIM >::dviscosity_dinvariant().

Member Data Documentation

◆ Alpha_pt

template<unsigned DIM>
double* oomph::NicosConstitutiveEquation< DIM >::Alpha_pt
private

parameter that controls the steepness of the curve

Definition at line 1160 of file generalised_newtonian_constitutive_models.h.

◆ Mu_0_pt

template<unsigned DIM>
double* oomph::NicosConstitutiveEquation< DIM >::Mu_0_pt
private

zero shear rate viscosity

Definition at line 1157 of file generalised_newtonian_constitutive_models.h.

◆ Mu_inf_pt

template<unsigned DIM>
double* oomph::NicosConstitutiveEquation< DIM >::Mu_inf_pt
private

high shear rate viscosity

Definition at line 1154 of file generalised_newtonian_constitutive_models.h.


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