ThermalInteraction< NormalForceInteraction > Class Template Reference

#include <ThermalInteraction.h>

Inheritance diagram for ThermalInteraction< NormalForceInteraction >:

Public Types
typedef ThermalSpecies < typename NormalForceInteraction::SpeciesType >	SpeciesType

Public Member Functions
	ThermalInteraction (BaseInteractable *P, BaseInteractable *I, Mdouble timeStamp)
	Constructor. More...
	ThermalInteraction (const ThermalInteraction &p)
	Copy constructor. More...
virtual	~ThermalInteraction ()
	Destructor. More...
void	computeNormalForce ()
	Computes the normal forces due to linear plastic visco elastic interaction. More...

Detailed Description

template<class NormalForceInteraction>
class ThermalInteraction< NormalForceInteraction >

Definition at line 36 of file ThermalInteraction.h.

Member Typedef Documentation

template<class NormalForceInteraction >

typedef ThermalSpecies<typename NormalForceInteraction::SpeciesType> ThermalInteraction< NormalForceInteraction >::SpeciesType

Definition at line 39 of file ThermalInteraction.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

template<class NormalForceInteraction >

ThermalInteraction< NormalForceInteraction >::ThermalInteraction	(	BaseInteractable *	P,
		BaseInteractable *	I,
		Mdouble	timeStamp
	)

Constructor.

Definition at line 76 of file ThermalInteraction.h.

 : BaseInteraction(P, I, timeStamp), NormalForceInteraction(P, I, timeStamp)

{}

template<class NormalForceInteraction >

ThermalInteraction< NormalForceInteraction >::ThermalInteraction

(

const ThermalInteraction< NormalForceInteraction > &

p

)

Copy constructor.

Definition at line 82 of file ThermalInteraction.h.

 : BaseInteraction(p), NormalForceInteraction(p)
{}

template<class NormalForceInteraction >

ThermalInteraction< NormalForceInteraction >::~ThermalInteraction ( )

virtual

Destructor.

Definition at line 87 of file ThermalInteraction.h.

{}

Member Function Documentation

template<class NormalForceInteraction >

void ThermalInteraction< NormalForceInteraction >::computeNormalForce

(

)

Computes the normal forces due to linear plastic visco elastic interaction.

Definition at line 97 of file ThermalInteraction.h.

References ThermalParticle::addTemperature(), ThermalSpecies< NormalForceSpecies >::getHeatCapacity(), BaseParticle::getInvMass(), ThermalParticle::getTemperature(), ThermalSpecies< NormalForceSpecies >::getThermalConductivity(), and constants::pi.

{
    NormalForceInteraction::computeNormalForce();
    Mdouble radius = 2.0*NormalForceInteraction::getEffectiveRadius();
    Mdouble contactArea = constants::pi*radius*NormalForceInteraction::getOverlap();
    const SpeciesType* species = dynamic_cast<const SpeciesType*>(NormalForceInteraction::getBaseSpecies());
    ThermalParticle* pParticle = dynamic_cast<ThermalParticle*>(NormalForceInteraction::getP());
    ThermalParticle* iParticle = dynamic_cast<ThermalParticle*>(NormalForceInteraction::getI());
    // if both p and i are particles
    if (pParticle && iParticle) {
        /* heat transfer rate Q=m*c*dT/dt */
        Mdouble heatTransfer = species->getThermalConductivity()
                               * (pParticle->getTemperature() - iParticle->getTemperature())
                               * contactArea / NormalForceInteraction::getDistance();
        /* m*dT = Q/c*dt */
        Mdouble mdT = heatTransfer / species->getHeatCapacity()
                       * NormalForceInteraction::getHandler()->getDPMBase()->getTimeStep();
        pParticle->addTemperature(-mdT*pParticle->getInvMass());
        iParticle->addTemperature( mdT*iParticle->getInvMass());
    }
}

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• Interactions/NormalForceInteractions/ThermalInteraction.h