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    ENH: compressibleInterPhaseTransportFoam: New variant of compressibleInterFoam... · f966d205
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    ENH: compressibleInterPhaseTransportFoam: New variant of compressibleInterFoam supporting separate phase stress models
    
    In this version of compressibleInterFoam separate stress models (laminar,
    non-Newtonian, LES or RAS) are instantiated for each of the two phases allowing
    for completely different modeling for the phases.
    
    e.g. in the climbingRod tutorial case provided a Newtonian laminar model is
    instantiated for the air and a Maxwell non-Newtonian model is instantiated for
    the viscoelastic liquid.  To stabilize the Maxwell model in regions where the
    liquid phase-fraction is 0 the new symmTensorPhaseLimitStabilization fvOption is
    applied.
    
    Other phase stress modeling combinations are also possible, e.g. the air may be
    turbulent but the liquid laminar and an RAS or LES model applied to the air
    only.  However, to stabilize this combination a suitable fvOption would need to
    be applied to the turbulence properties where the air phase-fraction is 0.
    
    Henry G. Weller, Chris Greenshields
    CFD Direct Ltd.
    f966d205