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    porosityModels::solidification: Added optional phase-fraction for VoF solvers etc. · 160efd89
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    Description
        Simple solidification porosity model
    
        This is a simple approximation to solidification where the solid phase
        is represented as a porous blockage with the drag-coefficient evaluated from
    
            \f[
                S = - \alpha \rho D(T) U
            \f]
    
        where
        \vartable
            \alpha  | Optional phase-fraction of solidifying phase
            D(T)    | User-defined drag-coefficient as function of temperature
        \endvartable
    
        Note that the latent heat of solidification is not included and the
        temperature is unchanged by the modelled change of phase.
    
        Example of the solidification model specification:
        \verbatim
            type            solidification;
    
            solidificationCoeffs
            {
                // Solidify between 330K and 330.5K
                D table
                (
                    (330.0     10000) // Solid below 330K
                    (330.5     0)     // Liquid above 330.5K
                );
    
                // Optional phase-fraction of solidifying phase
                alpha alpha.liquid;
    
                // Solidification porosity is isotropic
                // use the global coordinate system
                coordinateSystem
                {
                    type    cartesian;
                    origin  (0 0 0);
                    coordinateRotation
                    {
                        type    axesRotation;
                        e1      (1 0 0);
                        e2      (0 1 0);
                    }
                }
            }
        \endverbatim
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