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    ENH: atmosphericModels: Added Lopes da Costa porosity and turbulence models · c812b4c6
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    Specialized variants of the power law porosity and k epsilon turbulence models
    developed to simulate atmospheric flow over forested and non-forested complex
    terrain.
    
    Class
        Foam::powerLawLopesdaCosta
    
    Description
        Variant of the power law porosity model with spatially varying
        drag coefficient
    
        given by:
    
            \f[
                S = -\rho C_d \Sigma |U|^{(C_1 - 1)} U
            \f]
    
        where
        \vartable
            \Sigma | Porosity surface area per unit volume
            C_d    | Model linear coefficient
            C_1    | Model exponent coefficient
        \endvartable
    
        Reference:
        \verbatim
            Costa, J. C. P. L. D. (2007).
            Atmospheric flow over forested and non-forested complex terrain.
        \endverbatim
    
    Class
        Foam::RASModels::kEpsilonLopesdaCosta
    
    Description
        Variant of the standard k-epsilon turbulence model with additional source
        terms to handle the changes in turbulence in porous regions rep...
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