diff --git a/applications/utilities/preProcessing/setAlphaField/alphaFieldFunctions/implicitFunctions/cylinder/cylinderImplicitFunction.C b/applications/utilities/preProcessing/setAlphaField/alphaFieldFunctions/implicitFunctions/cylinder/cylinderImplicitFunction.C
index 909087e47329de5e75d1039b03ddd524262cc463..1c68b7fef22bea597ea556fa8bdb09e61a129b1d 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/preProcessing/setAlphaField/alphaFieldFunctions/implicitFunctions/cylinder/cylinderImplicitFunction.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/preProcessing/setAlphaField/alphaFieldFunctions/implicitFunctions/cylinder/cylinderImplicitFunction.C
@@ -69,13 +69,12 @@ Foam::implicitFunctions::cylinderImplicitFunction::cylinderImplicitFunction
     const dictionary& dict
 )
 :
-    cylinderImplicitFunction
-    (
-        dict.get<point>("origin"),
-        dict.get<scalar>("radius"),
-        dict.getOrDefault<scalar>("scale", 1),
-        dict.get<vector>("direction")
-    )
+    // __INTEL_COMPILER bug with inheriting constructors?? (issue #1821)
+    origin_(dict.get<point>("origin")),
+    radius_(dict.get<scalar>("radius")),
+    scale_(dict.getOrDefault<scalar>("scale", 1)),
+    direction_(dict.get<vector>("direction").normalise()),
+    project_(tensor::I - direction_*direction_) // outer product
 {}
 
 
diff --git a/applications/utilities/preProcessing/setAlphaField/alphaFieldFunctions/implicitFunctions/sin/sinImplicitFunction.C b/applications/utilities/preProcessing/setAlphaField/alphaFieldFunctions/implicitFunctions/sin/sinImplicitFunction.C
index a193d2b663b36f9d49a4cd3b4a2f66840ccf615e..4256baad94b35fcdbd263b3a8b6d1db9a87a95d3 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/preProcessing/setAlphaField/alphaFieldFunctions/implicitFunctions/sin/sinImplicitFunction.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/preProcessing/setAlphaField/alphaFieldFunctions/implicitFunctions/sin/sinImplicitFunction.C
@@ -72,15 +72,13 @@ Foam::implicitFunctions::sinImplicitFunction::sinImplicitFunction
     const dictionary& dict
 )
 :
-    sinImplicitFunction
-    (
-        dict.get<scalar>("period"),
-        dict.getOrDefault<scalar>("phase", 0),
-        dict.get<scalar>("amplitude"),
-        dict.get<vector>("direction"),
-        dict.get<vector>("up"),
-        dict.get<vector>("origin")
-    )
+    // __INTEL_COMPILER bug with inheriting constructors?? (issue #1821)
+    period_(dict.get<scalar>("period")),
+    phase_(dict.getOrDefault<scalar>("phase", 0)),
+    amplitude_(dict.get<scalar>("amplitude")),
+    up_(dict.get<vector>("up").normalise()),
+    direction_(dict.get<vector>("direction").normalise()),
+    origin_(dict.get<vector>("origin"))
 {}