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ENH: specularRadiation: add axisymmetric fvDOM boundary condition

Kutalmış Berçin requested to merge feature-axisymmetric-fvdom-bc into develop

Problem

The fvDOM radiation model of OpenFOAM is not applicable to axisymmetric geometries, resulting in:

  • Increased computational costs,
  • Complicated mesh generation,
  • Reduced numerical stability.

Solution

Implement and verify the axisymmetric fvDOM boundary condition elaborated in:

  • Kumar, P., & Eswaran, V. (2013). A methodology to solve 2D and axisymmetric radiative transfer problems using a general 3D solver. Journal of heat transfer, 135(12).

Verification

Based on:

  • Cai, J., & Modest, M. F. (2016). Specular reflective boundary conditions for Discrete Ordinate Methods in Periodic or Symmetric Geometries. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Vol. 676, No. 1, p. 012002). IOP Publishing.

Risks

  • No change in existing input/output.
  • The predictions of the condition for the radial heat flux distribution on walls need to be improved.

Metadata

  • Related: #855 (closed)
  • linux64ClangDPInt32Opt (clang13)
  • linux64GccDPInt32Opt
  • linux64GccSPDPInt64Debug
  • Alltest: No new error/No change in existing output
  • Test cases: MR610-02Jun2023-test.zip

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