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0002842OpenFOAMContributionpublic2018-02-11 17:02
Reporteraqeelahmed Assigned Tohenry  
PrioritynoneSeveritytrivialReproducibilityN/A
Status closedResolutionno change required 
PlatformUnixOSUbuntuOS Version16.04
Summary0002842: twoPhaseMixtureThermo.H in compressibleInterFoam, kappa commented as thermal diffusivity
DescriptionMinor discrepency in comments. kappa() is thermal conductivity, however it is mentioned as thermal diffusvisty in the comments. The units and implementation is correct.
TagscompressibleInterFoam

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henry

2018-02-11 17:01

manager   ~0009301

kappa is not simply a conductivity as it may include other effects such as turbulent mixing and is more generally a thermal diffusivity of temperature rather than of energy for which alpha is used.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2018-02-11 13:04 aqeelahmed New Issue
2018-02-11 13:04 aqeelahmed Tag Attached: compressibleInterFoam
2018-02-11 17:01 henry Note Added: 0009301
2018-02-11 17:02 henry Assigned To => henry
2018-02-11 17:02 henry Status new => closed
2018-02-11 17:02 henry Resolution open => no change required