SubChannelDelta.C

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#include "SubChannelDelta.h"
#include "SolutionHandle.h"
#include "FEProblemBase.h"
#include "Function.h"
#include "MooseMesh.h"
#include "MooseVariable.h"
#include "SubProblem.h"
#include "libmesh/system.h"
#include "SCM.h"
 
registerMooseObject("SubChannelApp", SubChannelDelta);
 
InputParameters
SubChannelDelta::validParams()
{
  InputParameters params = GeneralPostprocessor::validParams();
  params.addClassDescription(
      "Calculates an absolute overall inlet-mass-flow-rate weighted difference, of a chosen "
      "variable, for the whole subchannel assembly, from inlet to outlet");
  params.addRequiredParam<AuxVariableName>("variable", "Variable you want the delta of");
  return params;
}
 
SubChannelDelta::SubChannelDelta(const InputParameters & parameters)
  : GeneralPostprocessor(parameters),
    _mesh(SCM::getConstMesh<SubChannelMesh>(_fe_problem.mesh())),
    _variable(getParam<AuxVariableName>("variable")),
    _value(0)
{
}
 
void
SubChannelDelta::execute()
{
  auto nz = _mesh.getNumOfAxialCells();
  auto n_channels = _mesh.getNumOfChannels();
  auto Soln = SolutionHandle(_fe_problem.getVariable(/*tid*/ 0, _variable));
  auto mdot_soln = SolutionHandle(_fe_problem.getVariable(/*tid*/ 0, "mdot"));
 
  auto mass_flow_in = 0.0;
  auto sum_Delta_mass_flow_in = 0.0;
  for (unsigned int i_ch = 0; i_ch < n_channels; i_ch++)
  {
    auto * node_in = _mesh.getChannelNode(i_ch, 0);
    auto * node_out = _mesh.getChannelNode(i_ch, nz);
    mass_flow_in += mdot_soln(node_in);
    auto Delta = abs(Soln(node_in) - Soln(node_out));
    sum_Delta_mass_flow_in += Delta * mdot_soln(node_in);
  }
 
  _value = sum_Delta_mass_flow_in / mass_flow_in;
}
 
Real
SubChannelDelta::getValue() const
{
  return _value;
}