ThermalSolidProperties

This is the base class for providing thermal solid properties as a function of temperature. This class defines functions to compute the following thermal properties as a function of temperature:

• compute isobaric specific heat - Real cp_from_T(const Real & T)

• compute thermal conductivity - Real k_from_T(const Real & T)

• compute density - Real rho_from_T(const Real & T)

Functions to compute derivatives of these properties as a function of temperature are also available:

• compute isobaric specific heat and its temperature derivative - void cp_from_T(const Real & T, Real & cp, Real & dcp_dT)

• compute thermal conductivity and its temperature derivative - void k_from_T(const Real & T, Real & k, Real & dk_dT)

• compute density and its temperature derivative - void rho_from_T(const Real & T, Real & rho, Real & drho_dT)

To create a new userobject providing thermal properties, derive from this userobject and specify implementations of the above functions.