PorousFlowThermalConductivityIdeal.h File Reference

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Classes
class	PorousFlowThermalConductivityIdeal
	This material computes thermal conductivity for a PorousMedium - fluid system, by using Thermal conductivity = dry_thermal_conductivity + S^exponent * (wet_thermal_conductivity - dry_thermal_conductivity), where S is the aqueous saturation. More...

Functions
template<>
InputParameters	validParams< PorousFlowThermalConductivityIdeal > ()

Function Documentation

validParams< PorousFlowThermalConductivityIdeal >()

template<>

InputParameters validParams< PorousFlowThermalConductivityIdeal >

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Definition at line 16 of file PorousFlowThermalConductivityIdeal.C.

{
  InputParameters params = validParams<PorousFlowThermalConductivityBase>();
  params.addRequiredParam<RealTensorValue>(
      "dry_thermal_conductivity",
      "The thermal conductivity of the rock matrix when the aqueous saturation is zero");
  params.addParam<RealTensorValue>("wet_thermal_conductivity",
                                   "The thermal conductivity of the rock matrix when the aqueous "
                                   "saturation is unity.  This defaults to "
                                   "dry_thermal_conductivity.");
  params.addParam<Real>("exponent",
                        1.0,
                        "Exponent on saturation.  Thermal conductivity = "
                        "dry_thermal_conductivity + S^exponent * "
                        "(wet_thermal_conductivity - dry_thermal_conductivity), "
                        "where S is the aqueous saturation");
  params.addParam<unsigned>("aqueous_phase_number",
                            0,
                            "The phase number of the aqueous phase.  In simulations without "
                            "fluids, this parameter and the exponent parameter will not be "
                            "used: only the dry_thermal_conductivity will be used.");
  params.addClassDescription("This Material calculates rock-fluid combined thermal conductivity by "
                             "using a weighted sum.  Thermal conductivity = "
                             "dry_thermal_conductivity + S^exponent * (wet_thermal_conductivity - "
                             "dry_thermal_conductivity), where S is the aqueous saturation");
  return params;
}