RichardsSeff2waterVGshifted.C File Reference

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Functions
	registerMooseObject ("RichardsApp", RichardsSeff2waterVGshifted)
template<>
InputParameters	validParams< RichardsSeff2waterVGshifted > ()

Function Documentation

registerMooseObject()

registerMooseObject	(	"RichardsApp"	,
		RichardsSeff2waterVGshifted
	)

validParams< RichardsSeff2waterVGshifted >()

template<>

InputParameters validParams< RichardsSeff2waterVGshifted >

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Definition at line 19 of file RichardsSeff2waterVGshifted.C.

{
  InputParameters params = validParams<RichardsSeff>();
  params.addRequiredRangeCheckedParam<Real>(
      "al",
      "al > 0",
      "van-Genuchten alpha parameter.  Must be positive.   seff = (1 + "
      "(-al*(P0-P1-shift))^(1/(1-m)))^(-m) (then scaled to 0 to 1)");
  params.addRequiredRangeCheckedParam<Real>(
      "m",
      "m > 0 & m < 1",
      "van-Genuchten m parameter.  Must be between 0 and 1, and optimally "
      "should be set to >0.5   seff = (1 + "
      "(-al*(P0-P1-shift)^(1/(1-m)))^(-m) (then scaled to 0 to 1)");
  params.addRequiredRangeCheckedParam<Real>(
      "shift",
      "shift > 0",
      "Shift in capillary-pressure porepressure values.  Standard "
      "van-Genuchten Seff = Seff(Pwater-Pgas) is shifted to the right, and "
      "then scaled to 0<=Seff<=1.  This means that dS/dP>0 at S=1 which is "
      "useful to provide nonsingular Jacobians for small dt.");
  params.addClassDescription("Shifted van-Genuchten effective saturation as a function of (Pwater, "
                             "Pgas) suitable for use for the water phase in two-phase simulations. "
                             "    seff = (1 + (-al*(P0-p1-shift))^(1/(1-m)))^(-m), then scaled so "
                             "it runs between 0 and 1.");
  return params;
}