PhaseNormalTensor Class Reference

Calculate phase normal tensor based on gradient. More...

#include <PhaseNormalTensor.h>

Inheritance diagram for PhaseNormalTensor:

Public Member Functions
	PhaseNormalTensor (const InputParameters &parameters)

Protected Member Functions
virtual void	initQpStatefulProperties ()
virtual void	computeQpProperties ()

Protected Attributes
const VariableGradient &	_grad_u
MaterialProperty< RankTwoTensor > &	_normal_tensor

Detailed Description

Calculate phase normal tensor based on gradient.

Definition at line 24 of file PhaseNormalTensor.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

PhaseNormalTensor()

PhaseNormalTensor::PhaseNormalTensor

(

const InputParameters &

parameters

)

Definition at line 25 of file PhaseNormalTensor.C.

  : DerivativeMaterialInterface<Material>(parameters),
    _grad_u(coupledGradient("phase")),
    _normal_tensor(
        declareProperty<RankTwoTensor>(getParam<MaterialPropertyName>("normal_tensor_name")))
{
}

Member Function Documentation

computeQpProperties()

void PhaseNormalTensor::computeQpProperties ( )

protectedvirtual

Definition at line 40 of file PhaseNormalTensor.C.

{
  const Real magnitude = _grad_u[_qp].norm();
 
  if (magnitude > 0.0)
  {
    RealVectorValue vector = _grad_u[_qp] / magnitude;
    _normal_tensor[_qp].vectorOuterProduct(vector, vector);
  }
  else
    _normal_tensor[_qp].zero();
}

initQpStatefulProperties()

void PhaseNormalTensor::initQpStatefulProperties ( )

protectedvirtual

Definition at line 34 of file PhaseNormalTensor.C.

{
  _normal_tensor[_qp].zero();
}

Member Data Documentation

_grad_u

const VariableGradient& PhaseNormalTensor::_grad_u

protected

Definition at line 33 of file PhaseNormalTensor.h.

Referenced by computeQpProperties().

_normal_tensor

MaterialProperty<RankTwoTensor>& PhaseNormalTensor::_normal_tensor

protected

Definition at line 34 of file PhaseNormalTensor.h.

Referenced by computeQpProperties(), and initQpStatefulProperties().

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• phase_field/include/materials/PhaseNormalTensor.h
• phase_field/src/materials/PhaseNormalTensor.C