aspect::BoundaryHeatFlux::Interface< dim > Class Template Reference

Inheritance diagram for aspect::BoundaryHeatFlux::Interface< dim >:

Public Member Functions
virtual std::vector< Tensor< 1, dim > >	heat_flux (const types::boundary_id boundary_indicator, const MaterialModel::MaterialModelInputs< dim > &material_model_inputs, const MaterialModel::MaterialModelOutputs< dim > &material_model_outputs, const std::vector< Tensor< 1, dim >> &normal_vectors) const =0
Public Member Functions inherited from aspect::Plugins::InterfaceBase
virtual	~InterfaceBase ()=default
virtual void	initialize ()
virtual void	update ()
virtual void	parse_parameters (ParameterHandler &prm)

Additional Inherited Members
Static Public Member Functions inherited from aspect::Plugins::InterfaceBase
static void	declare_parameters (ParameterHandler &prm)

Detailed Description

template<int dim>
class aspect::BoundaryHeatFlux::Interface< dim >

Base class

Definition at line 82 of file simulator_access.h.

Member Function Documentation

heat_flux()

template<int dim>

virtual std::vector<Tensor<1,dim> > aspect::BoundaryHeatFlux::Interface< dim >::heat_flux ( const types::boundary_id  boundary_indicator, const MaterialModel::MaterialModelInputs< dim > &  material_model_inputs, const MaterialModel::MaterialModelOutputs< dim > &  material_model_outputs, const std::vector< Tensor< 1, dim >> &  normal_vectors  ) const

pure virtual

Compute the heat flux for a list of quadrature points.

The return value would typically be computed as the product of the thermal conductivity material_model_outputs.thermal_conductivities[q] and the temperature gradient at the boundary.

Parameters

boundary_indicator	The boundary indicator of the part of the boundary of the domain on which the point is located at which we are requesting the fluid pressure gradients.
material_model_inputs	The material property inputs.
material_model_outputs	The material property outputs.
normal_vectors	The normal vector at each quadrature point.

Returns

A vector of heat flux vectors at the evaluation points. For historical reasons, the function is asked to provide the heat flux as a vector, even though the place where the heat flux is used only uses the component of this vector that is to the boundary (which it computes by taking the dot product normal between the returned vector and the normal vector). Because there are situations where all you can do is compute the normal heat flux as a scalar, the heat_flux() function also receives the normal vector as an input argument. As a consequence, one way for the function to compute the required heat flux vector is to compute the scalar heat flux and multiply it by the normal vector.

Implemented in aspect::BoundaryHeatFlux::Function< dim >.

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

• /home/bob/source/include/aspect/simulator_access.h
• /home/bob/source/include/aspect/boundary_heat_flux/interface.h