CFD Online Discussion Forums - Adding a Constructor to ThermoCloud

Hello,

I have a novice question, I'm not quite sure how to articulate it.

I need to modify the ThermoCloud class to add a constructor with a modified list of arguments. Presently the constructor takes these arguments

Code:

        ThermoCloud

        (

            const word& cloudName,

            const volScalarField& rho,

            const volVectorField& U,

            const dimensionedVector& g,

            const SLGThermo& thermo,

            bool readFields = true

        );

I need to avoid passing an instance of SLGThermo and instead pass select data it contained individually.

Initially, I wanted to create a copy of ThermoCloud with the same inheritance and add the custom constructor, but there is a hitch.

src/lagrangian/intermediate/submodels/Thermodynamic/HeatTransferModel/HeatTransferModel/HeatTransferModel.H

Code:

#define makeHeatTransferModel(CloudType)                                       \

                                                                               \

    typedef Foam::CloudType::thermoCloudType thermoCloudType;                  \

    defineNamedTemplateTypeNameAndDebug                                        \

    (                                                                          \

        Foam::HeatTransferModel<thermoCloudType>,                              \

        0                                                                      \

    );                                                                         \

    namespace Foam                                                             \

    {                                                                          \

        defineTemplateRunTimeSelectionTable                                    \

        (                                                                      \

            HeatTransferModel<thermoCloudType>,                                \

            dictionary                                                         \

        );                                                                     \

    }

If I am understanding this correctly, the runTimeSelction stuff for the HeatTransferModel (and derived) can only be done for cloud classes which are templated based on and are derived from a ThermoCloud. Which means that no matter what I do, I will have to at some point construct a ThermoCloud using the SLGThermo constructor.

I could use some advice on how to proceed.

Do I need to modify the heat transfer runTimeSelection macros to work with a custom "ThermoCloud adjacent" class?
Can/should I add a constructor to the actual ThermoCloud class instead of deriving from it?
Can I set the data inherited from ThermoCloud without using the ThermoCloud SLGThermo constructor? Perhaps using the default constructor? If I do, how do I construct the KinematicCloud on which ThermoCloud is based?

Thanks for taking a look.