kinematic cloud properties (injectionModels)
 

Hello,
I am having problem understanding the terms in the kinematicCloudProperties
Could someone pls help me?

injector_1
{

type patchInjection; //this is clear, there are 3 types patch, cone and manual

duration 5.0; //somewhat bogus; must be smaller than the total sim time?

patch inlet; //the place the particles will be generated

patchName inlet; //this is clear

massTotal 1.225E-10; //this is the mass of the parcel, rho, alpha defined elsewhere

parcelsPerSecond 1000; //this very confusing. What this means?

massFlowRate constant 0.0; // What this means ??? Is different than ‘parcelsPerSecond’

parcelBasisType mass; //mass, number or fixed. What’s the difference?

nParticle 1; //apparently in a parcel there can be more than 1 particle?

U0 (1.13076 0.0 0.0); //speed vector. Must it match the flow speed?

SOI 0.0; //injection star time. This is clear.

flowRateProfile constant 1.0; //constant or table. No idea what this means.

sizeDistribution

{

type RosinRammler; // Fixed, Uniform, RosinRammler, Normal, Exponential

RosinRammlerDistribution

{

minValue 0.0;

d 1.0E-5;

maxValue 1.0E-4;

n 4.0;

}

}

}

Try to read this.