Modification of the calculation of the particle relaxation time with respect to the chosen formulation for the drag coefficient
This function is called in a loop on the particles, so be careful to avoid too costly operations.
: Thermal relaxation time (value to be computed)
: Particle mass
: Particle specific heat
d_p : Particle diameter
h_e : Coefficient of thermal exchange
The coefficient of thermal exchange is calculated from a Nusselt number, itself evaluated by a correlation (Ranz-Marshall by default)
: Thermal conductivity of the carrier field
: Particle Reynolds number
P_{rt} : Prandtl number
In the next example we compute the relaxation time with two different formulations of the drag coefficient:
Modification of the computation of the thermal relaxation time of the particles with respect to the chosen formulation of the Nusselt number.
This function is called in a loop on the particles, so be careful to avoid too costly operations.