Thermal conductivity library routines

Files

tcond.h C++ source

Input

Reading an thermal conductivity of unknown type - i.e. reading to an object of class (tcond *) - a word is read first, and compared against the name of each thermal conductivity class. If a match is found, an object of that class is instantiated. The data for that object is then read (see below for manuals on specific classes).

In other words:

tcond_type
tcond_parameters

Software interface

tcond.h defines a `state' class and an abstract `tcond' class.

Generic thermal conductivity (`thermal_conductivity') class

Specific thermal conductivity types inherit from `thermal_conductivity'. As `tcond' is abstract, members can't be instantiated - if you don't know what type an thermal conductivity will be until run-time, only a pointer to an thermal conductivity can be used in the program.

The `thermal_conductivity' class includes methods for calculating thermodynamic quantities. All take a state as argument. The methods are

conductivity(const double rho, const double t) const
operator()(const double rho, const double t) const - which just calls `conductivity'.

Specific thermal conductivity types

Constant. Name: constant Data: constant_conductivity.
2D function (WXC++ class). Name: function2d. Data: Realfunction2d *, i.e.
```
function_type
function_data
```
2D function (log₁₀ of arguments and function value). Name: function2d_log. Data: as for 2D function.