/** # Reduced gravity We re-express gravity in [two-phase flows](two-phase.h) as an [interfacial force](iforce.h) as $$ -\nabla p + \rho\mathbf{g} = -\nabla p' - [\rho]\mathbf{g}\cdot\mathbf{x}\mathbf{n}\delta_s $$ with $p'= p - \rho\mathbf{g}\cdot\mathbf{x}$ the dynamic pressure and $\rho\mathbf{g}\cdot\mathbf{x}$ the hydrostatic pressure. The corresponding potential is $$ \phi = [\rho]\mathbf{G}\cdot(\mathbf{x} - \mathbf{Z}) $$ with $\mathbf{G}$ the gravity vector and $\mathbf{Z}$ an optional reference level. */ coord G = {0.,0.,0.}, Z = {0.,0.,0.}; /** We need the interfacial force module as well as some functions to compute the position of the interface. */ #include "iforce.h" #include "curvature.h" /** We overload the acceleration() event to add the contribution of gravity to the interfacial potential $\phi$. If $\phi$ is already allocated, we add the contribution of gravity, otherwise we allocate a new field and set it to the contribution of gravity. */ event acceleration (i++) { scalar phi = f.phi; coord G1; foreach_dimension() G1.x = (rho2 - rho1)*G.x; if (phi.i) position (f, phi, G1, Z, add = true); else { phi = new scalar; position (f, phi, G1, Z, add = false); f.phi = phi; } }