AreaCorrect (Area Correction) class

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Description

This is a value heterogeneous super-class for the definition of models for the correction of the contact area, or radius, between elements.

The correction of the contact area is necessary when a low value of the Young modulus, compared to the real one, is used for particles. The modified Young modulus leads to a larger contact area, which have some side effects, such as the increase of direct heat conduction.

This super-class defines abstract methods that must be implemented in the derived sub-classes:

classdef AreaCorrect < matlab.mixin.Heterogeneous

Constant values

    properties (Constant = true, Access = public)
        % Types of model
        ZYZ  = uint8(1);
        LMLB = uint8(2);
        MPMH = uint8(3);
    end

Public properties

    properties (SetAccess = public, GetAccess = public)
        % Identification
        type uint8 = uint8.empty;   % flag for type of model
    end

Constructor method

    methods
        function this = AreaCorrect(type)
            if (nargin > 0)
                this.type = type;
            end
        end
    end

Default sub-class definition

    methods (Static, Access = protected)
        function defaultObject = getDefaultScalarElement
            defaultObject = AreaCorrect_ZYZ;
        end
    end

Abstract methods: implemented in derived sub-classes

    methods (Abstract)
        %------------------------------------------------------------------
        this = fixRadius(this,interact);
    end

end

Published with MATLAB® R2019b