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Dyadic Product and Velocity Mapping

The document introduces vectors a and b and their dyadic product, which produces a second rank symmetric tensor S. It then discusses Weller's expression for interpolated velocity vectors using tensors Sf, area vectors of faces, and volumetric flow rates through faces φf. It introduces the symmetric tensor D as the sum of dyadic products of area vectors Sf with themselves, and uses it to derive an expression relating the velocity vector u to the volumetric flow rates φf through faces.

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Dyadic Product and Velocity Mapping

The document introduces vectors a and b and their dyadic product, which produces a second rank symmetric tensor S. It then discusses Weller's expression for interpolated velocity vectors using tensors Sf, area vectors of faces, and volumetric flow rates through faces φf. It introduces the symmetric tensor D as the sum of dyadic products of area vectors Sf with themselves, and uses it to derive an expression relating the velocity vector u to the volumetric flow rates φf through faces.

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Let us introduce a and b two vectors. The dyadic product of these two
vectors produces a second rank symmetric tensor S :
S = a⊗b (0.1)
S has the following property: for all vector u:
S · u = (a ⊗ b)· u
= a (b · u) (0.2)
This means that S maps the vector u onto a vector parallel to a with magni-
tude |a|(b · u).

Weller’s expression for the interpolated velocity vector reads:


! −1 !
1 1
u = ∑ S f ⊗ S f · ∑ S f φ f (0.3)
f Sf f Sf

Where u it the velocity vector, S f is the area vector and φ f the volumetric flow
rate through the face S f . φ f represents S f · u f .

Let us introduce the symmetric tensor D :


1
D = ∑ S f ⊗S f (0.4)
f Sf
Multiplying on either side of (0.3) by D leads to:
!
1 1
∑ S S f ⊗ S f · u = ∑ S S f φ f (0.5)
f f f f

Introducing the unit normal vector to the face S f : n f , applying the distributiv-
ity of the inner product of a Tensor and vector to the left hand side of (0.5) and
replacing φ f by S f · u f on the right hand side of (0.5), leads to the following
expression:    
∑ | f {z f } ·u = ∑ n f S f · u f
n ⊗ S (0.6)
f f
Df

Introducing the property of the dyadic product (0.2) into the left hand side of
the above equation, leads to:
 
∑n f S f ·u = ∑n f S f ·u f (0.7)
f f

The dyad D f = n f ⊗ S
f maps
the
 velocity vector u onto a vector parallel
to n f with a magnitude n f S f · u ≈ φ f , i.e. onto a vector ≈ φ f n f . In his re-

construction from the volumetric flow rates, Weller produces an approximate
velocity vector u assuming that the equation (0.7) is true.

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