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# Compressible Navier-Stokes mini-app

This example is located in the subdirectory {file}`examples/fluids`.
It solves the time-dependent Navier-Stokes equations of compressible gas dynamics in a static Eulerian three-dimensional frame using unstructured high-order finite/spectral element spatial discretizations and explicit or implicit high-order time-stepping (available in PETSc).
Moreover, the Navier-Stokes example has been developed using PETSc, so that the pointwise physics (defined at quadrature points) is separated from the parallelization and meshing concerns.

## Running the mini-app

```{include} README.md
:start-after: inclusion-fluids-marker
```
## The Navier-Stokes equations

The mathematical formulation (from {cite}`giraldoetal2010`, cf. SE3) is given in what follows.
The compressible Navier-Stokes equations in conservative form are

$$
\begin{aligned}
\frac{\partial \rho}{\partial t} + \nabla \cdot \bm{U} &= 0 \\
\frac{\partial \bm{U}}{\partial t} + \nabla \cdot \left( \frac{\bm{U} \otimes \bm{U}}{\rho} + P \bm{I}_3 -\bm\sigma \right) + \rho g \bm{\hat k} &= 0 \\
\frac{\partial E}{\partial t} + \nabla \cdot \left( \frac{(E + P)\bm{U}}{\rho} -\bm{u} \cdot \bm{\sigma} - k \nabla T \right) &= 0 \, , \\
\end{aligned}
$$ (eq-ns)

where $\bm{\sigma} = \mu(\nabla \bm{u} + (\nabla \bm{u})^T + \lambda (\nabla \cdot \bm{u})\bm{I}_3)$ is the Cauchy (symmetric) stress tensor, with $\mu$ the dynamic viscosity coefficient, and $\lambda = - 2/3$ the Stokes hypothesis constant.
In equations {eq}`eq-ns`, $\rho$ represents the volume mass density, $U$ the momentum density (defined as $\bm{U}=\rho \bm{u}$, where $\bm{u}$ is the vector velocity field), $E$ the total energy density (defined as $E = \rho e$, where $e$ is the total energy), $\bm{I}_3$ represents the $3 \times 3$ identity matrix, $g$ the gravitational acceleration constant, $\bm{\hat{k}}$ the unit vector in the $z$ direction, $k$ the thermal conductivity constant, $T$ represents the temperature, and $P$ the pressure, given by the following equation of state

$$
P = \left( {c_p}/{c_v} -1\right) \left( E - {\bm{U}\cdot\bm{U}}/{(2 \rho)} - \rho g z \right) \, ,
$$ (eq-state)

where $c_p$ is the specific heat at constant pressure and $c_v$ is the specific heat at constant volume (that define $\gamma = c_p / c_v$, the specific heat ratio).

The system {eq}`eq-ns` can be rewritten in vector form

$$
\frac{\partial \bm{q}}{\partial t} + \nabla \cdot \bm{F}(\bm{q}) -S(\bm{q}) = 0 \, ,
$$ (eq-vector-ns)

for the state variables 5-dimensional vector

$$
\bm{q} =        \begin{pmatrix}            \rho \\            \bm{U} \equiv \rho \bm{ u }\\            E \equiv \rho e        \end{pmatrix}        \begin{array}{l}            \leftarrow\textrm{ volume mass density}\\            \leftarrow\textrm{ momentum density}\\            \leftarrow\textrm{ energy density}        \end{array}
$$

where the flux and the source terms, respectively, are given by

$$
\begin{aligned}
\bm{F}(\bm{q}) &=
\underbrace{\begin{pmatrix}
    \bm{U}\\
    {(\bm{U} \otimes \bm{U})}/{\rho} + P \bm{I}_3 \\
    {(E + P)\bm{U}}/{\rho}
\end{pmatrix}}_{\bm F_{\text{adv}}} +
\underbrace{\begin{pmatrix}
0 \\
-  \bm{\sigma} \\
 - \bm{u}  \cdot \bm{\sigma} - k \nabla T
\end{pmatrix}}_{\bm F_{\text{diff}}},\\
S(\bm{q}) &=
- \begin{pmatrix}
    0\\
    \rho g \bm{\hat{k}}\\
    0
\end{pmatrix}.
\end{aligned}
$$ (eq-ns-flux)

### Finite Element Formulation (Spatial Discretization)

Let the discrete solution be

$$
\bm{q}_N (\bm{x},t)^{(e)} = \sum_{k=1}^{P}\psi_k (\bm{x})\bm{q}_k^{(e)}
$$

with $P=p+1$ the number of nodes in the element $e$.
We use tensor-product bases $\psi_{kji} = h_i(X_0)h_j(X_1)h_k(X_2)$.

To obtain a finite element discretization, we first multiply the strong form {eq}`eq-vector-ns` by a test function $\bm v \in H^1(\Omega)$ and integrate,

$$
\int_{\Omega} \bm v \cdot \left(\frac{\partial \bm{q}_N}{\partial t} + \nabla \cdot \bm{F}(\bm{q}_N) - \bm{S}(\bm{q}_N) \right) \,dV = 0 \, , \; \forall \bm v \in \mathcal{V}_p\,,
$$

with $\mathcal{V}_p = \{ \bm v(\bm x) \in H^{1}(\Omega_e) \,|\, \bm v(\bm x_e(\bm X)) \in P_p(\bm{I}), e=1,\ldots,N_e \}$ a mapped space of polynomials containing at least polynomials of degree $p$ (with or without the higher mixed terms that appear in tensor product spaces).

Integrating by parts on the divergence term, we arrive at the weak form,

$$
\begin{aligned}
\int_{\Omega} \bm v \cdot \left( \frac{\partial \bm{q}_N}{\partial t} - \bm{S}(\bm{q}_N) \right)  \,dV
- \int_{\Omega} \nabla \bm v \!:\! \bm{F}(\bm{q}_N)\,dV & \\
+ \int_{\partial \Omega} \bm v \cdot \bm{F}(\bm q_N) \cdot \widehat{\bm{n}} \,dS
  &= 0 \, , \; \forall \bm v \in \mathcal{V}_p \,,
\end{aligned}
$$ (eq-weak-vector-ns)

where $\bm{F}(\bm q_N) \cdot \widehat{\bm{n}}$ is typically replaced with a boundary condition.

:::{note}
The notation $\nabla \bm v \!:\! \bm F$ represents contraction over both fields and spatial dimensions while a single dot represents contraction in just one, which should be clear from context, e.g., $\bm v \cdot \bm S$ contracts over fields while $\bm F \cdot \widehat{\bm n}$ contracts over spatial dimensions.
:::

### Time Discretization
For the time discretization, we use two types of time stepping schemes through PETSc.

#### Explicit time-stepping method

  The following explicit formulation is solved with the adaptive Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg (RKF4-5) method by default (any explicit time-stepping scheme available in PETSc can be chosen at runtime)

  $$
  \bm{q}_N^{n+1} = \bm{q}_N^n + \Delta t \sum_{i=1}^{s} b_i k_i \, ,
  $$

  where

  $$
  \begin{aligned}
     k_1 &= f(t^n, \bm{q}_N^n)\\
     k_2 &= f(t^n + c_2 \Delta t, \bm{q}_N^n + \Delta t (a_{21} k_1))\\
     k_3 &= f(t^n + c_3 \Delta t, \bm{q}_N^n + \Delta t (a_{31} k_1 + a_{32} k_2))\\
     \vdots&\\
     k_i &= f\left(t^n + c_i \Delta t, \bm{q}_N^n + \Delta t \sum_{j=1}^s a_{ij} k_j \right)\\
  \end{aligned}
  $$

  and with

  $$
  f(t^n, \bm{q}_N^n) = - [\nabla \cdot \bm{F}(\bm{q}_N)]^n + [S(\bm{q}_N)]^n \, .
  $$

#### Implicit time-stepping method

  This time stepping method which can be selected using the option `-implicit` is solved with Backward Differentiation Formula (BDF) method by default (similarly, any implicit time-stepping scheme available in PETSc can be chosen at runtime).
  The implicit formulation solves nonlinear systems for $\bm q_N$:

  $$
  \bm f(\bm q_N) \equiv \bm g(t^{n+1}, \bm{q}_N, \bm{\dot{q}}_N) = 0 \, ,
  $$ (eq-ts-implicit-ns)

  where the time derivative $\bm{\dot q}_N$ is defined by

  $$
  \bm{\dot{q}}_N(\bm q_N) = \alpha \bm q_N + \bm z_N
  $$

  in terms of $\bm z_N$ from prior state and $\alpha > 0$, both of which depend on the specific time integration scheme (backward difference formulas, generalized alpha, implicit Runge-Kutta, etc.).
  Each nonlinear system {eq}`eq-ts-implicit-ns` will correspond to a weak form, as explained below.
  In determining how difficult a given problem is to solve, we consider the Jacobian of {eq}`eq-ts-implicit-ns`,

  $$
  \frac{\partial \bm f}{\partial \bm q_N} = \frac{\partial \bm g}{\partial \bm q_N} + \alpha \frac{\partial \bm g}{\partial \bm{\dot q}_N}.
  $$

  The scalar "shift" $\alpha$ scales inversely with the time step $\Delta t$, so small time steps result in the Jacobian being dominated by the second term, which is a sort of "mass matrix", and typically well-conditioned independent of grid resolution with a simple preconditioner (such as Jacobi).
  In contrast, the first term dominates for large time steps, with a condition number that grows with the diameter of the domain and polynomial degree of the approximation space.
  Both terms are significant for time-accurate simulation and the setup costs of strong preconditioners must be balanced with the convergence rate of Krylov methods using weak preconditioners.

More details of PETSc's time stepping solvers can be found in the [TS User Guide](https://petsc.org/release/docs/manual/ts/).

### Stabilization
We solve {eq}`eq-weak-vector-ns` using a Galerkin discretization (default) or a stabilized method, as is necessary for most real-world flows.

Galerkin methods produce oscillations for transport-dominated problems (any time the cell Péclet number is larger than 1), and those tend to blow up for nonlinear problems such as the Euler equations and (low-viscosity/poorly resolved) Navier-Stokes, in which case stabilization is necessary.
Our formulation follows {cite}`hughesetal2010`, which offers a comprehensive review of stabilization and shock-capturing methods for continuous finite element discretization of compressible flows.

- **SUPG** (streamline-upwind/Petrov-Galerkin)

  In this method, the weighted residual of the strong form {eq}`eq-vector-ns` is added to the Galerkin formulation {eq}`eq-weak-vector-ns`.
  The weak form for this method is given as

  $$
  \begin{aligned}
  \int_{\Omega} \bm v \cdot \left( \frac{\partial \bm{q}_N}{\partial t} - \bm{S}(\bm{q}_N) \right)  \,dV
  - \int_{\Omega} \nabla \bm v \!:\! \bm{F}(\bm{q}_N)\,dV & \\
  + \int_{\partial \Omega} \bm v \cdot \bm{F}(\bm{q}_N) \cdot \widehat{\bm{n}} \,dS & \\
  + \int_{\Omega} \nabla\bm v \tcolon\left(\frac{\partial \bm F_{\text{adv}}}{\partial \bm q}\right) \bm\tau \left( \frac{\partial \bm{q}_N}{\partial t} \, + \,
  \nabla \cdot \bm{F} \, (\bm{q}_N) - \bm{S}(\bm{q}_N) \right) \,dV &= 0
  \, , \; \forall \bm v \in \mathcal{V}_p
  \end{aligned}
  $$ (eq-weak-vector-ns-supg)

  This stabilization technique can be selected using the option `-stab supg`.

- **SU** (streamline-upwind)

  This method is a simplified version of *SUPG* {eq}`eq-weak-vector-ns-supg` which is developed for debugging/comparison purposes. The weak form for this method is

  $$
  \begin{aligned}
  \int_{\Omega} \bm v \cdot \left( \frac{\partial \bm{q}_N}{\partial t} - \bm{S}(\bm{q}_N) \right)  \,dV
  - \int_{\Omega} \nabla \bm v \!:\! \bm{F}(\bm{q}_N)\,dV & \\
  + \int_{\partial \Omega} \bm v \cdot \bm{F}(\bm{q}_N) \cdot \widehat{\bm{n}} \,dS & \\
  + \int_{\Omega} \nabla\bm v \tcolon\left(\frac{\partial \bm F_{\text{adv}}}{\partial \bm q}\right) \bm\tau \nabla \cdot \bm{F} \, (\bm{q}_N) \,dV
  & = 0 \, , \; \forall \bm v \in \mathcal{V}_p
  \end{aligned}
  $$ (eq-weak-vector-ns-su)

  This stabilization technique can be selected using the option `-stab su`.

In both {eq}`eq-weak-vector-ns-su` and {eq}`eq-weak-vector-ns-supg`, $\bm\tau \in \mathbb R^{5\times 5}$ (field indices) is an intrinsic time scale matrix.
The SUPG technique and the operator $\frac{\partial \bm F_{\text{adv}}}{\partial \bm q}$ (rather than its transpose) can be explained via an ansatz for subgrid state fluctuations $\tilde{\bm q} = -\bm\tau \bm r$ where $\bm r$ is a strong form residual.
The forward variational form can be readily expressed by differentiating $\bm F_{\text{adv}}$ of {eq}`eq-ns-flux`

$$
\begin{aligned}
\diff\bm F_{\text{adv}}(\diff\bm q; \bm q) &= \frac{\partial \bm F_{\text{adv}}}{\partial \bm q} \diff\bm q \\
&= \begin{pmatrix}
\diff\bm U \\
(\diff\bm U \otimes \bm U + \bm U \otimes \diff\bm U)/\rho - (\bm U \otimes \bm U)/\rho^2 \diff\rho + \diff P \bm I_3 \\
(E + P)\diff\bm U/\rho + (\diff E + \diff P)\bm U/\rho - (E + P) \bm U/\rho^2 \diff\rho
\end{pmatrix},
\end{aligned}
$$

where $\diff P$ is defined by differentiating {eq}`eq-state`.

:::{dropdown} Stabilization scale $\bm\tau$
A velocity vector $\bm u$ can be pulled back to the reference element as $\bm u_{\bm X} = \nabla_{\bm x}\bm X \cdot \bm u$, with units of reference length (non-dimensional) per second.
To build intuition, consider a boundary layer element of dimension $(1, \epsilon)$, for which $\nabla_{\bm x} \bm X = \bigl(\begin{smallmatrix} 2 & \\ & 2/\epsilon \end{smallmatrix}\bigr)$.
So a small normal component of velocity will be amplified (by a factor of the aspect ratio $1/\epsilon$) in this transformation.
The ratio $\lVert \bm u \rVert / \lVert \bm u_{\bm X} \rVert$ is a covariant measure of (half) the element length in the direction of the velocity.
A contravariant measure of element length in the direction of a unit vector $\hat{\bm n}$ is given by $\lVert \bigl(\nabla_{\bm X} \bm x\bigr)^T \hat{\bm n} \rVert$.
While $\nabla_{\bm X} \bm x$ is readily computable, its inverse $\nabla_{\bm x} \bm X$ is needed directly in finite element methods and thus more convenient for our use.
If we consider a parallelogram, the covariant measure is larger than the contravariant measure for vectors pointing between acute corners and the opposite holds for vectors between oblique corners.

The cell Péclet number is classically defined by $\mathrm{Pe}_h = \lVert \bm u \rVert h / (2 \kappa)$ where $\kappa$ is the diffusivity (units of $m^2/s$).
This can be generalized to arbitrary grids by defining the local Péclet number

$$
\mathrm{Pe} = \frac{\lVert \bm u \rVert^2}{\lVert \bm u_{\bm X} \rVert \kappa}.
$$ (eq-peclet)

For scalar advection-diffusion, the stabilization is a scalar

$$
\tau = \frac{\xi(\mathrm{Pe})}{\lVert \bm u_{\bm X} \rVert},
$$ (eq-tau-advdiff)

where $\xi(\mathrm{Pe}) = \coth \mathrm{Pe} - 1/\mathrm{Pe}$ approaches 1 at large local Péclet number.
Note that $\tau$ has units of time and, in the transport-dominated limit, is proportional to element transit time in the direction of the propagating wave.
For advection-diffusion, $\bm F(q) = \bm u q$, and thus the SU stabilization term is

$$
\nabla v \cdot \bm u \tau \bm u \cdot \nabla q = \nabla_{\bm X} v \cdot (\bm u_{\bm X} \tau \bm u_{\bm X}) \cdot \nabla_{\bm X} q .
$$ (eq-su-stabilize-advdiff)

where the term in parentheses is a rank-1 diffusivity tensor that has been pulled back to the reference element.
See {cite}`hughesetal2010` equations 15-17 and 34-36 for further discussion of this formulation.

For the Navier-Stokes and Euler equations, {cite}`whiting2003hierarchical` defines a $5\times 5$ diagonal stabilization $\mathrm{diag}(\tau_c, \tau_m, \tau_m, \tau_m, \tau_E)$ consisting of
1. continuity stabilization $\tau_c$
2. momentum stabilization $\tau_m$
3. energy stabilization $\tau_E$

The Navier-Stokes code in this example uses the following formulation for $\tau_c$, $\tau_m$, $\tau_E$:

$$
\begin{aligned}

\tau_c &= \frac{C_c \mathcal{F}}{8\rho \trace(\bm g)} \\
\tau_m &= \frac{C_m}{\mathcal{F}} \\
\tau_E &= \frac{C_E}{\mathcal{F} c_v} \\
\end{aligned}
$$

$$
\mathcal{F} = \sqrt{ \rho^2 \left [ \left(\frac{2C_t}{\Delta t}\right)^2
+ \bm u \cdot (\bm u \cdot  \bm g)
+ C_v \mu^2 \Vert \bm g \Vert_F ^2\right]}
$$

where $\bm g = \nabla_{\bm x} \bm{X} \cdot \nabla_{\bm x} \bm{X}$ is the metric tensor and $\Vert \cdot \Vert_F$ is the Frobenius norm.
This formulation is currently not available in the Euler code.

In the Euler code, we follow {cite}`hughesetal2010` in defining a $3\times 3$ diagonal stabilization according to spatial criterion 2 (equation 27) as follows.

$$
\tau_{ii} = c_{\tau} \frac{2 \xi(\mathrm{Pe})}{(\lambda_{\max \text{abs}})_i \lVert \nabla_{x_i} \bm X \rVert}
$$ (eq-tau-conservative)

where $c_{\tau}$ is a multiplicative constant reported to be optimal at 0.5 for linear elements, $\hat{\bm n}_i$ is a unit vector in direction $i$, and $\nabla_{x_i} = \hat{\bm n}_i \cdot \nabla_{\bm x}$ is the derivative in direction $i$.
The flux Jacobian $\frac{\partial \bm F_{\text{adv}}}{\partial \bm q} \cdot \hat{\bm n}_i$ in each direction $i$ is a $5\times 5$ matrix with spectral radius $(\lambda_{\max \text{abs}})_i$ equal to the fastest wave speed.
The complete set of eigenvalues of the Euler flux Jacobian in direction $i$ are (e.g., {cite}`toro2009`)

$$
\Lambda_i = [u_i - a, u_i, u_i, u_i, u_i+a],
$$ (eq-eigval-advdiff)

where $u_i = \bm u \cdot \hat{\bm n}_i$ is the velocity component in direction $i$ and $a = \sqrt{\gamma P/\rho}$ is the sound speed for ideal gasses.
Note that the first and last eigenvalues represent nonlinear acoustic waves while the middle three are linearly degenerate, carrying a contact wave (temperature) and transverse components of momentum.
The fastest wave speed in direction $i$ is thus

$$
\lambda_{\max \text{abs}} \Bigl( \frac{\partial \bm F_{\text{adv}}}{\partial \bm q} \cdot \hat{\bm n}_i \Bigr) = |u_i| + a
$$ (eq-wavespeed)

Note that this wave speed is specific to ideal gases as $\gamma$ is an ideal gas parameter; other equations of state will yield a different acoustic wave speed.

:::

Currently, this demo provides three types of problems/physical models that can be selected at run time via the option `-problem`.
{ref}`problem-advection`, the problem of the transport of energy in a uniform vector velocity field, {ref}`problem-euler-vortex`, the exact solution to the Euler equations, and the so called {ref}`problem-density-current` problem.

### Subgrid Stress Modeling

When a fluid simulation is under-resolved (the smallest length scale resolved by the grid is much larger than the smallest physical scale, the [Kolmogorov length scale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolmogorov_microscales)), this is mathematically interpreted as filtering the Navier-Stokes equations.
This is known as large-eddy simulation (LES), as only the "large" scales of turbulence are resolved.
This filtering operation results in an extra stress-like term, $\bm{\tau}^r$, representing the effect of unresolved (or "subgrid" scale) structures in the flow.
Denoting the filtering operation by $\overline \cdot$, the LES governing equations are:

$$
\frac{\partial \bm{\overline q}}{\partial t} + \nabla \cdot \bm{\overline F}(\bm{\overline q}) -S(\bm{\overline q}) = 0 \, ,
$$ (eq-vector-les)

where

$$
\bm{\overline F}(\bm{\overline q}) =
\bm{F} (\bm{\overline q}) +
\begin{pmatrix}
    0\\
     \bm{\tau}^r \\
     \bm{u}  \cdot \bm{\tau}^r
\end{pmatrix}
$$ (eq-les-flux)

More details on deriving the above expression, filtering, and large eddy simulation can be found in {cite}`popeTurbulentFlows2000`.
To close the problem, the subgrid stress must be defined.
For implicit LES, the subgrid stress is set to zero and the numerical properties of the discretized system are assumed to account for the effect of subgrid scale structures on the filtered solution field.
For explicit LES, it is defined by a subgrid stress model.

#### Data-driven SGS Model

The data-driven SGS model implemented here uses a small neural network to compute the SGS term.
The SGS tensor is calculated at nodes using an $L^2$ projection of the velocity gradient and grid anisotropy tensor, and then interpolated onto quadrature points.
More details regarding the theoretical background of the model can be found in {cite}`prakashDDSGS2022` and {cite}`prakashDDSGSAnisotropic2022`.

The neural network itself consists of 1 hidden layer and 20 neurons, using Leaky ReLU as its activation function.
The slope parameter for the Leaky ReLU function is set via `-sgs_model_dd_leakyrelu_alpha`.
The outputs of the network are assumed to be normalized on a min-max scale, so they must be rescaled by the original min-max bounds.
Parameters for the neural network are put into files in a directory found in `-sgs_model_dd_parameter_dir`.
These files store the network weights (`w1.dat` and `w2.dat`), biases (`b1.dat` and `b2.dat`), and scaling parameters (`OutScaling.dat`).
The first row of each files stores the number of columns and rows in each file.
Note that the weight coefficients are assumed to be in column-major order.
This is done to keep consistent with legacy file compatibility.

:::{note}
The current data-driven model parameters are not accurate and are for regression testing only.
:::

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### Differential Filtering

There is the option to filter the solution field using differential filtering.
This was first proposed in {cite}`germanoDiffFilterLES1986`, using an inverse Hemholtz operator.
The strong form of the differential equation is

$$
\overline{\phi} - \nabla \cdot (\beta (\bm{D}\bm{\Delta})^2 \nabla \overline{\phi} ) = \phi
$$

for $\phi$ the scalar solution field we want to filter, $\overline \phi$ the filtered scalar solution field, $\bm{\Delta} \in \mathbb{R}^{3 \times 3}$ a symmetric positive-definite rank 2 tensor defining the width of the filter, $\bm{D}$ is the filter width scaling tensor (also a rank 2 SPD tensor), and $\beta$ is a kernel scaling factor on the filter tensor.
This admits the weak form:

$$
\int_\Omega \left( v \overline \phi + \beta \nabla v \cdot (\bm{D}\bm{\Delta})^2 \nabla \overline \phi \right) \,d\Omega
- \cancel{\int_{\partial \Omega} \beta v \nabla \overline \phi \cdot (\bm{D}\bm{\Delta})^2 \bm{\hat{n}} \,d\partial\Omega} =
\int_\Omega v \phi \, , \; \forall v \in \mathcal{V}_p
$$

The boundary integral resulting from integration-by-parts is crossed out, as we assume that $(\bm{D}\bm{\Delta})^2 = \bm{0} \Leftrightarrow \overline \phi = \phi$ at boundaries (this is reasonable at walls, but for convenience elsewhere).

#### Filter width tensor $\bm{\Delta}$
For homogenous filtering, $\bm{\Delta}$ is defined as the identity matrix.

:::{note}
It is common to denote a filter width dimensioned relative to the radial distance of the filter kernel.
Note here we use the filter *diameter* instead, as that feels more natural (albeit mathematically less convenient).
For example, under this definition a box filter would be defined as:

$$
B(\Delta; \bm{r}) =
\begin{cases}
1 & \Vert \bm{r} \Vert \leq \Delta/2 \\
0 & \Vert \bm{r} \Vert > \Delta/2
\end{cases}
$$
:::

For inhomogeneous anisotropic filtering, we use the finite element grid itself to define $\bm{\Delta}$.
This is set via `-diff_filter_grid_based_width`.
Specifically, we use the filter width tensor defined in {cite}`prakashDDSGSAnisotropic2022`.
For finite element grids, the filter width tensor is most conveniently defined by $\bm{\Delta} = \bm{g}^{-1/2}$ where $\bm g = \nabla_{\bm x} \bm{X} \cdot \nabla_{\bm x} \bm{X}$ is the metric tensor.

#### Filter width scaling tensor, $\bm{D}$
The filter width tensor $\bm{\Delta}$, be it defined from grid based sources or just the homogenous filtering, can be scaled anisotropically.
The coefficients for that anisotropic scaling are given by `-diff_filter_width_scaling`, denoted here by $c_1, c_2, c_3$.
The definition for $\bm{D}$ then becomes

$$
\bm{D} =
\begin{bmatrix}
    c_1 & 0        & 0        \\
    0        & c_2 & 0        \\
    0        & 0        & c_3 \\
\end{bmatrix}
$$

In the case of $\bm{\Delta}$ being defined as homogenous, $\bm{D}\bm{\Delta}$ means that $\bm{D}$ effectively sets the filter width.

The filtering at the wall may also be damped, to smoothly meet the $\overline \phi = \phi$ boundary condition at the wall.
The selected damping function for this is the van Driest function {cite}`vandriestWallDamping1956`:

$$
\zeta = 1 - \exp\left(-\frac{y^+}{A^+}\right)
$$

where $y^+$ is the wall-friction scaled wall-distance ($y^+ = y u_\tau / \nu = y/\delta_\nu$), $A^+$ is some wall-friction scaled scale factor, and $\zeta$ is the damping coefficient.
For this implementation, we assume that $\delta_\nu$ is constant across the wall and is defined by `-diff_filter_friction_length`.
$A^+$ is defined by `-diff_filter_damping_constant`.

To apply this scalar damping coefficient to the filter width tensor, we construct the wall-damping tensor from it.
The construction implemented currently limits damping in the wall parallel directions to be no less than the original filter width defined by $\bm{\Delta}$.
The wall-normal filter width is allowed to be damped to a zero filter width.
It is currently assumed that the second component of the filter width tensor is in the wall-normal direction.
Under these assumptions, $\bm{D}$ then becomes:

$$
\bm{D} =
\begin{bmatrix}
    \max(1, \zeta c_1) & 0         & 0                  \\
    0                  & \zeta c_2 & 0                  \\
    0                  & 0         & \max(1, \zeta c_3) \\
\end{bmatrix}
$$

#### Filter kernel scaling, $\beta$
While we define $\bm{D}\bm{\Delta}$ to be of a certain physical filter width, the actual width of the implied filter kernel is quite larger than "normal" kernels.
To account for this, we use $\beta$ to scale the filter tensor to the appropriate size, as is done in {cite}`bullExplicitFilteringExact2016`.
To match the "size" of a normal kernel to our differential kernel, we attempt to have them match second order moments with respect to the prescribed filter width.
To match the box and Gaussian filters "sizes", we use $\beta = 1/10$ and $\beta = 1/6$, respectively.
$\beta$ can be set via `-diff_filter_kernel_scaling`.

## Advection

A simplified version of system {eq}`eq-ns`, only accounting for the transport of total energy, is given by

$$
\frac{\partial E}{\partial t} + \nabla \cdot (\bm{u} E ) = 0 \, ,
$$ (eq-advection)

with $\bm{u}$ the vector velocity field. In this particular test case, a blob of total energy (defined by a characteristic radius $r_c$) is transported by two different wind types.

- **Rotation**

  In this case, a uniform circular velocity field transports the blob of total energy.
  We have solved {eq}`eq-advection` applying zero energy density $E$, and no-flux for $\bm{u}$ on the boundaries.

- **Translation**

  In this case, a background wind with a constant rectilinear velocity field, enters the domain and transports the blob of total energy out of the domain.

  For the inflow boundary conditions, a prescribed $E_{wind}$ is applied weakly on the inflow boundaries such that the weak form boundary integral in {eq}`eq-weak-vector-ns` is defined as

  $$
  \int_{\partial \Omega_{inflow}} \bm v \cdot \bm{F}(\bm q_N) \cdot \widehat{\bm{n}} \,dS = \int_{\partial \Omega_{inflow}} \bm v \, E_{wind} \, \bm u \cdot \widehat{\bm{n}} \,dS  \, ,
  $$

  For the outflow boundary conditions, we have used the current values of $E$, following {cite}`papanastasiou1992outflow` which extends the validity of the weak form of the governing equations to the outflow instead of replacing them with unknown essential or natural boundary conditions.
  The weak form boundary integral in {eq}`eq-weak-vector-ns` for outflow boundary conditions is defined as

  $$
  \int_{\partial \Omega_{outflow}} \bm v \cdot \bm{F}(\bm q_N) \cdot \widehat{\bm{n}} \,dS = \int_{\partial \Omega_{outflow}} \bm v \, E \, \bm u \cdot \widehat{\bm{n}} \,dS  \, ,
  $$

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## Isentropic Vortex

Three-dimensional Euler equations, which are simplified and nondimensionalized version of system {eq}`eq-ns` and account only for the convective fluxes, are given by

$$
\begin{aligned}
\frac{\partial \rho}{\partial t} + \nabla \cdot \bm{U} &= 0 \\
\frac{\partial \bm{U}}{\partial t} + \nabla \cdot \left( \frac{\bm{U} \otimes \bm{U}}{\rho} + P \bm{I}_3 \right) &= 0 \\
\frac{\partial E}{\partial t} + \nabla \cdot \left( \frac{(E + P)\bm{U}}{\rho} \right) &= 0 \, , \\
\end{aligned}
$$ (eq-euler)

Following the setup given in {cite}`zhang2011verification`, the mean flow for this problem is $\rho=1$, $P=1$, $T=P/\rho= 1$ (Specific Gas Constant, $R$, is 1), and $\bm{u}=(u_1,u_2,0)$ while the perturbation $\delta \bm{u}$, and $\delta T$ are defined as

$$
\begin{aligned} (\delta u_1, \, \delta u_2) &= \frac{\epsilon}{2 \pi} \, e^{0.5(1-r^2)} \, (-\bar{y}, \, \bar{x}) \, , \\ \delta T &= - \frac{(\gamma-1) \, \epsilon^2}{8 \, \gamma \, \pi^2} \, e^{1-r^2} \, , \\ \end{aligned}
$$

where $(\bar{x}, \, \bar{y}) = (x-x_c, \, y-y_c)$, $(x_c, \, y_c)$ represents the center of the domain, $r^2=\bar{x}^2 + \bar{y}^2$, and $\epsilon$ is the vortex strength ($\epsilon$ < 10).
There is no perturbation in the entropy $S=P/\rho^\gamma$ ($\delta S=0)$.

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## Shock Tube

This test problem is based on Sod's Shock Tube (from{cite}`sodshocktubewiki`), a canonical test case for discontinuity capturing in one dimension. For this problem, the three-dimensional Euler equations are formulated exactly as in the Isentropic Vortex problem. The default initial conditions are $P=1$, $\rho=1$ for the driver section and $P=0.1$, $\rho=0.125$ for the driven section. The initial velocity is zero in both sections. Slip boundary conditions are applied to the side walls and wall boundary conditions are applied at the end walls.

SU upwinding and discontinuity capturing have been implemented into the explicit timestepping operator for this problem. Discontinuity capturing is accomplished using a modified version of the $YZ\beta$ operator described in {cite}`tezduyar2007yzb`. This discontinuity capturing scheme involves the introduction of a dissipation term of the form

$$
\int_{\Omega} \nu_{SHOCK} \nabla \bm v \!:\! \nabla \bm q dV
$$

The shock capturing viscosity is implemented following the first formulation described in {cite}`tezduyar2007yzb`. The characteristic velocity $u_{cha}$ is taken to be the acoustic speed while the reference density $\rho_{ref}$ is just the local density. Shock capturing viscosity is defined by the following

$$
\nu_{SHOCK} = \tau_{SHOCK} u_{cha}^2
$$

where,

$$
\tau_{SHOCK} = \frac{h_{SHOCK}}{2u_{cha}} \left( \frac{ \,|\, \nabla \rho \,|\, h_{SHOCK}}{\rho_{ref}} \right)^{\beta}
$$

$\beta$ is a tuning parameter set between 1 (smoother shocks) and 2 (sharper shocks. The parameter $h_{SHOCK}$ is a length scale that is proportional to the element length in the direction of the density gradient unit vector. This density gradient unit vector is defined as $\hat{\bm j} = \frac{\nabla \rho}{|\nabla \rho|}$. The original formulation of Tezduyar and Senga relies on the shape function gradient to define the element length scale, but this gradient is not available to qFunctions in libCEED. To avoid this problem, $h_{SHOCK}$ is defined in the current implementation as

$$
h_{SHOCK} = 2 \left( C_{YZB} \,|\, \bm p \,|\, \right)^{-1}
$$

where

$$
p_k = \hat{j}_i \frac{\partial \xi_i}{x_k}
$$

The constant $C_{YZB}$ is set to 0.1 for piecewise linear elements in the current implementation. Larger values approaching unity are expected with more robust stabilization and implicit timestepping.

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## Gaussian Wave
This test case is taken/inspired by that presented in {cite}`mengaldoCompressibleBC2014`. It is intended to test non-reflecting/Riemann boundary conditions. It's primarily intended for Euler equations, but has been implemented for the Navier-Stokes equations here for flexibility.

The problem has a perturbed initial condition and lets it evolve in time. The initial condition contains a Gaussian perturbation in the pressure field:

$$
\begin{aligned}
\rho &= \rho_\infty\left(1+A\exp\left(\frac{-(\bar{x}^2 + \bar{y}^2)}{2\sigma^2}\right)\right) \\
\bm{U} &= \bm U_\infty \\
E &= \frac{p_\infty}{\gamma -1}\left(1+A\exp\left(\frac{-(\bar{x}^2 + \bar{y}^2)}{2\sigma^2}\right)\right) + \frac{\bm U_\infty \cdot \bm U_\infty}{2\rho_\infty},
\end{aligned}
$$

where $A$ and $\sigma$ are the amplitude and width of the perturbation, respectively, and $(\bar{x}, \bar{y}) = (x-x_e, y-y_e)$ is the distance to the epicenter of the perturbation, $(x_e, y_e)$.
The simulation produces a strong acoustic wave and leaves behind a cold thermal bubble that advects at the fluid velocity.

The boundary conditions are freestream in the x and y directions. When using an HLL (Harten, Lax, van Leer) Riemann solver {cite}`toro2009` (option `-freestream_riemann hll`), the acoustic waves exit the domain cleanly, but when the thermal bubble reaches the boundary, it produces strong thermal oscillations that become acoustic waves reflecting into the domain.
This problem can be fixed using a more sophisticated Riemann solver such as HLLC {cite}`toro2009` (option `-freestream_riemann hllc`, which is default), which is a linear constant-pressure wave that transports temperature and transverse momentum at the fluid velocity.

## Vortex Shedding - Flow past Cylinder
This test case, based on {cite}`shakib1991femcfd`, is an example of using an externally provided mesh from Gmsh.
A cylinder with diameter $D=1$ is centered at $(0,0)$ in a computational domain $-4.5 \leq x \leq 15.5$, $-4.5 \leq y \leq 4.5$.
We solve this as a 3D problem with (default) one element in the $z$ direction.
The domain is filled with an ideal gas at rest (zero velocity) with temperature 24.92 and pressure 7143.
The viscosity is 0.01 and thermal conductivity is 14.34 to maintain a Prandtl number of 0.71, which is typical for air.
At time $t=0$, this domain is subjected to freestream boundary conditions at the inflow (left) and Riemann-type outflow on the right, with exterior reference state at velocity $(1, 0, 0)$ giving Reynolds number $100$ and Mach number $0.01$.
A symmetry (adiabatic free slip) condition is imposed at the top and bottom boundaries $(y = \pm 4.5)$ (zero normal velocity component, zero heat-flux).
The cylinder wall is an adiabatic (no heat flux) no-slip boundary condition.
As we evolve in time, eddies appear past the cylinder leading to a vortex shedding known as the vortex street, with shedding period of about 6.

The Gmsh input file, `examples/fluids/meshes/cylinder.geo` is parametrized to facilitate experimenting with similar configurations.
The Strouhal number (nondimensional shedding frequency) is sensitive to the size of the computational domain and boundary conditions.

Forces on the cylinder walls are computed using the "reaction force" method, which is variationally consistent with the volume operator.
Given the force components $\bm F = (F_x, F_y, F_z)$ and surface area $S = \pi D L_z$ where $L_z$ is the spanwise extent of the domain, we define the coefficients of lift and drag as

$$
\begin{aligned}
C_L &= \frac{2 F_y}{\rho_\infty u_\infty^2 S} \\
C_D &= \frac{2 F_x}{\rho_\infty u_\infty^2 S} \\
\end{aligned}
$$

where $\rho_\infty, u_\infty$ are the freestream (inflow) density and velocity respectively.

## Density Current

For this test problem (from {cite}`straka1993numerical`), we solve the full Navier-Stokes equations {eq}`eq-ns`, for which a cold air bubble (of radius $r_c$) drops by convection in a neutrally stratified atmosphere.
Its initial condition is defined in terms of the Exner pressure, $\pi(\bm{x},t)$, and potential temperature, $\theta(\bm{x},t)$, that relate to the state variables via

$$
\begin{aligned} \rho &= \frac{P_0}{( c_p - c_v)\theta(\bm{x},t)} \pi(\bm{x},t)^{\frac{c_v}{ c_p - c_v}} \, , \\ e &= c_v \theta(\bm{x},t) \pi(\bm{x},t) + \bm{u}\cdot \bm{u} /2 + g z \, , \end{aligned}
$$

where $P_0$ is the atmospheric pressure.
For this problem, we have used no-slip and non-penetration boundary conditions for $\bm{u}$, and no-flux for mass and energy densities.

## Channel

A compressible channel flow. Analytical solution given in
{cite}`whitingStabilizedFEM1999`:

$$ u_1 = u_{\max} \left [ 1 - \left ( \frac{x_2}{H}\right)^2 \right] \quad \quad u_2 = u_3 = 0$$
$$T = T_w \left [ 1 + \frac{Pr \hat{E}c}{3} \left \{1 - \left(\frac{x_2}{H}\right)^4  \right \} \right]$$
$$p = p_0 - \frac{2\rho_0 u_{\max}^2 x_1}{Re_H H}$$

where $H$ is the channel half-height, $u_{\max}$ is the center velocity, $T_w$ is the temperature at the wall, $Pr=\frac{\mu}{c_p \kappa}$ is the Prandlt number, $\hat E_c = \frac{u_{\max}^2}{c_p T_w}$ is the modified Eckert number, and $Re_h = \frac{u_{\max}H}{\nu}$ is the Reynolds number.

Boundary conditions are periodic in the streamwise direction, and no-slip and non-penetration boundary conditions at the walls.
The flow is driven by a body force determined analytically from the fluid properties and setup parameters $H$ and $u_{\max}$.

## Flat Plate Boundary Layer

### Laminar Boundary Layer - Blasius

Simulation of a laminar boundary layer flow, with the inflow being prescribed
by a [Blasius similarity
solution](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasius_boundary_layer). At the inflow,
the velocity is prescribed by the Blasius soution profile, density is set
constant, and temperature is allowed to float. Using `weakT: true`, density is
allowed to float and temperature is set constant. At the outlet, a user-set
pressure is used for pressure in the inviscid flux terms (all other inviscid
flux terms use interior solution values). The wall is a no-slip,
no-penetration, no-heat flux condition. The top of the domain is treated as an
outflow and is tilted at a downward angle to ensure that flow is always exiting
it.

### Turbulent Boundary Layer

Simulating a turbulent boundary layer without modeling the turbulence requires
resolving the turbulent flow structures. These structures may be introduced
into the simulations either by allowing a laminar boundary layer naturally
transition to turbulence, or imposing turbulent structures at the inflow. The
latter approach has been taken here, specifically using a *synthetic turbulence
generation* (STG) method.

#### Synthetic Turbulence Generation (STG) Boundary Condition

We use the STG method described in
{cite}`shurSTG2014`. Below follows a re-description of the formulation to match
the present notation, and then a description of the implementation and usage.

##### Equation Formulation

$$
\bm{u}(\bm{x}, t) = \bm{\overline{u}}(\bm{x}) + \bm{C}(\bm{x}) \cdot \bm{v}'
$$

$$
\begin{aligned}
\bm{v}' &= 2 \sqrt{3/2} \sum^N_{n=1} \sqrt{q^n(\bm{x})} \bm{\sigma}^n \cos(\kappa^n \bm{d}^n \cdot \bm{\hat{x}}^n(\bm{x}, t) + \phi^n ) \\
\bm{\hat{x}}^n &= \left[(x - U_0 t)\max(2\kappa_{\min}/\kappa^n, 0.1) , y, z  \right]^T
\end{aligned}
$$

Here, we define the number of wavemodes $N$, set of random numbers $ \{\bm{\sigma}^n,
\bm{d}^n, \phi^n\}_{n=1}^N$, the Cholesky decomposition of the Reynolds stress
tensor $\bm{C}$ (such that $\bm{R} = \bm{CC}^T$ ), bulk velocity $U_0$,
wavemode amplitude $q^n$, wavemode frequency $\kappa^n$, and $\kappa_{\min} =
0.5 \min_{\bm{x}} (\kappa_e)$.

$$
\kappa_e = \frac{2\pi}{\min(2d_w, 3.0 l_t)}
$$

where $l_t$ is the turbulence length scale, and $d_w$ is the distance to the
nearest wall.


The set of wavemode frequencies is defined by a geometric distribution:

$$
\kappa^n = \kappa_{\min} (1 + \alpha)^{n-1} \ , \quad \forall n=1, 2, ... , N
$$

The wavemode amplitudes $q^n$ are defined by a model energy spectrum $E(\kappa)$:

$$
q^n = \frac{E(\kappa^n) \Delta \kappa^n}{\sum^N_{n=1} E(\kappa^n)\Delta \kappa^n} \ ,\quad \Delta \kappa^n = \kappa^n - \kappa^{n-1}
$$

$$ E(\kappa) = \frac{(\kappa/\kappa_e)^4}{[1 + 2.4(\kappa/\kappa_e)^2]^{17/6}} f_\eta f_{\mathrm{cut}} $$

$$
f_\eta = \exp \left[-(12\kappa /\kappa_\eta)^2 \right], \quad
f_\mathrm{cut} = \exp \left( - \left [ \frac{4\max(\kappa-0.9\kappa_\mathrm{cut}, 0)}{\kappa_\mathrm{cut}} \right]^3 \right)
$$

$\kappa_\eta$ represents turbulent dissipation frequency, and is given as $2\pi
(\nu^3/\varepsilon)^{-1/4}$ with $\nu$ the kinematic viscosity and
$\varepsilon$ the turbulent dissipation. $\kappa_\mathrm{cut}$ approximates the
effective cutoff frequency of the mesh (viewing the mesh as a filter on
solution over $\Omega$) and is given by:

$$
\kappa_\mathrm{cut} = \frac{2\pi}{ 2\min\{ [\max(h_y, h_z, 0.3h_{\max}) + 0.1 d_w], h_{\max} \} }
$$

The enforcement of the boundary condition is identical to the blasius inflow;
it weakly enforces velocity, with the option of weakly enforcing either density
or temperature using the the `-weakT` flag.

##### Initialization Data Flow

Data flow for initializing function (which creates the context data struct) is
given below:
```{mermaid}
flowchart LR
    subgraph STGInflow.dat
    y
    lt[l_t]
    eps
    Rij[R_ij]
    ubar
    end

    subgraph STGRand.dat
    rand[RN Set];
    end

    subgraph User Input
    u0[U0];
    end

    subgraph init[Create Context Function]
    ke[k_e]
    N;
    end
    lt --Calc-->ke --Calc-->kn
    y --Calc-->ke

    subgraph context[Context Data]
    yC[y]
    randC[RN Set]
    Cij[C_ij]
    u0 --Copy--> u0C[U0]
    kn[k^n];
    ubarC[ubar]
    ltC[l_t]
    epsC[eps]
    end
    ubar --Copy--> ubarC;
    y --Copy--> yC;
    lt --Copy--> ltC;
    eps --Copy--> epsC;

    rand --Copy--> randC;
    rand --> N --Calc--> kn;
    Rij --Calc--> Cij[C_ij]
```

This is done once at runtime. The spatially-varying terms are then evaluated at
each quadrature point on-the-fly, either by interpolation (for $l_t$,
$\varepsilon$, $C_{ij}$, and $\overline{\bm u}$) or by calculation (for $q^n$).

The `STGInflow.dat` file is a table of values at given distances from the wall.
These values are then interpolated to a physical location (node or quadrature
point). It has the following format:
```
[Total number of locations] 14
[d_w] [u_1] [u_2] [u_3] [R_11] [R_22] [R_33] [R_12] [R_13] [R_23] [sclr_1] [sclr_2] [l_t] [eps]
```
where each `[  ]` item is a number in scientific notation (ie. `3.1415E0`), and `sclr_1` and
`sclr_2` are reserved for turbulence modeling variables. They are not used in
this example.

The `STGRand.dat` file is the table of the random number set, $\{\bm{\sigma}^n,
\bm{d}^n, \phi^n\}_{n=1}^N$. It has the format:
```
[Number of wavemodes] 7
[d_1] [d_2] [d_3] [phi] [sigma_1] [sigma_2] [sigma_3]
```

The following table is presented to help clarify the dimensionality of the
numerous terms in the STG formulation.

| Math                                           | Label    | $f(\bm{x})$?   | $f(n)$?   |
| -----------------                              | -------- | -------------- | --------- |
| $ \{\bm{\sigma}^n, \bm{d}^n, \phi^n\}_{n=1}^N$ | RN Set   | No             | Yes       |
| $\bm{\overline{u}}$                            | ubar     | Yes            | No        |
| $U_0$                                          | U0       | No             | No        |
| $l_t$                                          | l_t      | Yes            | No        |
| $\varepsilon$                                  | eps      | Yes            | No        |
| $\bm{R}$                                       | R_ij     | Yes            | No        |
| $\bm{C}$                                       | C_ij     | Yes            | No        |
| $q^n$                                          | q^n      | Yes            | Yes       |
| $\{\kappa^n\}_{n=1}^N$                         | k^n      | No             | Yes       |
| $h_i$                                          | h_i      | Yes            | No        |
| $d_w$                                          | d_w      | Yes            | No        |

#### Internal Damping Layer (IDL)
The STG inflow boundary condition creates large amplitude acoustic waves.
We use an internal damping layer (IDL) to damp them out without disrupting the synthetic structures developing into natural turbulent structures. This implementation was inspired from
{cite}`shurSTG2014`, but is implemented here as a ramped volumetric forcing
term, similar to a sponge layer (see 8.4.2.4 in {cite}`colonius2023turbBC` for example). It takes the following form:

$$
S(\bm{q}) = -\sigma(\bm{x})\left.\frac{\partial \bm{q}}{\partial \bm{Y}}\right\rvert_{\bm{q}} \bm{Y}'
$$

where $\bm{Y}' = [P - P_\mathrm{ref}, \bm{0}, 0]^T$, and $\sigma(\bm{x})$ is a
linear ramp starting at `-idl_start` with length `-idl_length` and an amplitude
of inverse `-idl_decay_rate`. The damping is defined in terms of a pressure-primitive
anomaly $\bm Y'$ converted to conservative source using $\partial
\bm{q}/\partial \bm{Y}\rvert_{\bm{q}}$, which is linearized about the current
flow state. $P_\mathrm{ref}$ is defined via the `-reference_pressure` flag.

### Meshing

The flat plate boundary layer example has custom meshing features to better
resolve the flow. One of those is tilting the top of the domain, allowing for
it to be a outflow boundary condition. The angle of this tilt is controlled by
`-platemesh_top_angle`

The primary meshing feature is the ability to grade the mesh, providing better
resolution near the wall. There are two methods to do this; algorithmically, or
specifying the node locations via a file. Algorithmically, a base node
distribution is defined at the inlet (assumed to be $\min(x)$) and then
linearly stretched/squeezed to match the slanted top boundary condition. Nodes
are placed such that `-platemesh_Ndelta` elements are within
`-platemesh_refine_height` of the wall. They are placed such that the element
height matches a geometric growth ratio defined by `-platemesh_growth`. The
remaining elements are then distributed from `-platemesh_refine_height` to the
top of the domain linearly in logarithmic space.

Alternatively, a file may be specified containing the locations of each node.
The file should be newline delimited, with the first line specifying the number
of points and the rest being the locations of the nodes. The node locations
used exactly at the inlet (assumed to be $\min(x)$) and linearly
stretched/squeezed to match the slanted top boundary condition. The file is
specified via `-platemesh_y_node_locs_path`. If this flag is given an empty
string, then the algorithmic approach will be performed.