1(example-petsc-navier-stokes)= 2 3# Compressible Navier-Stokes mini-app 4 5This example is located in the subdirectory {file}`examples/fluids`. 6It 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). 7Moreover, 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. 8 9## Running the mini-app 10 11```{include} README.md 12:start-after: inclusion-fluids-marker 13``` 14## The Navier-Stokes equations 15 16The mathematical formulation (from {cite}`shakib1991femcfd`) is given in what follows. 17The compressible Navier-Stokes equations in conservative form are 18 19$$ 20\begin{aligned} 21\frac{\partial \rho}{\partial t} + \nabla \cdot \bm{U} &= 0 \\ 22\frac{\partial \bm{U}}{\partial t} + \nabla \cdot \left( \frac{\bm{U} \otimes \bm{U}}{\rho} + P \bm{I}_3 -\bm\sigma \right) - \rho \bm{b} &= 0 \\ 23\frac{\partial E}{\partial t} + \nabla \cdot \left( \frac{(E + P)\bm{U}}{\rho} -\bm{u} \cdot \bm{\sigma} - k \nabla T \right) - \rho \bm{b} \cdot \bm{u} &= 0 \, , \\ 24\end{aligned} 25$$ (eq-ns) 26 27where $\bm{\sigma} = \mu(\nabla \bm{u} + (\nabla \bm{u})^T + \lambda (\nabla \cdot \bm{u})\bm{I}_3)$ is the Cauchy (symmetric) stress tensor, with $\mu$ the dynamic viscosity coefficient, and $\lambda = - 2/3$ the Stokes hypothesis constant. 28In 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 including thermal and kinetic but not potential energy), $\bm{I}_3$ represents the $3 \times 3$ identity matrix, $\bm{b}$ is a body force vector (e.g., gravity vector $\bm{g}$), $k$ the thermal conductivity constant, $T$ represents the temperature, and $P$ the pressure, given by the following equation of state 29 30$$ 31P = \left( {c_p}/{c_v} -1\right) \left( E - {\bm{U}\cdot\bm{U}}/{(2 \rho)} \right) \, , 32$$ (eq-state) 33 34where $c_p$ 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). 35 36The system {eq}`eq-ns` can be rewritten in vector form 37 38$$ 39\frac{\partial \bm{q}}{\partial t} + \nabla \cdot \bm{F}(\bm{q}) -S(\bm{q}) = 0 \, , 40$$ (eq-vector-ns) 41 42for the state variables 5-dimensional vector 43 44$$ 45\bm{q} = \begin{pmatrix} \rho \\ \bm{U} \equiv \rho \bm{ u }\\ E \equiv \rho e \end{pmatrix} \begin{array}{l} \leftarrow\textrm{ volume mass density}\\ \leftarrow\textrm{ momentum density}\\ \leftarrow\textrm{ energy density} \end{array} 46$$ 47 48where the flux and the source terms, respectively, are given by 49 50$$ 51\begin{aligned} 52\bm{F}(\bm{q}) &= 53\underbrace{\begin{pmatrix} 54 \bm{U}\\ 55 {(\bm{U} \otimes \bm{U})}/{\rho} + P \bm{I}_3 \\ 56 {(E + P)\bm{U}}/{\rho} 57\end{pmatrix}}_{\bm F_{\text{adv}}} + 58\underbrace{\begin{pmatrix} 590 \\ 60- \bm{\sigma} \\ 61 - \bm{u} \cdot \bm{\sigma} - k \nabla T 62\end{pmatrix}}_{\bm F_{\text{diff}}},\\ 63S(\bm{q}) &= 64 \begin{pmatrix} 65 0\\ 66 \rho \bm{b}\\ 67 \rho \bm{b}\cdot \bm{u} 68\end{pmatrix}. 69\end{aligned} 70$$ (eq-ns-flux) 71 72### Finite Element Formulation (Spatial Discretization) 73 74Let the discrete solution be 75 76$$ 77\bm{q}_N (\bm{x},t)^{(e)} = \sum_{k=1}^{P}\psi_k (\bm{x})\bm{q}_k^{(e)} 78$$ 79 80with $P=p+1$ the number of nodes in the element $e$. 81We use tensor-product bases $\psi_{kji} = h_i(X_0)h_j(X_1)h_k(X_2)$. 82 83To 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, 84 85$$ 86\int_{\Omega} \bm v \cdot \left(\frac{\partial \bm{q}_N}{\partial t} + \nabla \cdot \bm{F}(\bm{q}_N) - \bm{S}(\bm{q}_N) \right) \,dV = 0 \, , \; \forall \bm v \in \mathcal{V}_p\,, 87$$ 88 89with $\mathcal{V}_p = \{ \bm v(\bm x) \in H^{1}(\Omega_e) \,|\, \bm v(\bm x_e(\bm X)) \in P_p(\bm{I}), e=1,\ldots,N_e \}$ 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). 90 91Integrating by parts on the divergence term, we arrive at the weak form, 92 93$$ 94\begin{aligned} 95\int_{\Omega} \bm v \cdot \left( \frac{\partial \bm{q}_N}{\partial t} - \bm{S}(\bm{q}_N) \right) \,dV 96- \int_{\Omega} \nabla \bm v \!:\! \bm{F}(\bm{q}_N)\,dV & \\ 97+ \int_{\partial \Omega} \bm v \cdot \bm{F}(\bm q_N) \cdot \widehat{\bm{n}} \,dS 98 &= 0 \, , \; \forall \bm v \in \mathcal{V}_p \,, 99\end{aligned} 100$$ (eq-weak-vector-ns) 101 102where $\bm{F}(\bm q_N) \cdot \widehat{\bm{n}}$ is typically replaced with a boundary condition. 103 104:::{note} 105The 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. 106::: 107 108### Time Discretization 109For the time discretization, we use two types of time stepping schemes through PETSc. 110 111#### Explicit time-stepping method 112 113 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) 114 115 $$ 116 \bm{q}_N^{n+1} = \bm{q}_N^n + \Delta t \sum_{i=1}^{s} b_i k_i \, , 117 $$ 118 119 where 120 121 $$ 122 \begin{aligned} 123 k_1 &= f(t^n, \bm{q}_N^n)\\ 124 k_2 &= f(t^n + c_2 \Delta t, \bm{q}_N^n + \Delta t (a_{21} k_1))\\ 125 k_3 &= f(t^n + c_3 \Delta t, \bm{q}_N^n + \Delta t (a_{31} k_1 + a_{32} k_2))\\ 126 \vdots&\\ 127 k_i &= f\left(t^n + c_i \Delta t, \bm{q}_N^n + \Delta t \sum_{j=1}^s a_{ij} k_j \right)\\ 128 \end{aligned} 129 $$ 130 131 and with 132 133 $$ 134 f(t^n, \bm{q}_N^n) = - [\nabla \cdot \bm{F}(\bm{q}_N)]^n + [S(\bm{q}_N)]^n \, . 135 $$ 136 137#### Implicit time-stepping method 138 139 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). 140 The implicit formulation solves nonlinear systems for $\bm q_N$: 141 142 $$ 143 \bm f(\bm q_N) \equiv \bm g(t^{n+1}, \bm{q}_N, \bm{\dot{q}}_N) = 0 \, , 144 $$ (eq-ts-implicit-ns) 145 146 where the time derivative $\bm{\dot q}_N$ is defined by 147 148 $$ 149 \bm{\dot{q}}_N(\bm q_N) = \alpha \bm q_N + \bm z_N 150 $$ 151 152 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.). 153 Each nonlinear system {eq}`eq-ts-implicit-ns` will correspond to a weak form, as explained below. 154 In determining how difficult a given problem is to solve, we consider the Jacobian of {eq}`eq-ts-implicit-ns`, 155 156 $$ 157 \frac{\partial \bm f}{\partial \bm q_N} = \frac{\partial \bm g}{\partial \bm q_N} + \alpha \frac{\partial \bm g}{\partial \bm{\dot q}_N}. 158 $$ 159 160 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). 161 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. 162 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. 163 164More details of PETSc's time stepping solvers can be found in the [TS User Guide](https://petsc.org/release/docs/manual/ts/). 165 166### Stabilization 167We solve {eq}`eq-weak-vector-ns` using a Galerkin discretization (default) or a stabilized method, as is necessary for most real-world flows. 168 169Galerkin 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. 170Our formulation follows {cite}`hughesetal2010`, which offers a comprehensive review of stabilization and shock-capturing methods for continuous finite element discretization of compressible flows. 171 172- **SUPG** (streamline-upwind/Petrov-Galerkin) 173 174 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`. 175 The weak form for this method is given as 176 177 $$ 178 \begin{aligned} 179 \int_{\Omega} \bm v \cdot \left( \frac{\partial \bm{q}_N}{\partial t} - \bm{S}(\bm{q}_N) \right) \,dV 180 - \int_{\Omega} \nabla \bm v \!:\! \bm{F}(\bm{q}_N)\,dV & \\ 181 + \int_{\partial \Omega} \bm v \cdot \bm{F}(\bm{q}_N) \cdot \widehat{\bm{n}} \,dS & \\ 182 + \int_{\Omega} \nabla\bm v \tcolon\left(\frac{\partial \bm F_{\text{adv}}}{\partial \bm q}\right) \bm\tau \left( \frac{\partial \bm{q}_N}{\partial t} \, + \, 183 \nabla \cdot \bm{F} \, (\bm{q}_N) - \bm{S}(\bm{q}_N) \right) \,dV &= 0 184 \, , \; \forall \bm v \in \mathcal{V}_p 185 \end{aligned} 186 $$ (eq-weak-vector-ns-supg) 187 188 This stabilization technique can be selected using the option `-stab supg`. 189 190- **SU** (streamline-upwind) 191 192 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 193 194 $$ 195 \begin{aligned} 196 \int_{\Omega} \bm v \cdot \left( \frac{\partial \bm{q}_N}{\partial t} - \bm{S}(\bm{q}_N) \right) \,dV 197 - \int_{\Omega} \nabla \bm v \!:\! \bm{F}(\bm{q}_N)\,dV & \\ 198 + \int_{\partial \Omega} \bm v \cdot \bm{F}(\bm{q}_N) \cdot \widehat{\bm{n}} \,dS & \\ 199 + \int_{\Omega} \nabla\bm v \tcolon\left(\frac{\partial \bm F_{\text{adv}}}{\partial \bm q}\right) \bm\tau \nabla \cdot \bm{F} \, (\bm{q}_N) \,dV 200 & = 0 \, , \; \forall \bm v \in \mathcal{V}_p 201 \end{aligned} 202 $$ (eq-weak-vector-ns-su) 203 204 This stabilization technique can be selected using the option `-stab su`. 205 206In 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. 207The 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. 208The forward variational form can be readily expressed by differentiating $\bm F_{\text{adv}}$ of {eq}`eq-ns-flux` 209 210$$ 211\begin{aligned} 212\diff\bm F_{\text{adv}}(\diff\bm q; \bm q) &= \frac{\partial \bm F_{\text{adv}}}{\partial \bm q} \diff\bm q \\ 213&= \begin{pmatrix} 214\diff\bm U \\ 215(\diff\bm U \otimes \bm U + \bm U \otimes \diff\bm U)/\rho - (\bm U \otimes \bm U)/\rho^2 \diff\rho + \diff P \bm I_3 \\ 216(E + P)\diff\bm U/\rho + (\diff E + \diff P)\bm U/\rho - (E + P) \bm U/\rho^2 \diff\rho 217\end{pmatrix}, 218\end{aligned} 219$$ 220 221where $\diff P$ is defined by differentiating {eq}`eq-state`. 222 223:::{dropdown} Stabilization scale $\bm\tau$ 224A 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. 225To build intuition, consider a boundary layer element of dimension $(1, \epsilon)$, for which $\nabla_{\bm x} \bm X = \bigl(\begin{smallmatrix} 2 & \\ & 2/\epsilon \end{smallmatrix}\bigr)$. 226So a small normal component of velocity will be amplified (by a factor of the aspect ratio $1/\epsilon$) in this transformation. 227The 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. 228A contravariant measure of element length in the direction of a unit vector $\hat{\bm n}$ is given by $\lVert \bigl(\nabla_{\bm X} \bm x\bigr)^T \hat{\bm n} \rVert$. 229While $\nabla_{\bm X} \bm x$ is readily computable, its inverse $\nabla_{\bm x} \bm X$ is needed directly in finite element methods and thus more convenient for our use. 230If 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. 231 232The cell Péclet number is classically defined by $\mathrm{Pe}_h = \lVert \bm u \rVert h / (2 \kappa)$ where $\kappa$ is the diffusivity (units of $m^2/s$). 233This can be generalized to arbitrary grids by defining the local Péclet number 234 235$$ 236\mathrm{Pe} = \frac{\lVert \bm u \rVert^2}{\lVert \bm u_{\bm X} \rVert \kappa}. 237$$ (eq-peclet) 238 239For scalar advection-diffusion, the stabilization is a scalar 240 241$$ 242\tau = \frac{\xi(\mathrm{Pe})}{\lVert \bm u_{\bm X} \rVert}, 243$$ (eq-tau-advdiff) 244 245where $\xi(\mathrm{Pe}) = \coth \mathrm{Pe} - 1/\mathrm{Pe}$ approaches 1 at large local Péclet number. 246Note 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. 247For advection-diffusion, $\bm F(q) = \bm u q$, and thus the SU stabilization term is 248 249$$ 250\nabla v \cdot \bm u \tau \bm u \cdot \nabla q = \nabla_{\bm X} v \cdot (\bm u_{\bm X} \tau \bm u_{\bm X}) \cdot \nabla_{\bm X} q . 251$$ (eq-su-stabilize-advdiff) 252 253where the term in parentheses is a rank-1 diffusivity tensor that has been pulled back to the reference element. 254See {cite}`hughesetal2010` equations 15-17 and 34-36 for further discussion of this formulation. 255 256For 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 2571. continuity stabilization $\tau_c$ 2582. momentum stabilization $\tau_m$ 2593. energy stabilization $\tau_E$ 260 261The Navier-Stokes code in this example uses the following formulation for $\tau_c$, $\tau_m$, $\tau_E$: 262 263$$ 264\begin{aligned} 265 266\tau_c &= \frac{C_c \mathcal{F}}{8\rho \trace(\bm g)} \\ 267\tau_m &= \frac{C_m}{\mathcal{F}} \\ 268\tau_E &= \frac{C_E}{\mathcal{F} c_v} \\ 269\end{aligned} 270$$ 271 272$$ 273\mathcal{F} = \sqrt{ \rho^2 \left [ \left(\frac{2C_t}{\Delta t}\right)^2 274+ \bm u \cdot (\bm u \cdot \bm g)\right] 275+ C_v \mu^2 \Vert \bm g \Vert_F ^2} 276$$ 277 278where $\bm g = \nabla_{\bm x} \bm{X}^T \cdot \nabla_{\bm x} \bm{X}$ is the metric tensor and $\Vert \cdot \Vert_F$ is the Frobenius norm. 279This formulation is currently not available in the Euler code. 280 281For Advection-Diffusion, we use a modified version of the formulation for Navier-Stokes: 282 283$$ 284\tau = \left [ \left(\frac{2 C_t}{\Delta t}\right)^2 285+ \frac{\bm u \cdot (\bm u \cdot \bm g)}{C_a} 286+ \frac{\kappa^2 \Vert \bm g \Vert_F ^2}{C_d} \right]^{-1/2} 287$$ 288for $C_t$, $C_a$, $C_d$ being some scaling coefficients. 289Otherwise, $C_a$ is set via `-Ctau_a` and $C_t$ via `-Ctau_t`. 290 291In the Euler code, we follow {cite}`hughesetal2010` in defining a $3\times 3$ diagonal stabilization according to spatial criterion 2 (equation 27) as follows. 292 293$$ 294\tau_{ii} = c_{\tau} \frac{2 \xi(\mathrm{Pe})}{(\lambda_{\max \text{abs}})_i \lVert \nabla_{x_i} \bm X \rVert} 295$$ (eq-tau-conservative) 296 297where $c_{\tau}$ 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 $i$. 298The 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. 299The complete set of eigenvalues of the Euler flux Jacobian in direction $i$ are (e.g., {cite}`toro2009`) 300 301$$ 302\Lambda_i = [u_i - a, u_i, u_i, u_i, u_i+a], 303$$ (eq-eigval-advdiff) 304 305where $u_i = \bm u \cdot \hat{\bm n}_i$ is the velocity component in direction $i$ and $a = \sqrt{\gamma P/\rho}$ is the sound speed for ideal gasses. 306Note 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. 307The fastest wave speed in direction $i$ is thus 308 309$$ 310\lambda_{\max \text{abs}} \Bigl( \frac{\partial \bm F_{\text{adv}}}{\partial \bm q} \cdot \hat{\bm n}_i \Bigr) = |u_i| + a 311$$ (eq-wavespeed) 312 313Note 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. 314 315::: 316 317Currently, this demo provides three types of problems/physical models that can be selected at run time via the option `-problem`. 318{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. 319 320### Statistics Collection 321For scale-resolving simulations (such as LES and DNS), statistics for a simulation are more often useful than time-instantaneous snapshots of the simulation itself. 322To make this process more computationally efficient, averaging in the spanwise direction, if physically correct, can help reduce the amount of simulation time needed to get converged statistics. 323 324First, let's more precisely define what we mean by spanwise average. 325Denote $\langle \phi \rangle$ as the Reynolds average of $\phi$, which in this case would be a average over the spanwise direction and time: 326 327$$ 328\langle \phi \rangle(x,y) = \frac{1}{L_z + (T_f - T_0)}\int_0^{L_z} \int_{T_0}^{T_f} \phi(x, y, z, t) \mathrm{d}t \mathrm{d}z 329$$ 330 331where $z$ is the spanwise direction, the domain has size $[0, L_z]$ in the spanwise direction, and $[T_0, T_f]$ is the range of time being averaged over. 332Note that here and in the code, **we assume the spanwise direction to be in the $z$ direction**. 333 334To discuss the details of the implementation we'll first discuss the spanwise integral, then the temporal integral, and lastly the statistics themselves. 335 336#### Spanwise Integral 337The function $\langle \phi \rangle (x,y)$ is represented on a 2-D finite element grid, taken from the full domain mesh itself. 338If isoperiodicity is set, the periodic face is extracted as the spanwise statistics mesh. 339Otherwise the negative z face is used. 340We'll refer to this mesh as the *parent grid*, as for every "parent" point in the parent grid, there are many "child" points in the full domain. 341Define a function space on the parent grid as $\mathcal{V}_p^\mathrm{parent} = \{ \bm v(\bm x) \in H^{1}(\Omega_e^\mathrm{parent}) \,|\, \bm v(\bm x_e(\bm X)) \in P_p(\bm{I}), e=1,\ldots,N_e \}$. 342We enforce that the order of the parent FEM space is equal to the full domain's order. 343 344Many statistics are the product of 2 or more solution functions, which results in functions of degree higher than the parent FEM space, $\mathcal{V}_p^\mathrm{parent}$. 345To represent these higher-order functions on the parent FEM space, we perform an $L^2$ projection. 346Define the spanwise averaged function as: 347 348$$ 349\langle \phi \rangle_z(x,y,t) = \frac{1}{L_z} \int_0^{L_z} \phi(x, y, z, t) \mathrm{d}z 350$$ 351 352where the function $\phi$ may be the product of multiple solution functions and $\langle \phi \rangle_z$ denotes the spanwise average. 353The projection of a function $u$ onto the parent FEM space would look like: 354 355$$ 356\bm M u_N = \int_0^{L_x} \int_0^{L_y} u \psi^\mathrm{parent}_N \mathrm{d}y \mathrm{d}x 357$$ 358where $\bm M$ is the mass matrix for $\mathcal{V}_p^\mathrm{parent}$, $u_N$ the coefficients of the projected function, and $\psi^\mathrm{parent}_N$ the basis functions of the parent FEM space. 359Substituting the spanwise average of $\phi$ for $u$, we get: 360 361$$ 362\bm M [\langle \phi \rangle_z]_N = \int_0^{L_x} \int_0^{L_y} \left [\frac{1}{L_z} \int_0^{L_z} \phi(x,y,z,t) \mathrm{d}z \right ] \psi^\mathrm{parent}_N(x,y) \mathrm{d}y \mathrm{d}x 363$$ 364 365The triple integral in the right hand side is just an integral over the full domain 366 367$$ 368\bm M [\langle \phi \rangle_z]_N = \frac{1}{L_z} \int_\Omega \phi(x,y,z,t) \psi^\mathrm{parent}_N(x,y) \mathrm{d}\Omega 369$$ 370 371We need to evaluate $\psi^\mathrm{parent}_N$ at quadrature points in the full domain. 372To do this efficiently, **we assume and exploit the full domain grid to be a tensor product in the spanwise direction**. 373This assumption means quadrature points in the full domain have the same $(x,y)$ coordinate location as quadrature points in the parent domain. 374This also allows the use of the full domain quadrature weights for the triple integral. 375 376#### Temporal Integral/Averaging 377To calculate the temporal integral, we do a running average using left-rectangle rule. 378At the beginning of each simulation, the time integral of a statistic is set to 0, $\overline{\phi} = 0$. 379Periodically, the integral is updated using left-rectangle rule: 380 381$$\overline{\phi}_\mathrm{new} = \overline{\phi}_{\mathrm{old}} + \phi(t_\mathrm{new}) \Delta T$$ 382where $\phi(t_\mathrm{new})$ is the statistic at the current time and $\Delta T$ is the time since the last update. 383When stats are written out to file, this running sum is then divided by $T_f - T_0$ to get the time average. 384 385With this method of calculating the running time average, we can plug this into the $L^2$ projection of the spanwise integral: 386 387$$ 388\bm M [\langle \phi \rangle]_N = \frac{1}{L_z + (T_f - T_0)} \int_\Omega \int_{T_0}^{T_f} \phi(x,y,z,t) \psi^\mathrm{parent}_N \mathrm{d}t \mathrm{d}\Omega 389$$ 390where the integral $\int_{T_0}^{T_f} \phi(x,y,z,t) \mathrm{d}t$ is calculated on a running basis. 391 392 393#### Running 394As the simulation runs, it takes a running time average of the statistics at the full domain quadrature points. 395This running average is only updated at the interval specified by `-ts_monitor_turbulence_spanstats_collect_interval` as number of timesteps. 396The $L^2$ projection problem is only solved when statistics are written to file, which is controlled by `-ts_monitor_turbulence_spanstats_viewer_interval`. 397Note that the averaging is not reset after each file write. 398The average is always over the bounds $[T_0, T_f]$, where $T_f$ in this case would be the time the file was written at and $T_0$ is the solution time at the beginning of the run. 399 400#### Turbulent Statistics 401 402The focus here are those statistics that are relevant to turbulent flow. 403The terms collected are listed below, with the mathematical definition on the left and the label (present in CGNS output files) is on the right. 404 405| Math | Label | 406| ----------------- | -------- | 407| $\langle \rho \rangle$ | MeanDensity | 408| $\langle p \rangle$ | MeanPressure | 409| $\langle p^2 \rangle$ | MeanPressureSquared | 410| $\langle p u_i \rangle$ | MeanPressureVelocity[$i$] | 411| $\langle \rho T \rangle$ | MeanDensityTemperature | 412| $\langle \rho T u_i \rangle$ | MeanDensityTemperatureFlux[$i$] | 413| $\langle \rho u_i \rangle$ | MeanMomentum[$i$] | 414| $\langle \rho u_i u_j \rangle$ | MeanMomentumFlux[$ij$] | 415| $\langle u_i \rangle$ | MeanVelocity[$i$] | 416 417where [$i$] are suffixes to the labels. So $\langle \rho u_x u_y \rangle$ would correspond to MeanMomentumFluxXY. 418This naming convention attempts to mimic the CGNS standard. 419 420To get second-order statistics from these terms, simply use the identity: 421 422$$ 423\langle \phi' \theta' \rangle = \langle \phi \theta \rangle - \langle \phi \rangle \langle \theta \rangle 424$$ 425 426### Subgrid Stress Modeling 427 428When 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. 429This is known as large-eddy simulation (LES), as only the "large" scales of turbulence are resolved. 430This filtering operation results in an extra stress-like term, $\bm{\tau}^r$, representing the effect of unresolved (or "subgrid" scale) structures in the flow. 431Denoting the filtering operation by $\overline \cdot$, the LES governing equations are: 432 433$$ 434\frac{\partial \bm{\overline q}}{\partial t} + \nabla \cdot \bm{\overline F}(\bm{\overline q}) -S(\bm{\overline q}) = 0 \, , 435$$ (eq-vector-les) 436 437where 438 439$$ 440\bm{\overline F}(\bm{\overline q}) = 441\bm{F} (\bm{\overline q}) + 442\begin{pmatrix} 443 0\\ 444 \bm{\tau}^r \\ 445 \bm{u} \cdot \bm{\tau}^r 446\end{pmatrix} 447$$ (eq-les-flux) 448 449More details on deriving the above expression, filtering, and large eddy simulation can be found in {cite}`popeTurbulentFlows2000`. 450To close the problem, the subgrid stress must be defined. 451For 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. 452For explicit LES, it is defined by a subgrid stress model. 453 454(sgs-dd-model)= 455#### Data-driven SGS Model 456 457The data-driven SGS model implemented here uses a small neural network to compute the SGS term. 458The 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. 459More details regarding the theoretical background of the model can be found in {cite}`prakashDDSGS2022` and {cite}`prakashDDSGSAnisotropic2022`. 460 461The neural network itself consists of 1 hidden layer and 20 neurons, using Leaky ReLU as its activation function. 462The slope parameter for the Leaky ReLU function is set via `-sgs_model_dd_leakyrelu_alpha`. 463The 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. 464Parameters for the neural network are put into files in a directory found in `-sgs_model_dd_parameter_dir`. 465These files store the network weights (`w1.dat` and `w2.dat`), biases (`b1.dat` and `b2.dat`), and scaling parameters (`OutScaling.dat`). 466The first row of each files stores the number of columns and rows in each file. 467Note that the weight coefficients are assumed to be in column-major order. 468This is done to keep consistent with legacy file compatibility. 469 470:::{note} 471The current data-driven model parameters are not accurate and are for regression testing only. 472::: 473 474##### Data-driven Model Using External Libraries 475 476There are two different modes for using the data-driven model: fused and sequential. 477 478In fused mode, the input processing, model inference, and output handling were all done in a single CeedOperator. 479Fused mode is generally faster than the sequential mode, however fused mode requires that the model architecture be manually implemented into a libCEED QFunction. 480To use the fused mode, set `-sgs_model_dd_implementation fused`. 481 482Sequential mode has separate function calls/CeedOperators for input creation, model inference, and output handling. 483By separating the three steps of the model evaluation, the sequential mode allows for functions calling external libraries to be used for the model inference step. 484The use of these external libraries allows us to leverage the flexibility of those external libraries in their model architectures. 485 486PyTorch is currently the only external library implemented with the sequential mode. 487This is enabled with `USE_TORCH=1` during the build process, which will use the PyTorch accessible from the build environment's Python interpreter. 488To specify the path to the PyTorch model file, use `-sgs_model_dd_torch_model_path`. 489The hardware used to run the model inference is determined automatically from the libCEED backend chosen, but can be overridden with `-sgs_model_dd_torch_model_device`. 490Note that if you chose to run the inference on host while using a GPU libCEED backend (e.g. `/gpu/cuda`), then host-to-device transfers (and vice versa) will be done automatically. 491 492The sequential mode is available using a libCEED based inference evaluation via `-sgs_model_dd_implementation sequential_ceed`, but it is only for verification purposes. 493 494(differential-filtering)= 495### Differential Filtering 496 497There is the option to filter the solution field using differential filtering. 498This was first proposed in {cite}`germanoDiffFilterLES1986`, using an inverse Hemholtz operator. 499The strong form of the differential equation is 500 501$$ 502\overline{\phi} - \nabla \cdot (\beta (\bm{D}\bm{\Delta})^2 \nabla \overline{\phi} ) = \phi 503$$ 504 505for $\phi$ 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. 506This admits the weak form: 507 508$$ 509\int_\Omega \left( v \overline \phi + \beta \nabla v \cdot (\bm{D}\bm{\Delta})^2 \nabla \overline \phi \right) \,d\Omega 510- \cancel{\int_{\partial \Omega} \beta v \nabla \overline \phi \cdot (\bm{D}\bm{\Delta})^2 \bm{\hat{n}} \,d\partial\Omega} = 511\int_\Omega v \phi \, , \; \forall v \in \mathcal{V}_p 512$$ 513 514The 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). 515 516#### Filter width tensor, Δ 517For homogenous filtering, $\bm{\Delta}$ is defined as the identity matrix. 518 519:::{note} 520It is common to denote a filter width dimensioned relative to the radial distance of the filter kernel. 521Note here we use the filter *diameter* instead, as that feels more natural (albeit mathematically less convenient). 522For example, under this definition a box filter would be defined as: 523 524$$ 525B(\Delta; \bm{r}) = 526\begin{cases} 5271 & \Vert \bm{r} \Vert \leq \Delta/2 \\ 5280 & \Vert \bm{r} \Vert > \Delta/2 529\end{cases} 530$$ 531::: 532 533For inhomogeneous anisotropic filtering, we use the finite element grid itself to define $\bm{\Delta}$. 534This is set via `-diff_filter_grid_based_width`. 535Specifically, we use the filter width tensor defined in {cite}`prakashDDSGSAnisotropic2022`. 536For 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. 537 538#### Filter width scaling tensor, $\bm{D}$ 539The filter width tensor $\bm{\Delta}$, be it defined from grid based sources or just the homogenous filtering, can be scaled anisotropically. 540The coefficients for that anisotropic scaling are given by `-diff_filter_width_scaling`, denoted here by $c_1, c_2, c_3$. 541The definition for $\bm{D}$ then becomes 542 543$$ 544\bm{D} = 545\begin{bmatrix} 546 c_1 & 0 & 0 \\ 547 0 & c_2 & 0 \\ 548 0 & 0 & c_3 \\ 549\end{bmatrix} 550$$ 551 552In the case of $\bm{\Delta}$ being defined as homogenous, $\bm{D}\bm{\Delta}$ means that $\bm{D}$ effectively sets the filter width. 553 554The filtering at the wall may also be damped, to smoothly meet the $\overline \phi = \phi$ boundary condition at the wall. 555The selected damping function for this is the van Driest function {cite}`vandriestWallDamping1956`: 556 557$$ 558\zeta = 1 - \exp\left(-\frac{y^+}{A^+}\right) 559$$ 560 561where $y^+$ 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. 562For this implementation, we assume that $\delta_\nu$ is constant across the wall and is defined by `-diff_filter_friction_length`. 563$A^+$ is defined by `-diff_filter_damping_constant`. 564 565To apply this scalar damping coefficient to the filter width tensor, we construct the wall-damping tensor from it. 566The construction implemented currently limits damping in the wall parallel directions to be no less than the original filter width defined by $\bm{\Delta}$. 567The wall-normal filter width is allowed to be damped to a zero filter width. 568It is currently assumed that the second component of the filter width tensor is in the wall-normal direction. 569Under these assumptions, $\bm{D}$ then becomes: 570 571$$ 572\bm{D} = 573\begin{bmatrix} 574 \max(1, \zeta c_1) & 0 & 0 \\ 575 0 & \zeta c_2 & 0 \\ 576 0 & 0 & \max(1, \zeta c_3) \\ 577\end{bmatrix} 578$$ 579 580#### Filter kernel scaling, β 581While 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. 582To account for this, we use $\beta$ to scale the filter tensor to the appropriate size, as is done in {cite}`bullExplicitFilteringExact2016`. 583To 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. 584To match the box and Gaussian filters "sizes", we use $\beta = 1/10$ and $\beta = 1/6$, respectively. 585$\beta$ can be set via `-diff_filter_kernel_scaling`. 586 587### *In Situ* Machine-Learning Model Training 588Training machine-learning models normally uses *a priori* (already gathered) data stored on disk. 589This is computationally inefficient, particularly as the scale of the problem grows and the data that is saved to disk reduces to a small percentage of the total data generated by a simulation. 590One way of working around this to to train a model on data coming from an ongoing simulation, known as *in situ* (in place) learning. 591 592This is implemented in the code using [SmartSim](https://www.craylabs.org/docs/overview.html). 593Briefly, the fluid simulation will periodically place data for training purposes into a database that a separate process uses to train a model. 594The database used by SmartSim is [Redis](https://redis.com/modules/redis-ai/) and the library to connect to the database is called [SmartRedis](https://www.craylabs.org/docs/smartredis.html). 595More information about how to utilize this code in a SmartSim configuration can be found on [SmartSim's website](https://www.craylabs.org/docs/overview.html). 596 597To use this code in a SmartSim *in situ* setup, first the code must be built with SmartRedis enabled. 598This is done by specifying the installation directory of SmartRedis using the `SMARTREDIS_DIR` environment variable when building: 599 600``` 601make SMARTREDIS_DIR=~/software/smartredis/install 602``` 603 604#### SGS Data-Driven Model *In Situ* Training 605Currently the code is only setup to do *in situ* training for the SGS data-driven model. 606Training data is split into the model inputs and outputs. 607The model inputs are calculated as the same model inputs in the SGS Data-Driven model described {ref}`earlier<sgs-dd-model>`. 608The model outputs (or targets in the case of training) are the subgrid stresses. 609Both the inputs and outputs are computed from a filtered velocity field, which is calculated via {ref}`differential-filtering`. 610The settings for the differential filtering used during training are described in {ref}`differential-filtering`. 611The training will create multiple sets of data per each filter width defined in `-sgs_train_filter_widths`. 612Those scalar filter widths correspond to the scaling correspond to $\bm{D} = c \bm{I}$, where $c$ is the scalar filter width. 613 614The SGS *in situ* training can be enabled using the `-sgs_train_enable` flag. 615Data can be processed and placed into the database periodically. 616The interval between is controlled by `-sgs_train_write_data_interval`. 617There's also the choice of whether to add new training data on each database write or to overwrite the old data with new data. 618This is controlled by `-sgs_train_overwrite_data`. 619 620The database may also be located on the same node as a MPI rank (collocated) or located on a separate node (distributed). 621It's necessary to know how many ranks are associated with each collocated database, which is set by `-smartsim_collocated_database_num_ranks`. 622 623(problem-advection)= 624## Advection-Diffusion 625 626A simplified version of system {eq}`eq-ns`, only accounting for the transport of total energy, is given by 627 628$$ 629\frac{\partial E}{\partial t} + \nabla \cdot (\bm{u} E ) - \kappa \nabla E = 0 \, , 630$$ (eq-advection) 631 632with $\bm{u}$ the vector velocity field and $\kappa$ the diffusion coefficient. 633In this particular test case, a blob of total energy (defined by a characteristic radius $r_c$) is transported by two different wind types. 634 635- **Rotation** 636 637 In this case, a uniform circular velocity field transports the blob of total energy. 638 We have solved {eq}`eq-advection` applying zero energy density $E$, and no-flux for $\bm{u}$ on the boundaries. 639 640- **Translation** 641 642 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. 643 644 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 645 646 $$ 647 \int_{\partial \Omega_{inflow}} \bm v \cdot \bm{F}(\bm q_N) \cdot \widehat{\bm{n}} \,dS = \int_{\partial \Omega_{inflow}} \bm v \, E_{wind} \, \bm u \cdot \widehat{\bm{n}} \,dS \, , 648 $$ 649 650 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. 651 The weak form boundary integral in {eq}`eq-weak-vector-ns` for outflow boundary conditions is defined as 652 653 $$ 654 \int_{\partial \Omega_{outflow}} \bm v \cdot \bm{F}(\bm q_N) \cdot \widehat{\bm{n}} \,dS = \int_{\partial \Omega_{outflow}} \bm v \, E \, \bm u \cdot \widehat{\bm{n}} \,dS \, , 655 $$ 656 657(problem-euler-vortex)= 658 659## Isentropic Vortex 660 661Three-dimensional Euler equations, which are simplified and nondimensionalized version of system {eq}`eq-ns` and account only for the convective fluxes, are given by 662 663$$ 664\begin{aligned} 665\frac{\partial \rho}{\partial t} + \nabla \cdot \bm{U} &= 0 \\ 666\frac{\partial \bm{U}}{\partial t} + \nabla \cdot \left( \frac{\bm{U} \otimes \bm{U}}{\rho} + P \bm{I}_3 \right) &= 0 \\ 667\frac{\partial E}{\partial t} + \nabla \cdot \left( \frac{(E + P)\bm{U}}{\rho} \right) &= 0 \, , \\ 668\end{aligned} 669$$ (eq-euler) 670 671Following 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 672 673$$ 674\begin{aligned} (\delta u_1, \, \delta u_2) &= \frac{\epsilon}{2 \pi} \, e^{0.5(1-r^2)} \, (-\bar{y}, \, \bar{x}) \, , \\ \delta T &= - \frac{(\gamma-1) \, \epsilon^2}{8 \, \gamma \, \pi^2} \, e^{1-r^2} \, , \\ \end{aligned} 675$$ 676 677where $(\bar{x}, \, \bar{y}) = (x-x_c, \, y-y_c)$, $(x_c, \, y_c)$ represents the center of the domain, $r^2=\bar{x}^2 + \bar{y}^2$, and $\epsilon$ is the vortex strength ($\epsilon$ < 10). 678There is no perturbation in the entropy $S=P/\rho^\gamma$ ($\delta S=0)$. 679 680(problem-shock-tube)= 681 682## Shock Tube 683 684This 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. Symmetry boundary conditions are applied to the side walls and wall boundary conditions are applied at the end walls. 685 686SU 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 687 688$$ 689\int_{\Omega} \nu_{SHOCK} \nabla \bm v \!:\! \nabla \bm q dV 690$$ 691 692The 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 693 694$$ 695\nu_{SHOCK} = \tau_{SHOCK} u_{cha}^2 696$$ 697 698where, 699 700$$ 701\tau_{SHOCK} = \frac{h_{SHOCK}}{2u_{cha}} \left( \frac{ \,|\, \nabla \rho \,|\, h_{SHOCK}}{\rho_{ref}} \right)^{\beta} 702$$ 703 704$\beta$ 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 705 706$$ 707h_{SHOCK} = 2 \left( C_{YZB} \,|\, \bm p \,|\, \right)^{-1} 708$$ 709 710where 711 712$$ 713p_k = \hat{j}_i \frac{\partial \xi_i}{x_k} 714$$ 715 716The 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. 717 718(problem-density-current)= 719 720## Gaussian Wave 721This 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. 722 723The problem has a perturbed initial condition and lets it evolve in time. The initial condition contains a Gaussian perturbation in the pressure field: 724 725$$ 726\begin{aligned} 727\rho &= \rho_\infty\left(1+A\exp\left(\frac{-(\bar{x}^2 + \bar{y}^2)}{2\sigma^2}\right)\right) \\ 728\bm{U} &= \bm U_\infty \\ 729E &= \frac{p_\infty}{\gamma -1}\left(1+A\exp\left(\frac{-(\bar{x}^2 + \bar{y}^2)}{2\sigma^2}\right)\right) + \frac{\bm U_\infty \cdot \bm U_\infty}{2\rho_\infty}, 730\end{aligned} 731$$ 732 733where $A$ 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, $(x_e, y_e)$. 734The simulation produces a strong acoustic wave and leaves behind a cold thermal bubble that advects at the fluid velocity. 735 736The 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. 737This 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. 738 739## Vortex Shedding - Flow past Cylinder 740This test case, based on {cite}`shakib1991femcfd`, is an example of using an externally provided mesh from Gmsh. 741A cylinder with diameter $D=1$ is centered at $(0,0)$ in a computational domain $-4.5 \leq x \leq 15.5$, $-4.5 \leq y \leq 4.5$. 742We solve this as a 3D problem with (default) one element in the $z$ direction. 743The domain is filled with an ideal gas at rest (zero velocity) with temperature 24.92 and pressure 7143. 744The viscosity is 0.01 and thermal conductivity is 14.34 to maintain a Prandtl number of 0.71, which is typical for air. 745At 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 $0.01$. 746A symmetry (adiabatic free slip) condition is imposed at the top and bottom boundaries $(y = \pm 4.5)$ (zero normal velocity component, zero heat-flux). 747The cylinder wall is an adiabatic (no heat flux) no-slip boundary condition. 748As 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. 749 750The Gmsh input file, `examples/fluids/meshes/cylinder.geo` is parametrized to facilitate experimenting with similar configurations. 751The Strouhal number (nondimensional shedding frequency) is sensitive to the size of the computational domain and boundary conditions. 752 753Forces on the cylinder walls are computed using the "reaction force" method, which is variationally consistent with the volume operator. 754Given 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 755 756$$ 757\begin{aligned} 758C_L &= \frac{2 F_y}{\rho_\infty u_\infty^2 S} \\ 759C_D &= \frac{2 F_x}{\rho_\infty u_\infty^2 S} \\ 760\end{aligned} 761$$ 762 763where $\rho_\infty, u_\infty$ are the freestream (inflow) density and velocity respectively. 764 765## Density Current 766 767For 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. 768Its 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 769 770$$ 771\begin{aligned} \rho &= \frac{P_0}{( c_p - c_v)\theta(\bm{x},t)} \pi(\bm{x},t)^{\frac{c_v}{ c_p - c_v}} \, , \\ e &= c_v \theta(\bm{x},t) \pi(\bm{x},t) + \bm{u}\cdot \bm{u} /2 + g z \, , \end{aligned} 772$$ 773 774where $P_0$ is the atmospheric pressure. 775For this problem, we have used no-slip and non-penetration boundary conditions for $\bm{u}$, and no-flux for mass and energy densities. 776 777## Channel 778 779A compressible channel flow. Analytical solution given in 780{cite}`whitingStabilizedFEM1999`: 781 782$$ u_1 = u_{\max} \left [ 1 - \left ( \frac{x_2}{H}\right)^2 \right] \quad \quad u_2 = u_3 = 0$$ 783$$T = T_w \left [ 1 + \frac{Pr \hat{E}c}{3} \left \{1 - \left(\frac{x_2}{H}\right)^4 \right \} \right]$$ 784$$p = p_0 - \frac{2\rho_0 u_{\max}^2 x_1}{Re_H H}$$ 785 786where $H$ 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. 787 788Boundary conditions are periodic in the streamwise direction, and no-slip and non-penetration boundary conditions at the walls. 789The flow is driven by a body force determined analytically from the fluid properties and setup parameters $H$ and $u_{\max}$. 790 791## Flat Plate Boundary Layer 792 793### Laminar Boundary Layer - Blasius 794 795Simulation of a laminar boundary layer flow, with the inflow being prescribed 796by a [Blasius similarity 797solution](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasius_boundary_layer). At the inflow, 798the velocity is prescribed by the Blasius soution profile, density is set 799constant, and temperature is allowed to float. Using `weakT: true`, density is 800allowed to float and temperature is set constant. At the outlet, a user-set 801pressure is used for pressure in the inviscid flux terms (all other inviscid 802flux terms use interior solution values). The wall is a no-slip, 803no-penetration, no-heat flux condition. The top of the domain is treated as an 804outflow and is tilted at a downward angle to ensure that flow is always exiting 805it. 806 807### Turbulent Boundary Layer 808 809Simulating a turbulent boundary layer without modeling the turbulence requires 810resolving the turbulent flow structures. These structures may be introduced 811into the simulations either by allowing a laminar boundary layer naturally 812transition to turbulence, or imposing turbulent structures at the inflow. The 813latter approach has been taken here, specifically using a *synthetic turbulence 814generation* (STG) method. 815 816#### Synthetic Turbulence Generation (STG) Boundary Condition 817 818We use the STG method described in 819{cite}`shurSTG2014`. Below follows a re-description of the formulation to match 820the present notation, and then a description of the implementation and usage. 821 822##### Equation Formulation 823 824$$ 825\bm{u}(\bm{x}, t) = \bm{\overline{u}}(\bm{x}) + \bm{C}(\bm{x}) \cdot \bm{v}' 826$$ 827 828$$ 829\begin{aligned} 830\bm{v}' &= 2 \sqrt{3/2} \sum^N_{n=1} \sqrt{q^n(\bm{x})} \bm{\sigma}^n \cos(\kappa^n \bm{d}^n \cdot \bm{\hat{x}}^n(\bm{x}, t) + \phi^n ) \\ 831\bm{\hat{x}}^n &= \left[(x - U_0 t)\max(2\kappa_{\min}/\kappa^n, 0.1) , y, z \right]^T 832\end{aligned} 833$$ 834 835Here, we define the number of wavemodes $N$, set of random numbers $ \{\bm{\sigma}^n, 836\bm{d}^n, \phi^n\}_{n=1}^N$, the Cholesky decomposition of the Reynolds stress 837tensor $\bm{C}$ (such that $\bm{R} = \bm{CC}^T$ ), bulk velocity $U_0$, 838wavemode amplitude $q^n$, wavemode frequency $\kappa^n$, and $\kappa_{\min} = 8390.5 \min_{\bm{x}} (\kappa_e)$. 840 841$$ 842\kappa_e = \frac{2\pi}{\min(2d_w, 3.0 l_t)} 843$$ 844 845where $l_t$ is the turbulence length scale, and $d_w$ is the distance to the 846nearest wall. 847 848 849The set of wavemode frequencies is defined by a geometric distribution: 850 851$$ 852\kappa^n = \kappa_{\min} (1 + \alpha)^{n-1} \ , \quad \forall n=1, 2, ... , N 853$$ 854 855The wavemode amplitudes $q^n$ are defined by a model energy spectrum $E(\kappa)$: 856 857$$ 858q^n = \frac{E(\kappa^n) \Delta \kappa^n}{\sum^N_{n=1} E(\kappa^n)\Delta \kappa^n} \ ,\quad \Delta \kappa^n = \kappa^n - \kappa^{n-1} 859$$ 860 861$$ E(\kappa) = \frac{(\kappa/\kappa_e)^4}{[1 + 2.4(\kappa/\kappa_e)^2]^{17/6}} f_\eta f_{\mathrm{cut}} $$ 862 863$$ 864f_\eta = \exp \left[-(12\kappa /\kappa_\eta)^2 \right], \quad 865f_\mathrm{cut} = \exp \left( - \left [ \frac{4\max(\kappa-0.9\kappa_\mathrm{cut}, 0)}{\kappa_\mathrm{cut}} \right]^3 \right) 866$$ 867 868$\kappa_\eta$ represents turbulent dissipation frequency, and is given as $2\pi 869(\nu^3/\varepsilon)^{-1/4}$ with $\nu$ the kinematic viscosity and 870$\varepsilon$ the turbulent dissipation. $\kappa_\mathrm{cut}$ approximates the 871effective cutoff frequency of the mesh (viewing the mesh as a filter on 872solution over $\Omega$) and is given by: 873 874$$ 875\kappa_\mathrm{cut} = \frac{2\pi}{ 2\min\{ [\max(h_y, h_z, 0.3h_{\max}) + 0.1 d_w], h_{\max} \} } 876$$ 877 878The enforcement of the boundary condition is identical to the blasius inflow; 879it weakly enforces velocity, with the option of weakly enforcing either density 880or temperature using the the `-weakT` flag. 881 882##### Initialization Data Flow 883 884Data flow for initializing function (which creates the context data struct) is 885given below: 886```{mermaid} 887flowchart LR 888 subgraph STGInflow.dat 889 y 890 lt[l_t] 891 eps 892 Rij[R_ij] 893 ubar 894 end 895 896 subgraph STGRand.dat 897 rand[RN Set]; 898 end 899 900 subgraph User Input 901 u0[U0]; 902 end 903 904 subgraph init[Create Context Function] 905 ke[k_e] 906 N; 907 end 908 lt --Calc-->ke --Calc-->kn 909 y --Calc-->ke 910 911 subgraph context[Context Data] 912 yC[y] 913 randC[RN Set] 914 Cij[C_ij] 915 u0 --Copy--> u0C[U0] 916 kn[k^n]; 917 ubarC[ubar] 918 ltC[l_t] 919 epsC[eps] 920 end 921 ubar --Copy--> ubarC; 922 y --Copy--> yC; 923 lt --Copy--> ltC; 924 eps --Copy--> epsC; 925 926 rand --Copy--> randC; 927 rand --> N --Calc--> kn; 928 Rij --Calc--> Cij[C_ij] 929``` 930 931This is done once at runtime. The spatially-varying terms are then evaluated at 932each quadrature point on-the-fly, either by interpolation (for $l_t$, 933$\varepsilon$, $C_{ij}$, and $\overline{\bm u}$) or by calculation (for $q^n$). 934 935The `STGInflow.dat` file is a table of values at given distances from the wall. 936These values are then interpolated to a physical location (node or quadrature 937point). It has the following format: 938``` 939[Total number of locations] 14 940[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] 941``` 942where each `[ ]` item is a number in scientific notation (ie. `3.1415E0`), and `sclr_1` and 943`sclr_2` are reserved for turbulence modeling variables. They are not used in 944this example. 945 946The `STGRand.dat` file is the table of the random number set, $\{\bm{\sigma}^n, 947\bm{d}^n, \phi^n\}_{n=1}^N$. It has the format: 948``` 949[Number of wavemodes] 7 950[d_1] [d_2] [d_3] [phi] [sigma_1] [sigma_2] [sigma_3] 951``` 952 953The following table is presented to help clarify the dimensionality of the 954numerous terms in the STG formulation. 955 956| Math | Label | $f(\bm{x})$? | $f(n)$? | 957| ----------------- | -------- | -------------- | --------- | 958| $ \{\bm{\sigma}^n, \bm{d}^n, \phi^n\}_{n=1}^N$ | RN Set | No | Yes | 959| $\bm{\overline{u}}$ | ubar | Yes | No | 960| $U_0$ | U0 | No | No | 961| $l_t$ | l_t | Yes | No | 962| $\varepsilon$ | eps | Yes | No | 963| $\bm{R}$ | R_ij | Yes | No | 964| $\bm{C}$ | C_ij | Yes | No | 965| $q^n$ | q^n | Yes | Yes | 966| $\{\kappa^n\}_{n=1}^N$ | k^n | No | Yes | 967| $h_i$ | h_i | Yes | No | 968| $d_w$ | d_w | Yes | No | 969 970#### Internal Damping Layer (IDL) 971The STG inflow boundary condition creates large amplitude acoustic waves. 972We use an internal damping layer (IDL) to damp them out without disrupting the synthetic structures developing into natural turbulent structures. 973This implementation was inspired by {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). 974It takes the following form: 975 976$$ 977S(\bm{q}) = -\sigma(\bm{x})\left.\frac{\partial \bm{q}}{\partial \bm{Y}}\right\rvert_{\bm{q}} \bm{Y}' 978$$ 979 980where $\bm{Y}' = [P - P_\mathrm{ref}, \bm{0}, 0]^T$, and $\sigma(\bm{x})$ is a linear ramp starting at `-idl_start` with length `-idl_length` and an amplitude of inverse `-idl_decay_rate`. 981The 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. 982$P_\mathrm{ref}$ has a default value equal to `-reference_pressure` flag, with an optional flag `-idl_pressure` to set it to a different value. 983 984### Meshing 985 986The flat plate boundary layer example has custom meshing features to better resolve the flow when using a generated box mesh. 987These meshing features modify the nodal layout of the default, equispaced box mesh and are enabled via `-mesh_transform platemesh`. 988One of those is tilting the top of the domain, allowing for it to be a outflow boundary condition. 989The angle of this tilt is controlled by `-platemesh_top_angle`. 990 991The primary meshing feature is the ability to grade the mesh, providing better 992resolution near the wall. There are two methods to do this; algorithmically, or 993specifying the node locations via a file. Algorithmically, a base node 994distribution is defined at the inlet (assumed to be $\min(x)$) and then 995linearly stretched/squeezed to match the slanted top boundary condition. Nodes 996are placed such that `-platemesh_Ndelta` elements are within 997`-platemesh_refine_height` of the wall. They are placed such that the element 998height matches a geometric growth ratio defined by `-platemesh_growth`. The 999remaining elements are then distributed from `-platemesh_refine_height` to the 1000top of the domain linearly in logarithmic space. 1001 1002Alternatively, a file may be specified containing the locations of each node. 1003The file should be newline delimited, with the first line specifying the number 1004of points and the rest being the locations of the nodes. The node locations 1005used exactly at the inlet (assumed to be $\min(x)$) and linearly 1006stretched/squeezed to match the slanted top boundary condition. The file is 1007specified via `-platemesh_y_node_locs_path`. If this flag is given an empty 1008string, then the algorithmic approach will be performed. 1009 1010## Taylor-Green Vortex 1011 1012This problem is really just an initial condition, the [Taylor-Green Vortex](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor%E2%80%93Green_vortex): 1013 1014$$ 1015\begin{aligned} 1016u &= V_0 \sin(\hat x) \cos(\hat y) \sin(\hat z) \\ 1017v &= -V_0 \cos(\hat x) \sin(\hat y) \sin(\hat z) \\ 1018w &= 0 \\ 1019p &= p_0 + \frac{\rho_0 V_0^2}{16} \left ( \cos(2 \hat x) + \cos(2 \hat y)\right) \left( \cos(2 \hat z) + 2 \right) \\ 1020\rho &= \frac{p}{R T_0} \\ 1021\end{aligned} 1022$$ 1023 1024where $\hat x = 2 \pi x / L$ for $L$ the length of the domain in that specific direction. 1025This coordinate modification is done to transform a given grid onto a domain of $x,y,z \in [0, 2\pi)$. 1026 1027This initial condition is traditionally given for the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. 1028The reference state is selected using the `-reference_{velocity,pressure,temperature}` flags (Euclidean norm of `-reference_velocity` is used for $V_0$). 1029