Incompressible viscous hydrodynamics solver =========================================== pyro's incompressible viscous solver solves: .. math:: \frac{\partial U}{\partial t} + U \cdot \nabla U + \nabla p &= \nu \nabla^2 U \\ \nabla \cdot U &= 0 This solver is based on pyro's incompressible solver, but modifies the velocity update step to take viscosity into account. The main parameters that affect this solver are: .. include:: incompressible_viscous_defaults.inc Examples -------- shear ^^^^^ The same shear problem as in incompressible solver, here with viscosity added. .. prompt:: bash pyro_sim.py incompressible_viscous shear inputs.shear .. image:: shear_viscous.png :align: center Compare this with the inviscid result. Notice how the velocities have diffused in all directions. cavity ^^^^^^ The lid-driven cavity is a well-known benchmark problem for hydro codes (see e.g. :cite:t:`ghia1982`, :cite:t:`Kuhlmann2019`). In a unit square box with initially static fluid, motion is initiated by a "lid" at the top boundary, moving to the right with unit velocity. The basic command is: .. prompt:: bash pyro_sim.py incompressible_viscous cavity inputs.cavity It is interesting to observe what happens when varying the viscosity, or, equivalently the Reynolds number (in this case :math:`\rm{Re}=1/\nu` since the characteristic length and velocity scales are 1 by default). |pic1| |pic2| |pic3| .. |pic1| image:: cavity_Re100.png :width: 32% .. |pic2| image:: cavity_Re400.png :width: 32% .. |pic3| image:: cavity_Re1000.png :width: 32% These plots were made by allowing the code to run for longer and approach a steady-state with the option ``driver.max_steps=1000``, then running (e.g. for the Re=100 case): .. prompt:: bash python incompressible_viscous/problems/plot_cavity.py cavity_n64_Re100_0406.h5 -Re 100 -o cavity_Re100.png convergence ^^^^^^^^^^^ This is the same test as in the incompressible solver. With viscosity, an exponential term is added to the solution. Limiting can again be disabled by adding ``incompressible.limiter=0`` to the run command. The basic set of tests shown below are run as: .. prompt:: bash pyro_sim.py incompressible_viscous converge inputs.converge.32 vis.dovis=0 pyro_sim.py incompressible_viscous converge inputs.converge.64 vis.dovis=0 pyro_sim.py incompressible_viscous converge inputs.converge.128 vis.dovis=0 The error is measured by comparing with the analytic solution using the routine ``incomp_viscous_converge_error.py`` in ``analysis/``. To generate the plot below, run .. prompt:: bash python incompressible_viscous/tests/convergence_errors.py convergence_errors.txt or ``convergence_errors_no_limiter.txt`` after running with that option. Then: .. prompt:: bash python incompressible_viscous/tests/convergence_plot.py .. image:: incomp_viscous_converge.png :align: center The solver is converging but below second-order, unlike the inviscid case. Limiting does not seem to make a difference here. Exercises --------- Explorations ^^^^^^^^^^^^ * In the lid-driven cavity problem, when does the solution reach a steady-state? * :cite:`ghia1982` give benchmark velocities at different Reynolds number for the lid-driven cavity problem (see their Table I). Do we agree with their results?