sandbox/Antoonvh/mode3f4a.c

    A mode 3 instability

    Unstable vortex following Flierl

    set xr [0:2]
    set yr [-0.1: 1.1]
    set size square
    set ylabel 'v_{theta} [-]'
    set xlabel 'r [-]'
    set grid
    plot 'prof' u 1:2 w l lw 2 t 'Piecewise',\
             '' u 1:3 w l lw 3 t 'Initialized'
    Inital profile (script)

    Inital profile (script)

    Vorticity and meterial line

    set xr [0:30]
    set yr [0: 5]
    set size square
    set xlabel 'Time [-]'
    set ylabel 'Stetch factor'
    set grid
    plot 'log' u 2:(1 +($9- 2.45*3.1415)/(2.45*3.1415)) w l lw 2 t 'Stretch'
    Stetching of material line (script)

    Stetching of material line (script)

    The TOLERANCE controls the divergence, which can be diagnosed without any discrete approximation.

    set xr [0:30]
    set yr [1e-8: 2e-4]
    set logscale y
    set size square
    set xlabel 'Time [T]'
    set ylabel 'Divergence [T^{-1}]'
    set grid
    set key right outside
    plot 'log' u 2:10 w l lw 4 t 'Max Divergence', '' u 2:11 w l lw 2 t 'mgp2.resa', 1e-5 w l lw 2 t 'TOLERANCE'
    Maximum divergence can differ slightly from the projection redidual after grid refinement (script)

    Maximum divergence can differ slightly from the projection redidual after grid refinement (script)

    #define RKORDER (3)
    #include "nsf4t.h"
    #include "profile6.h"
    vector uv[];
    #define u uv
    #define interpolate_linear interpolate_qubic_vertex
    #include "tracer-particles.h"
    #undef u
    #include "view.h"
    #include "scatter2.h"
    
    scalar * tracers = NULL;
    Particles parts;
    
    double ue = 5e-5;
    long unsigned int np = 1e5;
    double P = 1e-5, m = 3; // Perturbation and mode
    double b = 1.45; //Vortex parameter
    
    int maxlevel = 8;
    
    int main() {
      foreach_dimension()
        periodic (left);
      L0 = 8.;
      origin (-pi*4./3., -2*exp(1) + 1.2); // Not centered
      N = 1 << maxlevel;
      //for (ue = 1e-4; ue >= 1e-6; ue /= pow(10, 1./3.))
        run();
    }
    
    #define RAD (sqrt((sq(x) + sq(y))))
    #define THETA(M) (M*asin(x/RAD))
    #define RADP(P, M) ((1 + P*sin(THETA(M))))
    
    event init (t = 0) {
      TOLERANCE = 1e-5;
      parts = new_tracer_particles (np);
      double Theta = 0;
      foreach_particle_in(parts) {
        p().x = (b + 1.)/2.*cos(Theta);
        p().y = (b + 1.)/2.*sin(Theta);
        p().z = 0.01;
        Theta += 2*pi/(double)(np + 1);
      }
      refine (sq(x) + sq(y) < sq(b*1.2) && level < maxlevel + 2 );
      printf ("# Initializing using %ld cells...\n", grid->tn);
      double betav = 1./(1 - sq(b)), alphav = -betav*sq(b);
      vector uc[], ucf[];
      foreach() {
        double rp = RAD*RADP(P,m), vr = 0;
        if (rp <= 1.)
          vr = rp;
        else if (rp > 1 && rp <= b) 
          vr = alphav/rp + betav*rp;
        uc.x[] = -y/rp*vr;
        uc.y[] =  x/rp*vr;
        ucf.x[] = ucf.y[] = 0;
      }
      boundary ((scalar*){uc, ucf});

    The Helmholtzfilter is applied to smoothen the piecewise flow profile.

      const face vector alphaf[] = {-sq(0.4/(2.*pi)), -sq(0.4/(2.*pi))};
      foreach_dimension()
        poisson (ucf.x, uc.x, alphaf, unity);  
      foreach_face()
        u.x[] = ((-ucf.x[-2] + 7*(ucf.x[-1] + ucf.x[]) - ucf.x[1])/12.);
      scalar vtb[], vta[], * ab = {vtb, vta};
      foreach() {
        vtb[] = x/RAD*uc.y[] - y/RAD*uc.x[];
        vta[] = x/RAD*ucf.y[] - y/RAD*ucf.x[];
      }
      profile (ab, sqrt(sq(x) + sq(y)), "prof");
      project (u, p2);
    }
    
    event vertex_field (i++) {
      foreach_dimension() {
        uv.x.restriction = restriction_vert;
        uv.x.prolongation = refine_vert5;
      }
      foreach() {
        foreach_dimension()
          uv.x[] = FACE_TO_VERTEX_4(u.x);
      }
      boundary ((scalar*){uv});
    }
    
    
    event adapt (i++) {
      adapt_flow (ue, 99, 1);
    }
    
    event logger (i += 5) {
      scalar div[];
      foreach() {
        div[] = 0;
        foreach_dimension()
          div[] += (u.x[1] - u.x[0]);
        div[] = fabs(div[]/Delta);
      }
      stats ds = statsf (div);
      fprintf (stderr, "%d %g %d %d %d %d %ld %d %g %g %g %g\n", i, t, mgp.i, 
               mgp.nrelax, mgp2.i, mgp2.nrelax, grid->tn,
    	   grid->maxdepth, plength (parts), ds.max, mgp2.resa, ue);
    }
    
    event mov (t += 0.5) {
      scalar omg[];
      vorticityf (u, omg);
      view (fov = 19, width = 900, height = 450);
      translate (x = -L0*.505) {
        cells();
      }
      translate (x = L0*.505) {
        squares ("omg", map = cool_warm);
        draw_curve (parts, lw = 10);
      }
      save ("mov.mp4");
      output_ppm (omg, min = 1.8, max = 2.2, file = "o.mp4");
    }
    
    event stop (t = 30);

    Reference

    G. R. Flierl, “On the instability of geostrophic vortices”, J. Fluid Mech. 197, 349