sandbox/ghigo/src/test-navier-stokes/cylinder-unbounded.c

    Flow past a fixed cylinder at different Reynolds number

    We reproduce here the test case propsed in Wu and Shu and solve the Navier-Stokes equations and add the cylinder using an embedded boundary.

    #include "grid/quadtree.h"
#include "../myembed.h"
#include "../mycentered.h"
#include "view.h"

    Reference solution

    #define d    (1.)
#define uref (0.1) // Reference velocity, uref
#define tref ((d)/(uref)) // Reference time, tref=d/u

#if RE == 1 // Re = 40
#define Re (40.)
#elif RE == 2 // Re = 100
#define Re (100.)
#else // Re = 20
#define Re (20.) // Particle Reynolds number Re = ud/nu
#endif // RE

    We also define the shape of the domain.

    #define cylinder(x,y) (sq ((x)) + sq ((y)) - sq ((d)/2.))
#define EPS (1.e-12)
coord p_p;

void p_shape (scalar c, face vector f, coord p)
{
  vertex scalar phi[];
  foreach_vertex()
    phi[] = (cylinder ((x - p.x), (y - p.y)));
  boundary ({phi});
  fractions (phi, c, f);
  fractions_cleanup (c, f,
		     smin = 1.e-14, cmin = 1.e-14);
}

    Setup

    We need a field for viscosity so that the embedded boundary metric can be taken into account.

    face vector muv[];

    We also define a reference velocity field.

    scalar un[];

    We define the mesh adaptation parameters.

    #define lmin (7) // Min mesh refinement level (l=7 is 3pt/d)
#define lmax (11) // Max mesh refinement level (l=11 is 50pt/d)
#define cmax (1.e-3*(uref)) // Absolute refinement criteria for the velocity field

int main ()
{  
#if RE == 2 // Re = 100

    The domain is 50d\times 50d.

      L0 = 50.*(d);
#else // Re = 20 and 40

    The domain is 40d\times 40d.

      L0 = 40.*(d);
#endif // RE
  size (L0);
  origin (0., -L0/2.);

    We set the maximum timestep.

      DT = 1.e-2*(tref);

    We set the tolerance of the Poisson solver.

      TOLERANCE    = 1.e-6;
  TOLERANCE_MU = 1.e-6*(uref);
  NITERMAX     = 150;

    We initialize the grid.

      N = 1 << (lmin);
  init_grid (N);
  
  run();
}

    Boundary conditions

    We use inlet boundary conditions.

    u.n[left] = dirichlet ((uref));
u.t[left] = dirichlet (0);
p[left]   = neumann (0);
pf[left]  = neumann (0);

u.n[right] = neumann (0);
u.t[right] = neumann (0);
p[right]   = dirichlet (0);
pf[right]  = dirichlet (0);

    We give boundary conditions for the face velocity to “potentially” improve the convergence of the multigrid Poisson solver.

    uf.n[left]   = (uref);
uf.n[bottom] = 0;
uf.n[top]    = 0;

    Properties

    event properties (i++)
{
  foreach_face()
    muv.x[] = (uref)*(d)/(Re)*fm.x[];
  boundary ((scalar *) {muv});
}

    Initial conditions

    event init (i = 0)
{

    We set the viscosity field in the event properties.

      mu = muv;

    We use “third-order” face flux interpolation.

    #if ORDER2
  for (scalar s in {u, p, pf})
    s.third = false;
#else
  for (scalar s in {u, p, pf})
    s.third = true;
#endif // ORDER2

    We use a slope-limiter to reduce the errors made in small-cells.

    #if SLOPELIMITER
  for (scalar s in {u}) {
    s.gradient = minmod2;
  }
#endif // SLOPELIMITER
  
#if TREE

    When using TREE and in the presence of embedded boundaries, we should also define the gradient of u at the cell center of cut-cells.

    #endif // TREE

    We initialize the embedded boundary.

    We first define the cylinder’s position, following Wu and Shu.

    #if RE == 2 // Re = 100
  p_p.x = 20.*(d) + (EPS);
#else // Re = 20 and 40
  p_p.x = 16.*(d) + (EPS);
#endif // RE
  p_p.y = (EPS);
  
#if TREE

    When using TREE, we refine the mesh around the embedded boundary.

      astats ss;
  int ic = 0;
  do {
    ic++;
    p_shape (cs, fs, p_p);
    ss = adapt_wavelet ({cs}, (double[]) {1.e-30},
			maxlevel = (lmax), minlevel = (1));
  } while ((ss.nf || ss.nc) && ic < 100);
#endif // TREE
  
  p_shape (cs, fs, p_p);

    We also define the volume fraction at the previous timestep csm1=cs.

      csm1 = cs;

    We define the no-slip boundary conditions for the velocity.

      u.n[embed] = dirichlet (0);
  u.t[embed] = dirichlet (0);
  p[embed]   = neumann (0);

  uf.n[embed] = dirichlet (0);
  uf.t[embed] = dirichlet (0);
  pf[embed]   = neumann (0);

    We initialize the velocity.

      foreach() 
    u.x[] = cs[]*(uref);
  boundary ((scalar *) {u});

    We finally initialize the reference velocity field.

      foreach()
    un[] = u.x[];
}

    Embedded boundaries

    Adaptive mesh refinement

    #if TREE
event adapt (i++)
{
  adapt_wavelet ({cs,u}, (double[]) {1.e-2,(cmax),(cmax)},
  		 maxlevel = (lmax), minlevel = (1));

    We also reset the embedded fractions to avoid interpolation errors on the geometry. This would affect in particular the computation of the pressure contribution to the hydrodynamic forces.

      p_shape (cs, fs, p_p);
}
#endif // TREE

    Outputs

    double CDm1 = 0.;
double sdt = 0., CDavg = 0., CLavg = 0.;
double CDmin = HUGE, CDmax = -HUGE, CLmin = HUGE, CLmax = -HUGE;
double La = 0., Lamin = HUGE, Lamax = -HUGE;

event logfile (i++; t <= 200.*(tref))
{
  double du = change (u.x, un);
  
  coord Fp, Fmu;
  embed_force (p, u, mu, &Fp, &Fmu);

  double CD = (Fp.x + Fmu.x)/(0.5*sq ((uref))*(d));
  double CL = (Fp.y + Fmu.y)/(0.5*sq ((uref))*(d));

  double dF = fabs (CDm1 - CD);
  CDm1 = CD;  

  fprintf (stderr, "%g %d %g %g %d %d %d %d %d %d %g %g %g %g %g %g %g %g\n",
	   (Re),
	   i, t/(tref), dt/(tref),
	   mgp.i, mgp.nrelax, mgp.minlevel,
	   mgu.i, mgu.nrelax, mgu.minlevel,
	   mgp.resb, mgp.resa,
	   mgu.resb, mgu.resa,
	   CD, CL,
	   du, dF);
  fflush (stderr);

  if ((du < 1.e-5 && dF < 1.e-4 && t > 100.*(tref)) || t > 170.*(tref)) {

    We compute the average, minimun and maximum drag and lift coefficients after an initial transitory state.

        CDavg += CD*dt;
    CLavg += CL*dt;
    sdt   += dt;
    
    if (CD > CDmax)
      CDmax = CD;
    if (CD < CDmin)
      CDmin = CD;
    if (CL > CLmax)
      CLmax = CL;
    if (CL < CLmin)
      CLmin = CL;

    Recirculation length.

    We evaluate the lenght of the recirculation area downstream of the cylinder.

        double step = ((L0)/(1 << (lmax)));
    
    La = -((p_p.x) + (d)/2);
    for (double x = ((p_p.x) + (d)/2) + step/2.; x <= (L0) - step/2.; x += step) {
      double o = interpolate (u.x, x, (p_p.y));
      if (o > 0.) {
	La += x;
	break;
      }
    }

    We scale the recirculation area by d/2.

        La /= (d)/2.;

    if (La > Lamax)
      Lamax = La;
    if (La < Lamin)
      Lamin = La;
  }
}

event coeffs (t = end)
{
  char name1[80];
  sprintf (name1, "avg-min-max.dat");
  static FILE * fp = fopen (name1, "w");
  fprintf (fp, "%g %d %g %g %g %g %g %g %g %g %g\n",
	   (Re), (1 << (lmax)),
	   CDavg, CDmin, CDmax,
	   CLavg, CLmin, CLmax,
	   La, Lamin, Lamax);
  fflush (fp);
  fclose (fp);
}

    Snapshots

    event snapshot (t = end)
{
  scalar omega[];
  vorticity (u, omega);
  
  char name2[80];

    We first plot the entire domain.

      view (fov = 20, camera = "front",
	tx = -(L0)/2./(L0), ty = 0.,
	bg = {1,1,1},
	width = 800, height = 800);

  draw_vof ("cs", "fs", lw = 5);
  cells ();
  sprintf (name2, "mesh.png");
  save (name2);
    
  draw_vof ("cs", "fs", filled = -1, lw = 5);
  squares ("u.x", map = cool_warm);
  sprintf (name2, "ux.png");
  save (name2);

  draw_vof ("cs", "fs", filled = -1, lw = 5);
  squares ("u.y", map = cool_warm);
  sprintf (name2, "uy.png");
  save (name2);

  draw_vof ("cs", "fs", filled = -1, lw = 5);
  squares ("p", map = cool_warm);
  sprintf (name2, "p.png");
  save (name2);

  draw_vof ("cs", "fs", filled = -1, lw = 5);
  squares ("omega", map = cool_warm);
  sprintf (name2, "omega.png");
  save (name2);

    We then zoom on the cylinder.

      view (fov = 6, camera = "front",
	tx = -(p_p.x + 3.)/(L0), ty = 0.,
	bg = {1,1,1},
	width = 800, height = 800);

  draw_vof ("cs", "fs", lw = 5);
  cells ();
  sprintf (name2, "mesh-zoom.png");
  save (name2);

  draw_vof ("cs", "fs", lw = 5);
  squares ("u.x", map = cool_warm);
  sprintf (name2, "ux-zoom.png");
  save (name2);

  draw_vof ("cs", "fs", lw = 5);
  squares ("u.y", map = cool_warm);
  sprintf (name2, "uy-zoom.png");
  save (name2);

  draw_vof ("cs", "fs", lw = 5);
  squares ("p", map = cool_warm);
  sprintf (name2, "p-zoom.png");
  save (name2);

  draw_vof ("cs", "fs", lw = 5);
  squares ("omega", map = cool_warm);
  sprintf (name2, "omega-zoom.png");
  save (name2);
}

    Results

    Snapshots for level 8

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    Drag and lift coefficients

    We compare the steady values of the drag coefficient C_D with those obtained in the benchmark study of Wu et al., 2009.

    set terminal svg font ",16"
set key top right spacing 1.1
set grid ytics
set xtics 0,20,200
set xlabel 't/(d/u)'
set ylabel 'C_{D}'
set xrange [0:200]
set yrange [1:3]
plot 2.091 w p pt 1 ps 0.6 lc rgb "black" t "Wu et al., 2009, Re=20", \
     1.565 w p pt 2 ps 0.6 lc rgb "black" t "Wu et al., 2009, Re=40", \
     1.364 w p pt 3 ps 0.6 lc rgb "black" t "Wu et al., 2009, Re=100",	\
     'log' u 3:15 w l lc rgb "blue" t "Basilisk, l=9"
    Time evolution of the drag coefficient C_D (script)

    Time evolution of the drag coefficient C_D (script)

    set ylabel 'C_{L}'
set yrange [-0.4:0.8]
plot 0     w p pt 1 ps 0.6 lc rgb "black" t "Wu et al., 2009, Re=20/40", \
     0.344 w p pt 2 ps 0.6 lc rgb "black" t "Wu et al., 2009, Re=100", \
     'log' u 3:16 w l lc rgb "blue" t "Basilisk, l=9"
    Time evolution of the lift coefficient C_L (script)

    Time evolution of the lift coefficient C_L (script)

    set xtics 128,2,8192
set xlabel 'N'
set ylabel 'C_{D}'
set xrange [128:8192]
set yrange [1:3]
set logscale x
plot 2.091 w lp pt 1 ps 0.6 lc rgb "black" t "Wu et al., 2009, Re=20", \
     1.565 w lp pt 2 ps 0.6 lc rgb "black" t "Wu et al., 2009, Re=40", \
     1.364 w lp pt 3 ps 0.6 lc rgb "black" t "Wu et al., 2009, Re=100",	\
     'avg-min-max.dat' u 2:3 w p pt 7  lc rgb "black" t "Basilisk, C_{D,avg}", \
     ''                u 2:4 w p pt 5  lc rgb "blue"  t "Basilisk, C_{D,min}", \
     ''                u 2:5 w p pt 2  lc rgb "red"   t "Basilisk, C_{D,max}"
    Minimum and maximum drag coeffficient C_D (script)

    Minimum and maximum drag coeffficient C_D (script)

    set ylabel 'C_{L}'
set yrange [-0.4:0.8]
plot 0     w lp pt 1 ps 0.6 lc rgb "black" t "Wu et al., 2009, Re=20/40", \
     0.344 w lp pt 2 ps 0.6 lc rgb "black" t "Wu et al., 2009, Re=100", \
     'avg-min-max.dat' u 2:6 w p pt 7  lc rgb "black" t "Basilisk, C_{L,avg}", \
     ''                u 2:7 w p pt 5  lc rgb "blue"  t "Basilisk, C_{L,min}", \
     ''                u 2:8 w p pt 2  lc rgb "red"   t "Basilisk, C_{L,max}"
    Minimum and maximum lift coeffficient C_L (script)

    Minimum and maximum lift coeffficient C_L (script)

    Recirculation area

    We do the same for the length of the recirculation area L_a.

    set key top right
set ylabel 'La'
set yrange [1:6]
plot 1.86 w lp pt 1 ps 0.6 lc rgb "black" t "Wu et al., 2009, Re=20", \
     4.62 w lp pt 2 ps 0.6 lc rgb "black" t "Wu et al., 2009, Re=40", \
     'avg-min-max.dat' u 2:9  w p pt 7  lc rgb "black" t "Basilisk, La_{avg}", \
     ''                u 2:10 w p pt 5  lc rgb "blue"  t "Basilisk, La_{min}", \
     ''                u 2:11 w p pt 2  lc rgb "red"   t "Basilisk, La_{max}"
    Recirculation area (script)

    Recirculation area (script)

    References

    [wu2009]

    J. Wu and C. Shu. Implicit velocity correction-based immersed boundary-lattice boltzmann method and its applications. Journal of Computational Physics, 228:1963–1979, 2009.
    [williamson1988]

    C.H.K. Williamson. Defining a universal and continuous strouhal–reynolds number relationship for the laminar vortex shedding of a circular cylinder. The Physics of Fluid, 31:2742–2744, 1988.