[Nek5000-users] Periodicity with curvature

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Sat Jan 13 14:34:58 CST 2018


Hi Paul,
In the future, I will need a more complex geometry where cyclic BCs are not
in-line. This simple example I presented here is simply a proof of concept
for another mesh.
What would be the best method do this, when the geometry isn't simple
enough to use auto-periodic?

Thank you,
Jon

On Sat, Jan 13, 2018 at 2:28 PM, <nek5000-users at lists.mcs.anl.gov> wrote:

>
> Hi Jon,
>
>
> It's been awhile since I've run the cyclic BCs that you're trying to use.
>
> (Here:  cyclic = periodic + turning through an angle.)
>
>
> I can't recall the full workflow at the moment (and am not in a position
>
> to check), but I think you'll have better luck if you build a straight
> mesh,
>
> run genmap, and then morph the geometry into the desired curved
>
> shape in usrdat2().
>
>
> The reason for doing so is that you'll then be guaranteed to have
>
> the correct mesh connectivity.
>
>
> hth,
>
>
> Paul
>
>
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> *From:* Nek5000-users <nek5000-users-bounces at lists.mcs.anl.gov> on behalf
> of nek5000-users at lists.mcs.anl.gov <nek5000-users at lists.mcs.anl.gov>
> *Sent:* Saturday, January 13, 2018 1:00:48 PM
> *To:* nek5000-users at lists.mcs.anl.gov
> *Subject:* Re: [Nek5000-users] Periodicity with curvature
>
> My apologies, can you clarify what you mean?
> I made global refinements one more time, and re-assigned the periodic BCs
> within prex. For this 2D case (attached), I have linked the 8 element sides
> with the right 8 sides. All other sides are walls.
>
> Thank you,
> Jon
>
> On Sat, Jan 13, 2018 at 12:49 PM, <nek5000-users at lists.mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
>
> can you try again with at least 3 elements in other direction.
>
> On 13 Jan 2018, at 19:42, "nek5000-users at lists.mcs.anl.gov" <
> nek5000-users at lists.mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the quick response. I made some global refinements but it seems
> I'm still getting the same error with genmap.
>
> Attached is the new .rea file with 4 elements in the periodic direction.
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 13, 2018 at 12:32 PM, <nek5000-users at lists.mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
>
> You need to have at least three elements in the periodic direction.
>
> On 13 Jan 2018, at 19:19, "nek5000-users at lists.mcs.anl.gov" <
> nek5000-users at lists.mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
>
> Dear Nek Users,
>
> I am trying to get periodicity to work in the lastest version of Nek. I've
> made an extremely simple mesh within prenek (prex) in polar coordinates and
> cannot seem to run this case. When I run genmap, I get the error below. Did
> I do something wrong in setting up this mesh?
>
>
>
> >> genmap
>  reading a.rea
> Input mesh tolerance (default 0.2):
> NOTE: smaller is better, but generous is more forgiving for bad meshes.
> 0.01
>  reading mesh data ...
>  start locglob_lexico:           4           2           8
>  1.0000000000000000E-002
>  locglob:           1           1           8
>  locglob:           2           5           8
>  locglob:           1           6           8
>  locglob:           2           6           8
>  done locglob_lexico:           6           6           8           2
>  start periodic vtx:           2           6
>      1     4     4  Matrix:    x0
>   1   x0    1.0000E+00  1.0000E+00  5.4347-323  4.9407-324
>   2   x0   -3.5355E-01  3.5355E-01  6.9423-310  6.9423-310
>   3   x0    3.5355E-01 -3.5355E-01  6.9529-310  6.9529-310
>   4   x0    6.9423-310  6.9529-310  2.3477-313  3.1632-317
>      2     4     4  Matrix:    x1
>   1   x1    1.0000E+00  1.0000E+00  6.3240-322  0.0000E+00
>   2   x1   -3.5355E-01  3.5355E-01  0.0000E+00  6.9423-310
>   3   x1   -3.5355E-01  3.5355E-01  6.9423-310  6.9529-310
>   4   x1    6.9423-310  6.9423-310  6.9423-310  6.9529-310
>      1     4     4  Matrix:    z0
>   1   z0    1.0000E+00  1.0000E+00  5.4347-323  4.9407-324
>   2   z0   -2.1213E+00 -1.4142E+00  6.9423-310  6.9423-310
>   3   z0    2.1213E+00  1.4142E+00  6.9529-310  6.9529-310
>   4   z0    6.9423-310  6.9529-310  2.3477-313  3.1632-317
>      2     4     4  Matrix:    z1
>   1   z1    1.0000E+00  1.0000E+00  6.3240-322  0.0000E+00
>   2   z1    1.4142E+00  2.1213E+00  0.0000E+00  6.9423-310
>   3   z1    1.4142E+00  2.1213E+00  6.9423-310  6.9529-310
>   4   z1    6.9423-310  6.9423-310  6.9423-310  6.9529-310
>            1 3  0  1.00000000E-03  2.12132000E+00 abort: FACE MATCH FAIL
>            2 4  3  2.12132000E-03  1.00000031E+00 abort: FACE MATCH FAIL
>
>            0  quit
>
>
>
>
>
> The mesh within my .rea file is as follows:
>    20.0000       20.0000      -8.00000      -4.00000
>  XFAC,YFAC,XZERO,YZERO
>  **MESH DATA** 1st line is X of corner 1,2,3,4. 2nd line is Y.
>          2         2         2 NEL,NDIM,NELV
>       ELEMENT          1 [    1A]    GROUP     0
>   -2.121320      -1.414213     -0.8742276E-07 -0.1311341E-06
>    2.121320       1.414213       2.000000       3.000000
>       ELEMENT          2 [    1B]    GROUP     0
>  -0.1311341E-06 -0.8742276E-07   1.414213       2.121320
>    3.000000       2.000000       1.414213       2.121320
>   ***** CURVED SIDE DATA *****
>          4 Curved sides follow IEDGE,IEL,CURVE(I),I=1,5, CCURVE
>   2  1  -2.00000       0.00000       0.00000       0.00000       0.00000
>    C
>   4  1   3.00000       0.00000       0.00000       0.00000       0.00000
>    C
>   2  2  -2.00000       0.00000       0.00000       0.00000       0.00000
>    C
>   4  2   3.00000       0.00000       0.00000       0.00000       0.00000
>    C
>   ***** BOUNDARY CONDITIONS *****
>   ***** FLUID   BOUNDARY CONDITIONS *****
>  P    1  1   2.00000       3.00000       0.00000       0.00000
>  0.00000
>  W    1  2   0.00000       0.00000       0.00000       0.00000
>  0.00000
>  E    1  3   2.00000       1.00000       0.00000       0.00000
>  0.00000
>  W    1  4   0.00000       0.00000       0.00000       0.00000
>  0.00000
>  E    2  1   1.00000       3.00000       0.00000       0.00000
>  0.00000
>  W    2  2   0.00000       0.00000       0.00000       0.00000
>  0.00000
>  P    2  3   1.00000       1.00000       0.00000       0.00000
>  0.00000
>  W    2  4   0.00000       0.00000       0.00000       0.00000
>  0.00000
>   ***** NO THERMAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS *****
>
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