<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Oct 15, 2021 at 7:08 AM Pierre Seize <<a href="mailto:pierre.seize@onera.fr">pierre.seize@onera.fr</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
<br>
I'm writing a code using PETSc to solve NS equations with FV on an <br>
unstructured mesh. Therefore I use DMPlex.<br>
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Regarding periodicity, I manage to implement it this way:<br>
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- for each couple of boundaries that is linked with periodicity, I <br>
create a buffer vector with an ISLocalToGlobalMapping<br>
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- then, when I need to fill the ghost cells corresponding to the <br>
periodicity, the i "true" cell of the local vector fills the buffer <br>
vector on location i with VecSetValuesBlockedLocal, then <br>
VecAssemblyBegin/VecAssemblyEnd ensure each value is send to the correct <br>
location thanks to the mapping, then the i "ghost" cell of the local <br>
vector reads the vector on location i to get it's value.<br>
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It works, but it seems to me there is a better way, with maybe PetscSF, <br>
VecScatter, or something I don't know yet. Does anyone have any advice ?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>There are at least two other ways to handle this. First, the method that is advocated in</div><div>Plex is to actually make a periodic geometry, meaning connect the cells that are meant</div><div>to be connected. Then, if you partition with overlap = 1, PetscGlobalToLocal() will fill in</div><div>these cell values automatically.</div><div><br></div><div>Second, you could use a non-periodic geometry, but alter the LocalToGlobal map such</div><div>that the cells gets filled in anyway. Many codes use this scheme and it is straightforward</div><div>with Plex just by augmenting the map it makes automatically.</div><div><br></div><div>Does this make sense?</div><div><br></div><div> Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div> Matt</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
Pierre Seize<br></blockquote></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their experiments lead.<br>-- Norbert Wiener</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~knepley/" target="_blank">https://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~knepley/</a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>