[Nek5000-users] 2D axisymmetric problems

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Hello All.

I have a couple of questions regarding simulation of 2D axisymmetric problems where there's a nonzero azimuthal velocity component.

First, does the new .rea + .re2 format work with such problems?  I tried this with the "axi" problem in the examples directory, and things halted with 

    ERROR READING INITIAL CONDITION/DRIVE FORCE DATA
  ABORTING IN ROUTINE RDICDF.

It worked fine if I stuck with the older .rea format.

Second, when doing such problems a while back, we would trick nek for such problems by using temperature to represent the azimuthal velocity.  This approach required one to add appropriate terms into the .usr file.  Is this still the case, or is Nek's third velocity component now the azimuthal velocity?

Thanks.
--Mike