File physicsmodel.hxx¶

Base class for Physics Models.

Changelog:

2013-08 Ben Dudson benjamin.dudson@york.ac.uk

Initial version

This file is part of BOUT++.

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Defines

BOUTMAIN(ModelClass)¶

Macro to define a simple main() which creates the given model and runs it. This should be sufficient for most use cases, but a user can define their own main() function if needed.

Example

class MyModel : public PhysicsModel { .. };

BOUTMAIN(MyModel);

SOLVE_FOR1(var)¶: Macro to replace solver->add, passing variable name.

SOLVE_FOR2(var1, var2)¶

SOLVE_FOR3(var1, var2, var3)¶

SOLVE_FOR4(var1, var2, var3, var4)¶

SOLVE_FOR5(var1, var2, var3, var4, var5)¶

SOLVE_FOR6(var1, var2, var3, var4, var5, var6)¶

SOLVE_FOR(...)¶: Add fields to the solver. This should accept up to ten arguments

class PhysicsModel¶

#include <physicsmodel.hxx>

Base class for physics models

Subclassed by LegacyModel

Public Types

using preconfunc = int (PhysicsModel::*)(BoutReal t, BoutReal gamma, BoutReal delta)¶

using jacobianfunc = int (PhysicsModel::*)(BoutReal t)¶

Public Functions

PhysicsModel()¶

virtual ~PhysicsModel()¶

void initialise(Solver *s)¶

Initialse the model, calling the init() and postInit() methods

Note: this is usually only called by the Solver

int runRHS(BoutReal time)¶

Run the RHS function, to calculate the time derivatives

Input

The system state should be in the evolving variables

Parameters

time: The simulation time

The time derivatives will be put in the ddt() variables

Returns a flag: 0 indicates success, non-zero an error flag

bool splitOperator()¶: True if this model uses split operators

int runConvective(BoutReal time)¶: Run the convective (usually explicit) part of the model

int runDiffusive(BoutReal time, bool linear)¶: Run the diffusive (usually implicit) part of the model

bool hasPrecon()¶: True if a preconditioner has been defined

int runPrecon(BoutReal t, BoutReal gamma, BoutReal delta)¶

Run the preconditioner. The system state should be in the evolving variables, and the vector to be solved in the ddt() variables. The result will be put in the ddt() variables.

Note: this is usually only called by the Solver

bool hasJacobian()¶: True if a Jacobian function has been defined

int runJacobian(BoutReal t)¶

Run the Jacobian-vector multiplication function

Note: this is usually only called by the Solver

int runTimestepMonitor(BoutReal simtime, BoutReal dt)¶

Protected Functions

virtual int init(bool restarting) = 0¶

This function is called once by the solver at the start of a simulation.

A valid PhysicsModel must implement this function

Variables should be read from the inputs, and the variables to be evolved should be specified.

int postInit(bool restarting)¶

Post-initialise. This reads the restart file

Parameters

restarting: If true, will load state from restart file

virtual int rhs(BoutReal t)¶

This function is called by the time integration solver at least once per time step.

Variables being evolved will be set by the solver before the call, and this function must calculate and set the time-derivatives.

By default this function just returns an error, which will stop the simulation.

virtual int convective(BoutReal t)¶

virtual int diffusive(BoutReal t)¶

virtual int diffusive(BoutReal t, bool linear)¶

virtual int outputMonitor(BoutReal simtime, int iter, int NOUT)¶: Implemented by user code to monitor solution at output times

virtual int timestepMonitor(BoutReal simtime, BoutReal dt)¶: Timestep monitor. If enabled by setting solver:monitor_timestep=true then this function is called every internal timestep.

void setSplitOperator(bool split = true)¶: Specify that this model is split into a convective and diffusive part.

void setPrecon(preconfunc pset)¶: Specify a preconditioner function.

void setJacobian(jacobianfunc jset)¶: Specify a Jacobian-vector multiply function.

void bout_solve(Field2D &var, const char *name)¶

Specify a variable for the solver to evolve

Note that the variable must not be destroyed (e.g. go out of scope) after this call, since a pointer to

var is stored in the solver.

Parameters

var: The variable to evolve
name: The name to use for variable initialisation and output

To evolve the state, the solver will set var, and the user-supplied rhs() function should calculate ddt(var).

void bout_solve(Field3D &var, const char *name)¶

void bout_solve(Vector2D &var, const char *name)¶

void bout_solve(Vector3D &var, const char *name)¶

bool bout_constrain(Field3D &var, Field3D &F_var, const char *name)¶

Specify a constrained variable var, which will be adjusted to make F_var equal to zero. If the solver does not support constraints then this will throw an exception

Parameters

var: The variable the solver should modify
F_var: The control variable, which the user will set
name: The name to use for initialisation and output

Protected Attributes

Solver *solver = {nullptr}¶: This is set by a call to initialise, and can be used by models to specify evolving variables.

Datafile restart¶: Stores the state for restarting.

PhysicsModelMonitor modelMonitor¶: write restarts and pass outputMonitor method inside a Monitor subclass

Private Members

bool splitop = {false}¶: Split operator model?

preconfunc userprecon = {nullptr}¶: Pointer to user-supplied preconditioner function.

jacobianfunc userjacobian = {nullptr}¶: Pointer to user-supplied Jacobian-vector multiply function.

bool initialised = {false}¶: True if model already initialised.

class PhysicsModelMonitor : public Monitor ¶

#include <physicsmodel.hxx>

Monitor class for PhysicsModel

Public Functions

PhysicsModelMonitor()¶

PhysicsModelMonitor(PhysicsModel *model)¶

int call(Solver *solver, BoutReal time, int iter, int nout)¶

Callback function for the solver, called after timestep_ has passed

Return

non-zero if simulation should be stopped

Parameters

solver: The solver calling this monitor
time: The current simulation time
iter: The current simulation iteration
nout: The total number of iterations for this simulation

Private Members

PhysicsModel *model¶