VariationalPressurelessFluid · Pressureless flow
Pressureless density transport
A density ripple travels once around a periodic box at constant speed. VariationalPressurelessFluid has no pressure force, so the exact nonlinear solution keeps the profile unchanged. Compare its shape, mass and kinetic energy. The initial data are giving on .
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Physical problem
A density ripple carried at constant speed
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Complete source
Simulation script
Run it locally
1. Install and compile
Use Python 3.10 or newer with Struphy's system prerequisites installed. Run these commands in your Python environment:
pip install "struphy[pproc]>=3.4.0"
pip install "plasma-plots[plotly]>=0.1.1"
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2. Run the script
Download the .py file above, open a terminal in its directory, then run:
python pressureless-transport.pyFigures are saved in the current directory. Add --show to display them before saving.
"""Exact density transport with VariationalPressurelessFluid.
Without pressure, a uniform velocity transports any smooth density profile
unchanged. Here rho = 1 + A cos(x - U t) makes one circuit of a periodic box.
This is an exact nonlinear solution, without characteristic crossing.
Install dependencies and compile the kernels (Python 3.10 or newer):
pip install "struphy[pproc]>=3.4.0"
pip install "plasma-plots[plotly]>=0.1.1"
struphy compile
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Save this file and run it from the directory where you want the output:
python pressureless-transport.py
Figures are saved in the current directory; add --show to display them before saving.
"""
import argparse
import numpy as np
from struphy import (
DerhamOptions, EnvironmentOptions, FieldsBackground, Simulation, Time,
domains, equils, grids, perturbations,
)
from struphy.models import VariationalPressurelessFluid
from plasma_plots import save_figure
stem = "pressureless-transport"
length, speed, amplitude = 2.0 * np.pi, 0.5, 0.2
crossing_time = length / speed
def create_simulation() -> Simulation:
model = VariationalPressurelessFluid()
model.propagators.variat_dens.options = model.propagators.variat_dens.Options(model="pressureless")
# The density 3-form and contravariant velocity include the coordinate mapping.
model.fluid.density.add_background(FieldsBackground(values=(length,)))
model.fluid.velocity.add_background(FieldsBackground(values=(speed / length, 0.0, 0.0)))
model.fluid.density.add_perturbation(
perturbations.ModesCos(ls=(1,), amps=(amplitude,), Lx=length, given_in_basis="physical"),
)
model.fluid.density.save_data = True
model.fluid.velocity.save_data = True
domain = domains.Cuboid(r1=length)
grid = grids.TensorProductGrid(num_elements=(32, 1, 1))
derham_opts = DerhamOptions(degree=(3, 1, 1))
time_opts = Time(dt=crossing_time / 800, Tend=crossing_time, split_algo="Strang")
sim = Simulation(
model=model,
name="Pressureless density transport",
description=(
"A density ripple travels once around a periodic box at constant speed. "
"VariationalPressurelessFluid has no pressure force, so the exact nonlinear "
"solution keeps the profile unchanged. Compare its shape, mass and kinetic energy."
r" The initial data are $$\rho(x,0)=1+0.2\cos x,\qquad \mathbf{u}(x,0)=(0.5,0,0),$$"
r" giving :math:`\rho(x,t)=1+0.2\cos(x-0.5t)` on :math:`0\leq x<2\pi`."
),
env=EnvironmentOptions(out_folders="struphy_gallery_runs", sim_folder="pressureless_transport"),
time_opts=time_opts, domain=domain, grid=grid, derham_opts=derham_opts,
equil=equils.HomogenSlab(B0z=1.0, n0=1.0),
)
return sim
def pproc(sim: Simulation, show: bool = False):
time_opts = sim.time_opts
from plotly.subplots import make_subplots
from plasma_plots.theory.exact import advected
output = sim.output
output.pproc(physical=True)
rho = output.evaluate("fluid/density_xyz").isel(eta2=0, eta3=0)
velocity = output.evaluate("fluid/velocity_xyz").isel(component=0, eta2=0, eta3=0)
energy = output.scalars["kinetic_energy"]
times, x, density = rho.t.values, rho.eta1.values * length, rho.values
exact = advected(lambda q: 1.0 + amplitude * np.cos(q), x[None, :], times[:, None], speed)
if not all(np.isfinite(a).all() for a in (density, velocity.values, energy.values)):
raise RuntimeError("The transport run produced non-finite diagnostics")
if not np.isclose(times[-1], time_opts.Tend) or np.min(density) <= 0:
raise RuntimeError("The transport run is incomplete or has non-positive density")
errors = rho.plasma.analysis.error(exact, norm="max", dims="eta1").values / amplitude
velocity_error = float(np.max(np.abs(velocity.values - speed)) / speed)
energy_error = energy.plasma.analysis.relative_error(skip_first=False)
energy_drift = float(energy_error.max())
# Sampled mass uses the periodic evaluation grid, dropping its repeated endpoint.
mass = length * rho.plasma.analysis.drop_periodic_endpoint("eta1").mean("eta1")
mass_error = mass.plasma.analysis.relative_error(skip_first=False)
mass_drift = float(mass_error.max())
print(f"Maximum profile error against exact transport: {errors.max():.2e} (relative to A)")
if errors.max() > 0.05 or velocity_error > 0.01 or max(energy_drift, mass_drift) > 1e-3:
raise RuntimeError("Pressureless transport failed its profile or conservation checks")
figure = make_subplots(rows=2, cols=1, vertical_spacing=0.18,
subplot_titles=("The ripple moving around the box", "Error and conservation"))
for fraction, color in ((0.0, "#168aad"), (0.25, "#f77f00"), (0.5, "#d62828"), (1.0, "#6a4c93")):
i = int(np.argmin(np.abs(times - fraction * crossing_time)))
figure.add_scatter(x=x, y=density[i], name=f"t = {times[i]:.2f}", line={"color": color}, row=1, col=1)
figure.add_scatter(x=x[::4], y=exact[i, ::4], mode="markers", name="Exact transport",
showlegend=fraction == 0.0, marker={"color": color, "symbol": "circle-open"}, row=1, col=1)
for t, values, label in ((times, errors, "Profile error / A"),
(times, mass_error.values, "Relative sampled-mass drift"),
(energy.t.values, energy_error.values, "Relative kinetic-energy drift")):
figure.add_scatter(x=t, y=values, name=label, row=2, col=1)
figure.update_xaxes(title_text="x", row=1, col=1)
figure.update_yaxes(title_text="ρ", row=1, col=1)
figure.update_xaxes(title_text="t", row=2, col=1)
figure.update_yaxes(title_text="absolute relative error", row=2, col=1)
figure.update_layout(title="Pressureless transport at constant velocity", template="plotly_white",
legend={"orientation": "h", "y": -0.18}, margin={"l": 85, "r": 30, "t": 90, "b": 140})
save_figure(figure, stem, height=800, show=show)
movie = rho.assign_coords(eta1=x).plasma.plot.slice(
x="eta1", y="t", symmetric=True, cmap="RdBu_r", title="Density transported around a periodic box",
xlabel="x", ylabel="t [a.u.]", colorbar_label="ρ", backend="plotly",
)
save_figure(movie, f"{stem}-space-time", show=show)
if __name__ == "__main__":
argparser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Run the pressureless transport example.")
argparser.add_argument(
"--pproc-only",
action="store_true",
help="Run post-processing on an existing simulation instead of running a new one.",
)
argparser.add_argument("--show", action="store_true", help="Show the figures before saving them.")
args = argparser.parse_args()
simulation = create_simulation()
if not args.pproc_only:
simulation.run()
pproc(simulation, show=args.show)
See the post-processing guide for more ways to inspect the result.