[FLASH-USERS] AXISYMMETRIC boundary (was: Implementing Jet via)

Klaus Weide klaus at flash.uchicago.edu
Mon Aug 5 19:06:19 EDT 2019


> From: "Sean M. Couch" <couch at pa.msu.edu>
> Date: Wednesday, 24 July 2019 at 16:33
> 
> Correct me if I’m wrong but I’m not sure that’s 100% correct, 
> Even without b-field variables (i.e., pure Hydro) AXISYMMETRIC 
> boundary conditions will flip the sign of VELZ, treating as though it is 
> the rotational velocity for a “2.5D” simulation.

Sean,

Yes, you are were right - I just did not think of that.


On Wed, 24 Jul 2019, Alex Robinson - UKRI STFC wrote:

> Hello Guys,

>      Thanks for this.  So since VELZ should correspond to the azimuthal 
> velocity (v_phi as it were), I also need to ensure that the azimuthal 
> velocity is zero (which will be true in my case) to ensure equivalence 
> between ‘reflect’ and ‘axisymmetric’?

Yes.


Klaus


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