Compressible solver comparisons

We run various problems run with the different compressible solvers in pyro (standard Riemann, Runge-Kutta, fourth order).

Kelvin-Helmholtz

The McNally Kelvin-Helmholtz problem sets up a heavier fluid moving in the negative x-direction sandwiched between regions of lighter fluid moving in the positive x-direction.

The image below shows the KH problem initialized with McNally’s test. It ran on a 128 x 128 grid, with gamma = 1.7, and ran until t = 2.0. This is run with:

./pyro.py compressible kh inputs.kh kh.vbulk=0
./pyro.py compressible_rk kh inputs.kh kh.vbulk=0
./pyro.py compressible_fv4 kh inputs.kh kh.vbulk=0
./pyro.py compressible_sdc kh inputs.kh kh.vbulk=0

We vary the velocity in the positive y-direction (vbulk) to see how effective the solvers are at preserving the initial shape.

Sedov

The Sedov problem ran on a 128 x 128 grid, with gamma = 1.4, and until t = 0.1, which can be run as:

./pyro.py compressible sedov inputs.sedov
./pyro.py compressible_rk sedov inputs.sedov
./pyro.py compressible_fv4 sedov inputs.sedov
./pyro.py compressible_sdc sedov inputs.sedov

Quad

The quad problem ran on a 256 x 256 grid until t = 0.8, which can be run as:

./pyro.py compressible quad inputs.quad
./pyro.py compressible_rk quad inputs.quad
./pyro.py compressible_fv4 quad inputs.quad
./pyro.py compressible_sdc quad inputs.quad

Bubble

The bubble problem ran on a 128 x 256 grid until t = 3.0, which can be run as:

./pyro.py compressible bubble inputs.bubble
./pyro.py compressible_rk bubble inputs.bubble
./pyro.py compressible_fv4 bubble inputs.bubble
./pyro.py compressible_sdc bubble inputs.bubble

Rayleigh-Taylor

The Rayleigh-Taylor problem ran on a 64 x 192 grid until t = 3.0, which can be run as:

./pyro.py compressible rt inputs.rt
./pyro.py compressible_rk rt inputs.rt
./pyro.py compressible_fv4 rt inputs.rt
./pyro.py compressible_sdc rt inputs.rt