Grid_applyBCEdge.F90 File Reference

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Functions/Subroutines
subroutine	Grid_applyBCEdge (bcType, bcDir, guard, var, dataRow, face, gridDataStruct, secondCoord, thirdCoord)

Function/Subroutine Documentation

Grid_applyBCEdge()

subroutine Grid_applyBCEdge	(	integer	bcType,
		integer	bcDir,
		integer	guard,
		integer	var,
		real	dataRow,
		integer	face,
		integer	gridDataStruct,
		real	secondCoord,
		real	thirdCoord
	)

Applies the boundary conditions to a given vector. This routine applies the boundary conditions on a given face (lowerface or upperface) of a given vector. If (face=LOW)dataRow(1:guard) = boundary values If (face=HIGH) dataRow(guard+1:2*guard) = boundary values

The reason why information about direction and variable is included in this interface is because velocities need to be treated specially for REFLECTING boundary conditions. if bcDir=IAXIS, then the variable VELX_VAR is treated differently, same with VELY_VAR if bcDir=JAXIS and VELZ_VAR if bcDir=KAXIS. This special treatment is currently only done if gridDataStruct=CENTER (face variables are assumed not to be velocities). All supported mesh packages extract the vector passed in through the argument "dataRow" from the appropriated blocks, and send it to this routine for boundary calculation. This routine currently calculates REFLECTING and OUTFLOW boundaries. The PERIODIC boundary is calculated by default when the blocks are exchanging data with each other.

If the user wishes to apply different boundary conditions, they should make a copy of this routine in their given Simulation setup and implement their specific boundary.

bcType - the type of boundary condition being applied to this face bcDir - can take on values IAXIS,JAXIS or KAXIS. This is needed for handling the reflective boundary conditions. If bcDir=IAXIS, and boundary conditions are reflective, and X velocity is treated differently from all other variables. similarly if bcDir is JAXIS, then Y velocity is different. guard - number of guardcells var - The variable on which boundary conditions are applied It is used with bcDir for reflective boundary conditions to correctly handle velocities. This argument is redundant for all other variables. dataRow - storage for the data being operated upon. face - can take values LOW and HIGH, defined in constants.h to indicate whether to apply boundary on lowerface or upperface gridDataStruct : integer value specifying data structure. The options are defined in constants.h and they are : CENTER cell centered variables (unk or work for PM) (default) FACEX face centered variable on faces normal to IAXIS FACEY face centered variable on faces normal to JAXIS FACEZ face centered variable on faces normal to KAXIS secondCoord,thirdCoord - scalar coordinate values in the coordinate directions perpendicular to the sweep direction. This is not needed for simple boundary condition types such as REFLECTIVE or OUTFLOW, but is provided so that more complex boundary conditions can make use of it. The meaning depends on the sweep direction bcDir as follows bcDir | secondCoord thirdCoord ------------------------------------------ IAXIS | Y(j) * Z(k) ** JAXIS | X(i) Z(k) ** KAXIS | X(i) Y(j) *) if NDIM > 1 **) if NDIM > 2 These dummy arguments are ignored (and an implementation of this interface should not attempt to access them) if they do not make sense based on the dimensionality of the problem. These are either coordinates of cell centers or of face centers, as appropriate depending on gridDataStruct.

NOTES This routine is common to all the mesh packages supported The mesh packages extract the small vector relevant to boundary conditions calculations from their Grid data structures. If users wish to apply a different but simple directional boundary condition, they can replace this routine. More complex boundary conditions support will come in future releases. In the meantime, users could use the Grid_applyBC.F90 file as a template. That file is currently used only for some Grid implementations (UG and Paramesh2, not for Paramesh 4), but gives a good outline for handling complex boundary conditions.

Definition at line 103 of file Grid_applyBCEdge.F90.