After the tremendous success of 13th Step (thanks to the two people who read it, don't understand why they even bothered? 😂) The 14th step now exists! This case is called the case of flow around an obstacle! Like a box. ⬜ This is an unofficial continuation to this. If I get it approved by Dr. Barba, then it will be official. The original series is in Python but I coded this in MATLAB without using many MATLAB specific functions so the code can be translated to other programing languages 🖧 quite easily 😊.
In terms of validation, Strouhal number is at 0.145 [1-4] for flow around a square cylinder at Re 100. This code gives St of 0.141. 🤓 Fig. 1 shows results from the code.
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| Fig. 1, Post processing |
Code
%% clear and close
close all
clear
clc
beep off % annoying beep off :)
%% define spatial and temporal grids
l_square = 1; % length of square
h = l_square/10; % grid spacing
dt = 1; % time step
L = 40; % cavity length
D = 15; % cavity depth
Nx = round((L/h)+1); % grid points in x-axis
Ny = round((D/h)+1); % grid points in y-axis
nu = 0.000015111; % kinematic viscosity
Uinf = 0.0015111; % free stream velocity / inlet velocity / lid velocity
cfl = dt*Uinf/h; % % cfl number
travel = 10; % times the disturbance travels entire length of computational domain
TT = travel*L/Uinf; % total time
ns = TT/dt; % number of time steps
Re = l_square*Uinf/nu; % Reynolds number
rho = 1.2047; % fluid density
%% initialize flowfield
u = Uinf*ones(Nx,Ny); % x-velocity
v = zeros(Nx,Ny); % y-velocity
p = zeros(Nx,Ny); % pressure
i = 2:Nx-1; % spatial interior nodes in x-axis
j = 2:Ny-1; % spatial interior nodes in y-axis
[X, Y] = meshgrid(0:h:L, 0:h:D); % spatial grid
maxNumCompThreads('automatic'); % select CPU cores
%% solve 2D Navier-Stokes equations
for nt = 1:ns
pn = p;
p(i, j) = (pn(i+1, j)+pn(i-1, j)+pn(i, j+1)+pn(i, j-1))/4 ...
-h*rho/(8*dt)*(u(i+1, j)-u(i-1, j)+v(i, j+1)-v(i, j-1)); % pressure poisson
p(1, :) = p(2, :); % dp/dx = 0 at x = 0
p(Nx, :) = 0; % p = 0 at x = L
p(:, 1) = p(:, 2); % dp/dy = 0 at y = 0
p(:, Ny) = p(:, Ny-1); % dp/dy = 0 at y = D
p(round(5*Nx/L:6*Nx/L), round(7*Ny/D:8*Ny/D)) = 0; % box geometry
p(round(5*Nx/L), round(7*Ny/D:8*Ny/D)) = p(round(5*Nx/L)-1, round(7*Ny/D:8*Ny/D)); % left side
p(round(6*Nx/L), round(7*Ny/D:8*Ny/D)) = p(round(6*Nx/L)+1, round(7*Ny/D:8*Ny/D)); % right side
p(round(5*Nx/L:6*Nx/L), round(7*Ny/D)) = p(round(5*Nx/L:6*Nx/L), round(7*Ny/D)-1); % bottom side
p(round(5*Nx/L:6*Nx/L), round(8*Ny/D)) = p(round(5*Nx/L:6*Nx/L), round(8*Ny/D)+1); % top side
un = u;
vn = v;
u(i, j) = un(i, j)-dt/(2 * h)*(un(i, j).*(un(i+1, j)-un(i-1, j))+vn(i, j).*(un(i, j+1)-un(i, j-1))) ...
-dt/(2*rho*h)*(p(i+1, j)-p(i-1, j)) ...
+nu*dt/h^2*(un(i+1, j)+un(i-1, j)+un(i, j+1)+un(i, j-1)-4*un(i, j)); % x-momentum
u(1, :) = Uinf; % u = Uinf at x = L
u(Nx, :) = u(Nx-1, :); % du/dx = 0 at x = L
u(:, 1) = 0; % u = 0 at y = 0
u(:, Ny) = 0; % u = 0 at y = D
u(round(5*Nx/L:6*Nx/L), round(7*Ny/D:8*Ny/D)) = 0; % box geometry
u(round(5*Nx/L), round(7*Ny/D:8*Ny/D)) = 0; % left side
u(round(6*Nx/L), round(7*Ny/D:8*Ny/D)) = 0; % right side
u(round(5*Nx/L:6*Nx/L), round(7*Ny/D)) = 0; % bottom side
u(round(5*Nx/L:6*Nx/L), round(8*Ny/D)) = 0; % top side
v(i, j) = vn(i, j)-dt/(2*h)*(un(i, j).*(vn(i+1, j)-vn(i-1, j))+vn(i, j).*(vn(i, j+1)-vn(i, j-1))) ...
-dt/(2*rho*h)*(p(i, j+1)-p(i, j-1)) ...
+ nu*dt/h^2*(vn(i+1, j)+vn(i-1, j)+vn(i, j+1)+vn(i, j-1)-4*vn(i, j)); % y-momentum
v(1, :) = 0; % v = 0 at x = L
v(Nx, :) = v(Nx-1, :); % dv/dx = 0 at x = L
v(:, 1) = 0; % v = 0 at y = 0
v(:, Ny) = 0; % v = 0 at y = D
v(round(5*Nx/L:6*Nx/L), round(7*Ny/D:8*Ny/D)) = 0; % box geometry
v(round(5*Nx/L), round(7*Ny/D:8*Ny/D)) = 0; % left side
v(round(6*Nx/L), round(7*Ny/D:8*Ny/D)) = 0; % right side
v(round(5*Nx/L:6*Nx/L), round(7*Ny/D)) = 0; % bottom side
v(round(5*Nx/L:6*Nx/L), round(8*Ny/D)) = 0; % top side
end
%% post-processing
velocity_magnitude = sqrt(u.^2 + v.^2); % velocity magnitude
u1 = u; % u-velocity for plotting with box
v1 = v; % v-velocity for plotting with box
p1 = p; % p-velocity for plotting with box
u1(round(5*Nx/L:6*Nx/L), round(7*Ny/D:8*Ny/D)) = NaN; % step geometry
v1(round(5*Nx/L:6*Nx/L), round(7*Ny/D:8*Ny/D)) = NaN; % step geometry
p1(round(5*Nx/L:6*Nx/L), round(7*Ny/D:8*Ny/D)) = NaN; % step geometry
velocity_magnitude1 = sqrt(u1.^2 + v1.^2); % velocity magnitude with box
%% Visualize velocity vectors and pressure contours
hold on, axis off
contourf(X, Y, u1', 64, 'LineColor', 'none'); % contour plot
set(gca, 'FontSize', 20)
hh = streamslice(X, Y, u1', v1', 20); % streamlines
set(hh, 'Color', 'k','LineWidth', 01);
colorbar; % add color bar
colormap jet % set color map
axis equal % set true scale
xlim([0 L]); % set axis limits
ylim([2 13]);
xticks([0 L]) % set ticks
yticks([0 D]) % set ticks
xlabel('x [m]');
ylabel('y [m]');
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Fahad Butt (2024). Flow Around Square Cylinder (https://fluiddynamicscomputer.blogspot.com/), Blogger. Retrieved Month Date, Year
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Python version:
As the original series is in Python, here is the Python code for Step 14 of 12. Also, I removed mixed terms from pressure poisson equation, just because 😁.
# Copyright <2024> <FAHAD BUTT>
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#%% import libraries
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
#%% define spatial and temporal grids
l_square = 1 # length of square
h = l_square / 10 # grid spacing
dt = 10 # time step
L = 35 # domain length
D = 21 # domain depth
Nx = round(L / h) + 1 # grid points in x-axis
Ny = round(D / h) + 1 # grid points in y-axis
nu = 0.000015111 # kinematic viscosity
Uinf = 0.0015111 # free stream velocity / inlet velocity / lid velocity
cfl = dt * Uinf / h # cfl number
travel = 10 # times the disturbance travels entire length of computational domain
TT = travel * L / Uinf # total time
ns = int(TT / dt) # number of time steps
Re = round(l_square * Uinf / nu) # Reynolds number
rho = 1.2047 # fluid density
#%% initialize flowfield
u = Uinf * np.ones((Nx, Ny)) # x-velocity
v = np.zeros((Nx, Ny)) # y-velocity
p = np.zeros((Nx, Ny)) # pressure
X, Y = np.meshgrid(np.linspace(0, L, Nx), np.linspace(0, D, Ny)) # spatial grid
#%% Solve 2D Navier-Stokes equations
for nt in range(ns):
pn = p.copy()
p[1:-1, 1:-1] = (pn[2:, 1:-1] + pn[:-2, 1:-1] + pn[1:-1, 2:] + pn[1:-1, :-2]) / 4 - h * rho / (8 * dt) * (u[2:, 1:-1] - u[:-2, 1:-1] + v[1:-1, 2:] - v[1:-1, :-2]) # pressure
# boundary conditions for pressure
p[0, :] = p[1, :] # dp/dx = 0 at x = 0
p[-1, :] = 0 # p = 0 at x = L
p[:, 0] = p[:, 1] # dp/dy = 0 at y = 0
p[:, -1] = p[:, -2] # dp/dy = 0 at y = D
p[round(10 * Nx / L):round(11 * Nx / L), round(10 * Ny / D):round(11 * Ny / D)] = 0 # box geometry
p[round(10 * Nx / L), round(10 * Ny / D):round(11 * Ny / D)] = p[round(10 * Nx / L) - 1, round(10 * Ny / D):round(11 * Ny / D)] # box left
p[round(11 * Nx / L), round(10 * Ny / D):round(11 * Ny / D)] = p[round(11 * Nx / L) + 1, round(10 * Ny / D):round(11 * Ny / D)] # box right
p[round(10 * Nx / L):round(11 * Nx / L), round(10 * Ny / D)] = p[round(10 * Nx / L):round(11 * Nx / L), round(10 * Ny / D) - 1] # box bottom
p[round(10 * Nx / L):round(11 * Nx / L), round(11 * Ny / D)] = p[round(10 * Nx / L):round(11 * Nx / L), round(11 * Ny / D) + 1] # box top
un = u.copy()
vn = v.copy()
u[1:-1, 1:-1] = (un[1:-1, 1:-1] - dt / (2 * h) * (un[1:-1, 1:-1] * (un[2:, 1:-1] - un[:-2, 1:-1]) + vn[1:-1, 1:-1] * (un[1:-1, 2:] - un[1:-1, :-2])) - dt / (2 * rho * h) * (p[2:, 1:-1] - p[:-2, 1:-1]) + nu * dt / h**2 * (un[2:, 1:-1] + un[:-2, 1:-1] + un[1:-1, 2:] + un[1:-1, :-2] - 4 * un[1:-1, 1:-1])) # x momentum
# boundary conditions for x-velocity
u[0, :] = Uinf # u = Uinf at x = L
u[-1, :] = u[-2, :] # du/dx = 0 at x = L
u[:, 0] = Uinf # u = 0 at y = 0
u[:, -1] = Uinf # u = 0 at y = D
u[round(10 * Nx / L):round(11 * Nx / L), round(10 * Ny / D):round(11 * Ny / D)] = 0 # box geometry
u[round(10 * Nx / L), round(10 * Ny / D):round(11 * Ny / D)] = 0 # box left
u[round(11 * Nx / L), round(10 * Ny / D):round(11 * Ny / D)] = 0 # box right
u[round(10 * Nx / L):round(11 * Nx / L), round(10 * Ny / D)] = 0 # box bottom
u[round(11 * Nx / L):round(11 * Nx / L), round(11 * Ny / D)] = 0 # box top
v[1:-1, 1:-1] = (vn[1:-1, 1:-1] - dt / (2 * h) * (un[1:-1, 1:-1] * (vn[2:, 1:-1] - vn[:-2, 1:-1]) + vn[1:-1, 1:-1] * (vn[1:-1, 2:] - vn[1:-1, :-2])) - dt / (2 * rho * h) * (p[1:-1, 2:] - p[1:-1, :-2]) + nu * dt / h**2 * (vn[2:, 1:-1] + vn[:-2, 1:-1] + vn[1:-1, 2:] + vn[1:-1, :-2] - 4 * vn[1:-1, 1:-1])) # y momentum
# boundary conditions for y-velocity
v[0, :] = 0 # v = 0 at x = L
v[-1, :] = v[-2, :] # dv/dx = 0 at x = L
v[:, 0] = 0 # v = 0 at y = 0
v[:, -1] = 0 # v = 0 at y = D
v[round(10 * Nx / L):round(11 * Nx / L), round(10 * Ny / D):round(11 * Ny / D)] = 0 # box geometry
v[round(10 * Nx / L), round(10 * Ny / D):round(11 * Ny / D)] = 0 # box left
v[round(11 * Nx / L), round(10 * Ny / D):round(11 * Ny / D)] = 0 # box right
v[round(10 * Nx / L):round(11 * Nx / L), round(10 * Ny / D)] = 0 # box bottom
v[round(11 * Nx / L):round(11 * Nx / L), round(11 * Ny / D)] = 0 # box top
#%% post-processing
velocity_magnitude = np.sqrt(u**2 + v**2) # velocity magnitude
u1 = u.copy() # u-velocity for plotting with box
v1 = v.copy() # v-velocity for plotting with box
p1 = p.copy() # p-velocity for plotting with box
# box geometry for plotting
u1[round(10 * Nx / L):round(11 * Nx / L), round(10 * Ny / D):round(11 * Ny / D)] = np.nan
v1[round(10 * Nx / L):round(11 * Nx / L), round(10 * Ny / D):round(11 * Ny / D)] = np.nan
p1[round(10 * Nx / L):round(11 * Nx / L), round(10 * Ny / D):round(11 * Ny / D)] = np.nan
velocity_magnitude1 = np.sqrt(u1**2 + v1**2) # velocity magnitude with box
# visualize velocity vectors and pressure contours
plt.figure(dpi = 500)
plt.contourf(X, Y, u1.T, 128, cmap = 'hsv')
# plt.colorbar()
plt.gca().set_aspect('equal', adjustable='box')
plt.xticks([0, L])
plt.yticks([0, D])
plt.xlabel('x [m]')
plt.ylabel('y [m]')
plt.show()
plt.figure(dpi = 500)
plt.contourf(X, Y, v1.T, 128, cmap = 'turbo')
# plt.colorbar()
plt.gca().set_aspect('equal', adjustable='box')
plt.xticks([0, L])
plt.yticks([0, D])
plt.xlabel('x [m]')
plt.ylabel('y [m]')
plt.show()
plt.figure(dpi = 500)
plt.contourf(X, Y, p1.T, 128, cmap = 'jet')
# plt.colorbar()
plt.gca().set_aspect('equal', adjustable='box')
plt.xticks([0, L])
plt.yticks([0, D])
plt.xlabel('x [m]')
plt.ylabel('y [m]')
plt.show()
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