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aspect::MaterialModel::MaterialAveraging Namespace Reference

Enumerations

enum  AveragingOperation {
  none, arithmetic_average, harmonic_average, geometric_average,
  pick_largest, project_to_Q1, log_average, harmonic_average_only_viscosity,
  geometric_average_only_viscosity, project_to_Q1_only_viscosity, default_averaging
}
 

Functions

std::string get_averaging_operation_names ()
 
AveragingOperation parse_averaging_operation_name (const std::string &s)
 
template<int dim>
void average (const AveragingOperation operation, const typename DoFHandler< dim >::active_cell_iterator &cell, const Quadrature< dim > &quadrature_formula, const Mapping< dim > &mapping, const MaterialProperties::Property &requested_properties, MaterialModelOutputs< dim > &values_out)
 
void average_property (const AveragingOperation operation, const FullMatrix< double > &projection_matrix, const FullMatrix< double > &expansion_matrix, std::vector< double > &values_out)
 
AveragingOperation get_averaging_operation_for_viscosity (const AveragingOperation operation)
 

Detailed Description

A namespace in which we define how material model outputs should be averaged on each cell.

Material models compute output quantities such as the viscosity, the density, etc, based on pressures, temperatures, composition, and location at every quadrature point. For some models, these values vary drastically from quadrature point to quadrature point, and this creates difficulties both for the stability of the discretization as well as for the linear solvers. Some of this can be ameliorated by averaging values on every cell, although this of course reduces the ideal convergence order. This namespace defines the means to achieve such averaging.

Enumeration Type Documentation

§ AveragingOperation

An enum to define what kind of averaging operations are implemented. These are:

  • No averaging, i.e., leave the values as they were provided by the material model.
  • Arithmetic averaging: Set the values of each output quantity at every quadrature point to

    \[ \bar x = \frac 1Q \sum_{q=1}^Q x_q \]

    where \(x_q\) are the values at the \(Q\) quadrature points.
  • Harmonic averaging: Set the values of each output quantity at every quadrature point to

    \[ \bar x = \left(\frac 1Q \sum_{q=1}^Q \frac{1}{x_q}\right)^{-1} \]

    where \(x_q\) are the values at the \(Q\) quadrature points.
  • Geometric averaging: Set the values of each output quantity at every quadrature point to

    \[ \bar x = \left(\prod_{q=1}^Q x_q\right)^{1/Q} \]

    where \(x_q\) are the values at the \(Q\) quadrature points.
  • Pick largest: Set the values of each output quantity at every quadrature point to

    \[ \bar x = \max_{1\le q\le Q} x_q \]

    where \(x_q\) are the values at the \(Q\) quadrature points.
  • Project to \(Q_1\): This operation takes the values at the quadrature points and computes the best bi- or trilinear approximation for them. In other words, it projects the values into the \(Q_1\) finite element space. It then re-evaluate this projection at the quadrature points.
  • Log average: Set the values of each output quantity at every quadrature point to

    \[ \bar x = {10}^{\frac 1Q \sum_{q=1}^Q \log_{10} x_q} \]

    where \(x_q\) are the values at the \(Q\) quadrature points.
  • Harmonic average only viscosity, Geometric average only viscosity and project to Q1 only viscosity: Like harmonic averaging, geometric averaging and project to Q1, but only applied to the viscosity.
Enumerator
none 
arithmetic_average 
harmonic_average 
geometric_average 
pick_largest 
project_to_Q1 
log_average 
harmonic_average_only_viscosity 
geometric_average_only_viscosity 
project_to_Q1_only_viscosity 
default_averaging 

Definition at line 704 of file interface.h.

Function Documentation

§ get_averaging_operation_names()

std::string aspect::MaterialModel::MaterialAveraging::get_averaging_operation_names ( )

Return a string that represents the various averaging options laid out above and that can be used in the declaration of an input parameter. The options are separated by "|" so that they can be used in a ::Patterns::Selection argument.

§ parse_averaging_operation_name()

AveragingOperation aspect::MaterialModel::MaterialAveraging::parse_averaging_operation_name ( const std::string &  s)

Parse a string representing one of the options returned by get_averaging_operation_names(), and return the corresponding AveragingOperation value.

§ average()

template<int dim>
void aspect::MaterialModel::MaterialAveraging::average ( const AveragingOperation  operation,
const typename DoFHandler< dim >::active_cell_iterator &  cell,
const Quadrature< dim > &  quadrature_formula,
const Mapping< dim > &  mapping,
const MaterialProperties::Property requested_properties,
MaterialModelOutputs< dim > &  values_out 
)

Given the averaging operation, a description of where the quadrature points are located on the given cell, and a mapping, perform this operation on all elements of the values structure.

Referenced by aspect::Postprocess::VisualizationPostprocessors::average_quantities().

§ average_property()

void aspect::MaterialModel::MaterialAveraging::average_property ( const AveragingOperation  operation,
const FullMatrix< double > &  projection_matrix,
const FullMatrix< double > &  expansion_matrix,
std::vector< double > &  values_out 
)

Do the requested averaging operation for one array. The projection matrix argument is only used if the operation chosen is project_to_Q1

§ get_averaging_operation_for_viscosity()

AveragingOperation aspect::MaterialModel::MaterialAveraging::get_averaging_operation_for_viscosity ( const AveragingOperation  operation)

Parse an AveragingOperation and alias to an AveragingOperation that only averages viscosity. If the input to this function is an AveragingOperation that averages all properties (e.g. 'harmonic_average'), the function returns the corresponding AveragingOperation that only operates on the viscosity (e.g. 'harmonic_average_only_viscosity'). This is useful in places where averaging is performed on only the viscosity property.