SNOWPACK 3.7.0
SalinityTransport Class Reference

Detailed Description

This module contains the solver for the diffusion-advection equation for the transport of salinity.

Author
Nander Wever

#include <SalinityTransport.h>

Public Types

enum  SalinityTransportSolvers { EXPLICIT , IMPLICIT , IMPLICIT2 }
 

Public Member Functions

 SalinityTransport (size_t nE)
 Class for solving diffusion-advection equation for salinity using the Crank-Nicolson implicit method
Solve Richards Equation
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bool VerifyCFL (const double dt)
 Check for CFL criterion
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bool VerifyImplicitDt (const double dt)
 Check for Implicit criterion
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bool SolveSalinityTransportEquationImplicit (const double dt, std::vector< double > &DeltaSal, const double f, const bool DonorCell=true)
 Solve diffusion-advection equation using the Crank-Nicolson implicit, or fully implicit method
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bool SolveSalinityTransportEquationExplicit (const double dt, std::vector< double > &DeltaSal)
 Solve diffusion-advection equation using the upwind explicit method
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Public Attributes

std::vector< double > flux_up
 
std::vector< double > flux_down
 
std::vector< double > flux_up_2
 
std::vector< double > flux_down_2
 
std::vector< double > dz_
 
std::vector< double > dz_up
 
std::vector< double > dz_down
 
std::vector< double > theta1
 
std::vector< double > theta2
 
std::vector< double > BrineSal
 
std::vector< double > D
 
std::vector< double > sb
 
double BottomSalinity
 
double TopSalinity
 
double BottomSalFlux
 
double TopSalFlux
 

Member Enumeration Documentation

◆ SalinityTransportSolvers

Enumerator
EXPLICIT 
IMPLICIT 
IMPLICIT2 

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ SalinityTransport()

SalinityTransport::SalinityTransport ( size_t  nE)

Class for solving diffusion-advection equation for salinity using the Crank-Nicolson implicit method
Solve Richards Equation
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Author
Nander Wever
Parameters
nEDomain size (number of elements)

Member Function Documentation

◆ SolveSalinityTransportEquationExplicit()

bool SalinityTransport::SolveSalinityTransportEquationExplicit ( const double  dt,
std::vector< double > &  DeltaSal 
)

Solve diffusion-advection equation using the upwind explicit method
.

Author
Nander Wever
Parameters
dtTime step (s)
DeltaSalResult vector (change in salinity over time step)
Returns
false on error, true otherwise

◆ SolveSalinityTransportEquationImplicit()

bool SalinityTransport::SolveSalinityTransportEquationImplicit ( const double  dt,
std::vector< double > &  DeltaSal,
const double  f,
const bool  DonorCell = true 
)

Solve diffusion-advection equation using the Crank-Nicolson implicit, or fully implicit method
.

Author
Nander Wever

This function solves the following equation (n and i denoting time and spatial level, respectively):

\[
\begin{multlined}
\frac{ \left ( \theta^{n+1}_i S_{\mathrm{b}, i}^{n+1} - \theta^{n}_i S_{\mathrm{b}, i}^{n} \right ) } { \Delta t } \\
- f \left [ \left ( \frac{ 2 D_{i+1}^{n} \theta^{n+1}_{i+1} S_{\mathrm{b}, i+1}^{n+1} }{ \Delta z_{\mathrm{up}} \left ( \Delta z_{\mathrm{up}} + \Delta z_{\mathrm{down}} \right ) } - \frac{ 2 D_{i}^{n} \theta^{n+1}_{i} S_{\mathrm{b}, i}^{n+1} }{\left ( \Delta z_{\mathrm{up}} \Delta z_{\mathrm{down}} \right ) } + \frac{ D_{i-1}^{n} \theta^{n+1}_{i-1} S_{\mathrm{b}, i-1}^{n+1} }{ \Delta z_{\mathrm{down}} \left ( \Delta z_{\mathrm{up}} + \Delta z_{\mathrm{down}} \right ) } \right ) \right ] \\
- \left ( 1-f \right ) \left [ \left ( \frac{ 2 D_{i+1}^{n} \theta^{n}_{i+1} S_{\mathrm{b}, i+1}^{n} }{ \Delta z_{\mathrm{up}} \left ( \Delta z_{\mathrm{up}} + \Delta z_{\mathrm{down}} \right ) } - \frac{ 2 D_{i}^{n} \theta^{n}_{i} S_{\mathrm{b}, i}^{n} }{\left ( \Delta z_{\mathrm{up}} \Delta z_{\mathrm{down}} \right ) } + \frac{ D_{i-1}^{n} \theta^{n}_{i-1} S_{\mathrm{b}, i-1}^{n} }{ \Delta z_{\mathrm{down}} \left ( \Delta z_{\mathrm{up}} + \Delta z_{\mathrm{down}} \right ) } \right ) \right ] \\
- f \left [ \left ( \frac{q^{n}_{i+1} S_{\mathrm{b},i+1}^{n+1} - q^{n}_{i-1} S_{\mathrm{b},i-1}^{n+1}}{\left ( \Delta z_{\mathrm{up}} + \Delta z_{\mathrm{down}} \right ) } \right ) \right ] - \left ( 1-f \right ) \left [ \left ( \frac{q^{n}_{i+1} S_{\mathrm{b},i+1}^{n} - q^{n}_{i-1} S_{\mathrm{b},i-1}^{n}}{\left ( \Delta z_{\mathrm{up}} + \Delta z_{\mathrm{down}} \right ) } \right ) \right ] - s_{\mathrm{sb}} = 0
\end{multlined}
\]

Here, $f=1$ results in the fully implicit scheme, whereas $f=0.5$ corresponds to the Crank-Nicolson scheme. The implicit scheme is first order accurate, whereas the Crank-Nicolson scheme is second order accurate. Furthermore, both are unconditionally stable and suffer only minimal numerical diffusion for the advection part. As with many other common schemes, the advection part is not perfectly conserving sharp transitions. Futhermore, the reason to not use the fully implicit or the Crank Nicolson scheme is the occurrence of spurious oscillations in the solution, which negatively impact the accuracy of the simulations more than the negative effect on computational efficiency imposed by the CFL criterion required for the explicit method (see SalinityTransport::SolveSalinityTransportEquationExcplicit).

Parameters
dtTime step (s)
DeltaSalResult vector (change in salinity over time step)
fSet to 0.5 for Crank-Nicolson, or to 1.0 for fully implicit
DonorCellIf true, use mass-conserving donor-cell scheme (upwind). If false, use default implicit discretization
Returns
false on error, true otherwise

◆ VerifyCFL()

bool SalinityTransport::VerifyCFL ( const double  dt)

Check for CFL criterion
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Author
Nander Wever
Parameters
dtTime step (s)
Returns
true when provided time step dt satisfies CFL criterion, false otherwise.

◆ VerifyImplicitDt()

bool SalinityTransport::VerifyImplicitDt ( const double  dt)

Check for Implicit criterion
.

Author
Nander Wever
Parameters
dtTime step (s)
Returns
true when provided time step dt satisfies criterion to reduce spurious oscillations, false otherwise.

Member Data Documentation

◆ BottomSalFlux

double SalinityTransport::BottomSalFlux

◆ BottomSalinity

double SalinityTransport::BottomSalinity

◆ BrineSal

std::vector<double> SalinityTransport::BrineSal

◆ D

std::vector<double> SalinityTransport::D

◆ dz_

std::vector<double> SalinityTransport::dz_

◆ dz_down

std::vector<double> SalinityTransport::dz_down

◆ dz_up

std::vector<double> SalinityTransport::dz_up

◆ flux_down

std::vector<double> SalinityTransport::flux_down

◆ flux_down_2

std::vector<double> SalinityTransport::flux_down_2

◆ flux_up

std::vector<double> SalinityTransport::flux_up

◆ flux_up_2

std::vector<double> SalinityTransport::flux_up_2

◆ sb

std::vector<double> SalinityTransport::sb

◆ theta1

std::vector<double> SalinityTransport::theta1

◆ theta2

std::vector<double> SalinityTransport::theta2

◆ TopSalFlux

double SalinityTransport::TopSalFlux

◆ TopSalinity

double SalinityTransport::TopSalinity

The documentation for this class was generated from the following files: