stokes_2d_exact

stokes_2d_exact, a Python code which evaluates exact solutions to the incompressible steady Stokes equations in 2D.

The incompressible steady 2D Stokes equations seek functions u(x,y), v(x,y), (the velocity vector) and p(x,y) (the pressure) such that

        - uxx - uyy + dpdx = f
        - vxx - vyy + dpdy = g
          ux  + vy         = h

while satisfying boundary conditions for u and v, and a normalization condition for p, such as specifying its value at one point, or requiring that the integral of p over the region be 0.

Three exact solution fields are provided here.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files made available on this web page are distributed under the MIT license

Languages:

stokes_2d_exact is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATLAB version and a Python version.

Related Data and Programs:

navier_stokes_2d_exact, a Python code which evaluates an exact solution to the incompressible time-dependent Navier-Stokes equations over an arbitrary domain in 2D.

navier_stokes_mesh2d, MATLAB data files which define triangular meshes for several 2D test problems involving the Navier Stokes equations for fluid flow, provided by Leo Rebholz.

spiral_data, a Python code which computes a velocity vector field that satisfies the continuity equation, writing the data to a file that can be plotted by gnuplot.

Reference:

Junping Wang, Yanqiu Wang, Xiu Ye,
A robust numerical method for Stokes equations based on divergence-free H(div) finite element methods,
SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing,
Volume 31, Number 4, 2009, pages 2784-2802.
Howard Elman, Alison Ramage, David Silvester,
Finite Elements and Fast Iterative Solvers with Applications in Incompressible Fluid Dynamics,
Oxford, 2005,
ISBN: 978-0198528678,
LC: QA911.E39.

Source Code:

stokes_2d_exact.py, the source code.
stokes_2d_exact.sh, runs all the tests.
stokes_2d_exact.txt, the output file.

Graphics files for flow #1:

stokes1_commands.txt, commands to draw the velocity field.
stokes1_data.txt, velocity field data.
stokes1.png, a PNG plot of the velocity field.
stokes1_matplotlib.png, a PNG plot of the velocity field created by MATPLOTLIB.

Graphics files for flow #2:

stokes2_commands.txt, commands to draw the velocity field.
stokes2_data.txt, velocity field data.
stokes2.png, a PNG plot of the velocity field.
stokes2_matplotlib.png, a PNG plot of the velocity field created by MATPLOTLIB.

Graphics files for flow #3:

stokes3_commands.txt, commands to draw the velocity field.
stokes3_data.txt, velocity field data.
stokes3.png, a PNG plot of the velocity field.
stokes3_matplotlib.png, a PNG plot of the velocity field created by MATPLOTLIB.

Last revised on 12 February 2015.