How to implement periodic boundary condition in Palabos

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#1

Hello, everyone. I want to use Palabos to simulate microscopic porous flow. The simplified model is as following:
|---------------------periodic boundary--------------------------|
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velocity inlet
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|---------------------periodic boundary--------------------------|

and the outlet condition is outflow. To make it easy, I modified the showcase CYLINDER2D. The modified partion is:


    MultiBlockLattice2D<T, DESCRIPTOR> lattice (
            parameters.getNx(), parameters.getNy(),
            new BGKdynamics<T,DESCRIPTOR>(parameters.getOmega()) );

    lattice.periodicity().toggle(1, true); // the line I add to make the y-direction BC periodic

    OnLatticeBoundaryCondition2D<T,DESCRIPTOR>*
        boundaryCondition = createInterpBoundaryCondition2D<T,DESCRIPTOR>();

    cylinderSetup(lattice, parameters, *boundaryCondition);

and in the statement of cylinderSetup, I delete the lines:


    boundaryCondition.setVelocityConditionOnBlockBoundaries (
            lattice, Box2D(0, nx-1, 0, 0));
    boundaryCondition.setVelocityConditionOnBlockBoundaries (
            lattice, Box2D(0, nx-1, ny-1, ny-1));
Well, I don't know where the problem is, but I get the result just like the periodic BC doesn't work. So I come again for your help. Thanks in advance for your suggestions. Luke
#2

Hello,

setVelocityConditionOnBlockBoundaries automatically puts corners on the “corners” of your domain. You should rather use addVelocityBoundary0N(Box2D(0, 0, 0, ny-1),lattice) and addVelocityBoundary0P(Box2D(nx-1, nx-1, 0, ny-1),lattice).

Orestis

#3

Hello Orestis,

Thanks very much for your advice. Though I still don’t know how the corner matters, but what you said is rather useful.
Thanks again!

Luke

#4

Hi Orestis,

Please explain the boundary copnditions:

addVelocityBoundary0N(Box2D(0, 0, 0, ny-1),lattice)
addVelocityBoundary0P(Box2D(0, 0, 0, ny-1),lattice)

What is meant by 0N and 0P in the above functions ?

Thanks for your help.

Sanjib