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Nstrophy is a tool to solve the two-dimensional Navier-Stokes equation as well
as Gallavotti's reversible Navier-Stokes equation and compare them.
**Nstrophy is under active development**
# Building
Compile Nstrophy with
```bash
make
```
which will place a binary at `build/nstrophy`.
The syntax for the execution of Nstrophy is
```bash
./build/nstrophy [-p parameters] [-s savefile] <command>
```
Nstrophy is written in C. The Makefile uses the GNU C Compiler.
Nstrophy depends on `fftw`: [https://fftw.org]
# Commands
The available commands are
* `enstrophy`: to compute the enstrophy, the parameter alpha and
alpha times the enstrophy. This command prints
`step_index time average_alpha average_enstrophy average_alphaxenstrophy alpha enstrophy alphaxenstrophy`
where the averages are running averages over `print_freq` steps.
* `uk`: to compute the Fourier transform of the solution.
* `quiet`: does not print anything, useful for debugging.
# Parameters
The parameters can be specified using the `-p` flag. The parameter string
should be a `;` sperated list of `key=value` pairs. The possible keys are
* `equation`: either `irreverisible` (default) or `reversible`.
* `K` (int, default 16): cutoff in momentum space: -K<=k_i<=K
* `K1` (int, default `K`): cutoff in momentum space for the x component:
-K<=k_x<=K
* `K2` (int, default `K`): cutoff in momentum space for the y component:
-K<=k_y<=K
* `N` (int, default smallest power of 2 that is larger than 3`K`): size of fft
vectors: must be at least 3 times `K` to avoid aliasing.
* `N1` (int, default `N`): same as `N` but only for x component.
* `N2` (int, default `N`): same as `N` but only for y component.
* `nsteps` (long int, default 10000000): number of steps in the computation.
Set to 0 to keep on going forever.
* `nu` (double, default 0.00048828125): viscosity.
* `delta` (double, default 0.0001220703125): step size.
* `L` (double, default 2pi): size of box.
* `print_freq` (long int, default 1000): only print every `print_freq` steps.
* `starting_time` (long int, default 0): start the computation at this step.
* `driving`: either `zero` for no driving, `test` (default) for a testing
driving force or `file:<filename>` or `file_txt:<filename>` to read the
driving force from a file. When using `file:<filename>` the file should be
binary, whereas with `file_txt:<filename>` it should be plaintext. The binary
file format is `(double)(double)` for each entry of the driving force,
excluding kx<0 and kx=0&&ky<=0. The plaintext file format is
`kx ky real_part imag_part`.
* `init`: either `random` for a random initialization, `gaussian` (default) for
a Gaussian initial condition or `file:<filename>` or `file_txt:<filename>` to
read the driving force from a file. When using `file:<filename>` the file
should be binary, whereas with `file_txt:<filename>` it should be plaintext.
The binary file format is `(double)(double)` for each entry of the driving
force, excluding kx<0 and kx=0&&ky<=0. The plaintext file format is
`kx ky real_part imag_part`.
* `init_en` (double, default 1.54511597324389e+02): initial value of the energy if
`equation=irreversible` or of the enstrophy if `equation=reversible`.
* `random_seed` (int, default ): seed for random initialization.
* `algorithm`: either `RK4` for Runge-Kutta 4, or `RK2` for Runge-Kutta 2.
# Interrupting/resuming the computation
The computation can be interrupted by sending Nstrophy the `SIGINT` signal
(e.g. by pressing `Ctrl-C`.) When Nstrophy receives the `SIGINT` signal, it
finishes its current step and writes the value of uk, either to `savefile` if
such a file was specified on the command line (using the `-s` flag), or to
`stderr`. In addition, when a `savefile` is specified it writes the command
that needs to be used to resume the computation (which essentially just sets
the appropriate `starting_time` and `init:file:<savefile>` parameters. The data
written to the `savefile` is binary.