CHANNEL
A Sample 2D Stokes Problem

CHANNEL is a rectangular region that is 3 units wide and 1 unit high. It is used as a sample problem for the Stokes solver.

To run the problem directly, you only need the user-supplied routines in channel.C, the node data in nodes6.txt, and the element data in triangles6.txt.

You compile and link the Stokes solver with channel.C, using commands like:

        g++ free_fem_stokes.C channel.C
        mv a.out channel
      

        ./channel nodes6.txt triangles6.txt
      

Some of the files needed to run the problem include:

• channel.C, the user-supplied routines to evaluate the right hand side and boundary conditions;
• channel.csh, commands to compile the user routines, link them with the partial program, and run the program;
• channel.out, output from a run of the program;

The pressures are associated with a subset of the full set of nodes, and with an order 3 triangulation of those nodes. Note that, in the order 3 triangulation, the nodes are renumbered, and do NOT inherit the labels used in the order 6 triangulation.

• nodes3.txt, a text file containing the pressure nodes;
• nodes3.png, a PNG image of the pressure nodes, created by PLOT_POINTS;
• triangles3.txt, the linear triangulation;
• triangles3.png, a PNG image of the linear triangulation produced by TRIANGULATION_PLOT.
• pressure3.txt, a text file containing the pressure P at each linear node;
• pressure3.png, a PNG image of a contour plot of the pressure, produced by TRIANGULATION_ORDER3_CONTOUR.

The velocities are associated with the full set of nodes, and with an order 6 triangulation of those nodes.

• nodes6.txt, a text file containing the velocity nodes;
• nodes6.png, a PNG image of the velocity nodes (based on EPS files output directly by FREE_FEM_STOKES);
• triangles6.txt, the quadratic triangulation;
• triangles6.png, a PNG image of the order 6 triangulation (based on EPS files output directly by FREE_FEM_STOKES);
• velocity6.txt, a text file containing the velocity (U,V) at each velocity node;
• velocity6_dir.png, a PNG image of the direction field, created by VECTOR_PLOT.
• velocity6_vec.png, a PNG image of the velocity field, created by VECTOR_PLOT.
• velocity6_arrows.png, a PNG image of the velocity field, created by VELOCITY_ARROWS.