Two-point flux approximation (Tpfa)

A cell-centered finite volume scheme with two-point flux approximation. More...

Description

We continue from the introduction to Cell-centered Finite Volume Methods using as an example the following scalar elliptic problem for the unknown $u$,

$$\begin{array}{rlrl}\mathrm{\nabla }\cdot (-\mathbf{\Lambda }\mathrm{\nabla }u)& =q& & \mathrm{in}\mathrm{\Omega }\\ (-\mathbf{\Lambda }\mathrm{\nabla }u)\cdot \mathit{n}& =v_N& & \mathrm{on}{\mathrm{\Gamma }}_N\\ u& =u_D& & \mathrm{on}{\mathrm{\Gamma }}_D,\end{array}$$

and recall that after integration of the governing equation over a control volume $K$ and application of the divergence theorem, we replace exact fluxes by numerical approximations $F_{K,\sigma }\approx {\int }_{\sigma }(-{\mathbf{\Lambda }}_K\mathrm{\nabla }u)\cdot \mathit{n}\mathrm{d}\mathrm{\Gamma }$.

Two neighboring control volumes, K, L, sharing the face σ

The linear two-point flux approximation is a simple but robust cell-centered finite-volume scheme, which is commonly used in commercial software. The scheme can be derived by using the co-normal decomposition, which reads

$${\mathbf{\Lambda }}_K{\mathit{n}}_{K,\sigma }=t_{K,\sigma }{\mathit{d}}_{K,\sigma }+{\mathit{d}}_{K,\sigma }^{\mathrm{\perp }},t_{K,\sigma }=\frac{{\mathit{n}}_{K,\sigma }^T{\mathbf{\Lambda }}_K{\mathit{d}}_{K,\sigma }}{{\mathit{d}}_{K,\sigma }^T{\mathit{d}}_{K,\sigma }},{\mathit{d}}_{K,\sigma }^{\mathrm{\perp }}={\mathbf{\Lambda }}_K{\mathit{n}}_{K,\sigma }-t_{K,\sigma }{\mathit{d}}_{K,\sigma },$$

with the tensor ${\mathbf{\Lambda }}_K$ associated with control volume $K$, the distance vector ${\mathit{d}}_{K,\sigma }:={\mathit{x}}_{\sigma }-{\mathit{x}}_K$ and ${\mathit{d}}_{K,\sigma }^T{\mathit{d}}_{K,\sigma }^{\mathrm{\perp }}=0$ (orthogonality). The same can be done for the conormal ${\mathbf{\Lambda }}_L{\mathit{n}}_{L,\sigma }$. The $t_{K,\sigma }$ and $t_{L,\sigma }$ are the transmissibilities associated with the face $\sigma$. These transmissibilities are calculated in DuMux with the free function Dumux::computeTpfaTransmissibility.

With the introduced notation, it follows that for each cell $K$ and face $\sigma$

$$\mathrm{\nabla }u\cdot {\mathbf{\Lambda }}_K{\mathit{n}}_{K,\sigma }=t_{K,\sigma }\mathrm{\nabla }u\cdot {\mathit{d}}_{K,\sigma }+\mathrm{\nabla }u\cdot {\mathit{d}}_{K,\sigma }^{\mathrm{\perp }}.$$

For the Tpfa scheme, the second part in the above equation is neglected. By using the fact that $\mathrm{\nabla }u\cdot {\mathit{d}}_{K,\sigma }\approx u_{\sigma }-u_K$, the discrete fluxes for face $\sigma$ are given by

$$F_{K,\sigma }=-|\sigma |t_{K,\sigma }(u_{\sigma }-u_K),F_{L,\sigma }=-|\sigma |t_{L,\sigma }(u_{\sigma }-u_L).$$

Enforcing local flux conservation, i.e. $F_{K,\sigma }+F_{L,\sigma }=0$, results in

$$u_{\sigma }=\frac{t_{K,\sigma }{u}_K+t_{L,\sigma }{u}_L}{t_{K,\sigma }+t_{L,\sigma }}.$$

With this, the fluxes $F_{K,\sigma }$ are rewritten as

$$F_{K,\sigma }=|\sigma |\frac{t_{K,\sigma }{t}_{L,\sigma }}{t_{K,\sigma }+t_{L,\sigma }}(u_K-u_L),F_{L,\sigma }=|\sigma |\frac{t_{K,\sigma }{t}_{L,\sigma }}{t_{K,\sigma }+t_{L,\sigma }}(u_L-u_K).$$

By neglecting the orthogonal term, the consistency of the scheme is lost for general grids, where $\mathrm{\nabla }u\cdot {\mathit{d}}_{K,\sigma }^{\mathrm{\perp }}\ne 0$. The consistency is achieved only for so-called K-orthogonal grids for which ${\mathit{d}}_{K,\sigma }^{\mathrm{\perp }}=0$. For such grids we deduce that

$$\frac{t_{K,\sigma }{t}_{L,\sigma }}{t_{K,\sigma }+t_{L,\sigma }}=\frac{{\tau }_{K,\sigma }{\tau }_{L,\sigma }}{{\tau }_{K,\sigma }{d}_{L,\sigma }+{\tau }_{L,\sigma }{d}_{K,\sigma }},$$

with ${\tau }_{K,\sigma }:={\mathit{n}}_{K,\sigma }{\mathbf{\Lambda }}_K{\mathit{n}}_{K,\sigma },{\tau }_{L,\sigma }:={\mathit{n}}_{L,\sigma }{\mathbf{\Lambda }}_L{\mathit{n}}_{L,\sigma }$, $d_{K,\sigma }:={\mathit{n}}_{K,\sigma }\cdot {\mathit{d}}_{K,\sigma }$, and $d_{L,\sigma }:={\mathit{n}}_{L,\sigma }\cdot {\mathit{d}}_{L,\sigma }$. This reduces, for the case of scalar permeability, to a distance weighted harmonic averaging of permeabilities.

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Files
file	tpfa/computetransmissibility.hh
	Free functions to evaluate the transmissibilities associated with flux evaluations across sub-control volume faces in the context of the cell-centered TPFA scheme.
file	discretization/cellcentered/tpfa/elementfluxvariablescache.hh
	The flux variables caches for an element.
file	cellcentered/tpfa/elementvolumevariables.hh
	The local (stencil) volume variables class for cell centered tpfa models.
file	discretization/cellcentered/tpfa/fvelementgeometry.hh
	Stencil-local finite volume geometry (scvs and scvfs) for cell-centered TPFA models This builds up the sub control volumes and sub control volume faces for each element in the local scope we are restricting to, e.g. stencil or element.
file	discretization/cellcentered/tpfa/fvgridgeometry.hh
	The finite volume geometry (scvs and scvfs) for cell-centered TPFA models on a grid view This builds up the sub control volumes and sub control volume faces for each element of the grid partition.
file	discretization/cellcentered/tpfa/gridfluxvariablescache.hh
	Flux variable caches on a gridview.
file	cellcentered/tpfa/gridvolumevariables.hh
	The grid volume variables class for cell centered tpfa models.
file	discretization/cellcentered/tpfa/subcontrolvolumeface.hh
	The sub control volume face.

Classes
class	Dumux::CCTpfaElementFluxVariablesCache< GFVC, cachingEnabled >
	The flux variables caches for an element. More...
class	Dumux::CCTpfaElementFluxVariablesCache< GFVC, true >
	The flux variables caches for an element with caching enabled. More...
class	Dumux::CCTpfaElementFluxVariablesCache< GFVC, false >
	The flux variables caches for an element with caching disabled. More...
class	Dumux::CCTpfaElementVolumeVariables< GVV, cachingEnabled >
	The local (stencil) volume variables class for cell centered tpfa models. More...
class	Dumux::CCTpfaElementVolumeVariables< GVV, true >
	The local (stencil) volume variables class for cell centered tpfa models with caching. More...
class	Dumux::CCTpfaElementVolumeVariables< GVV, false >
	The local (stencil) volume variables class for cell centered tpfa models with caching. More...
class	Dumux::CCTpfaFVElementGeometry< GG, enableGridGeometryCache >
	Stencil-local finite volume geometry (scvs and scvfs) for cell-centered TPFA models This builds up the sub control volumes and sub control volume faces for each element in the local scope we are restricting to, e.g. stencil or element. More...
class	Dumux::CCTpfaFVElementGeometry< GG, true >
	Stencil-local finite volume geometry (scvs and scvfs) for cell-centered TPFA models Specialization for grid caching enabled. More...
class	Dumux::CCTpfaFVElementGeometry< GG, false >
	Stencil-local finite volume geometry (scvs and scvfs) for cell-centered TPFA models Specialization for grid caching disabled. More...
struct	Dumux::CCTpfaDefaultGridGeometryTraits< GridView, MapperTraits >
	The default traits for the tpfa finite volume grid geometry Defines the scv and scvf types and the mapper types. More...
class	Dumux::CCTpfaFVGridGeometry< GridView, enableGridGeometryCache, Traits >
	The finite volume geometry (scvs and scvfs) for cell-centered TPFA models on a grid view This builds up the sub control volumes and sub control volume faces. More...
class	Dumux::CCTpfaFVGridGeometry< GV, true, Traits >
	The finite volume geometry (scvs and scvfs) for cell-centered TPFA models on a grid view This builds up the sub control volumes and sub control volume faces. More...
class	Dumux::CCTpfaFVGridGeometry< GV, false, Traits >
	The finite volume geometry (scvs and scvfs) for cell-centered TPFA models on a grid view This builds up the sub control volumes and sub control volume faces. More...
struct	Dumux::CCTpfaDefaultGridFVCTraits< P, FVC, FVCF >
	Flux variable caches traits. More...
class	Dumux::CCTpfaGridFluxVariablesCache< Problem, FluxVariablesCache, FluxVariablesCacheFiller, EnableGridFluxVariablesCache, Traits >
	Flux variable caches on a gridview. More...
class	Dumux::CCTpfaGridFluxVariablesCache< P, FVC, FVCF, true, TheTraits >
	Flux variable caches on a gridview with grid caching enabled. More...
class	Dumux::CCTpfaGridFluxVariablesCache< P, FVC, FVCF, false, TheTraits >
	Flux variable caches on a gridview with grid caching disabled. More...
class	Dumux::CCTpfaGridVolumeVariables< Problem, VolumeVariables, cachingEnabled, Traits >
	Base class for the grid volume variables. More...
struct	Dumux::CCTpfaDefaultScvfGeometryTraits< GridView >
	Default traits class to be used for the sub-control volume faces for the cell-centered finite volume scheme using TPFA. More...
class	Dumux::CCTpfaSubControlVolumeFace< GV, T >
	The sub control volume face. More...

Functions
template<class FVElementGeometry , class Tensor >
Tensor::field_type	Dumux::computeTpfaTransmissibility (const FVElementGeometry &fvGeometry, const typename FVElementGeometry::SubControlVolumeFace &scvf, const typename FVElementGeometry::SubControlVolume &scv, const Tensor &T, typename FVElementGeometry::SubControlVolume::Traits::Scalar extrusionFactor)
	Free function to evaluate the Tpfa transmissibility associated with the flux (in the form of flux = T*gradU) across a sub-control volume face stemming from a given sub-control volume with corresponding tensor T. More...
template<class FVElementGeometry , class Tensor , typename std::enable_if_t< Dune::IsNumber< Tensor >::value, int > = 0>
Tensor	Dumux::computeTpfaTransmissibility (const FVElementGeometry &fvGeometry, const typename FVElementGeometry::SubControlVolumeFace &scvf, const typename FVElementGeometry::SubControlVolume &scv, Tensor t, typename FVElementGeometry::SubControlVolumeFace::Traits::Scalar extrusionFactor)
	Free function to evaluate the Tpfa transmissibility associated with the flux (in the form of flux = T*gradU) across a sub-control volume face stemming from a given sub-control volume for the case where T is just a scalar. More...

Function Documentation

computeTpfaTransmissibility() [1/2]

template<class FVElementGeometry , class Tensor >

Tensor::field_type Dumux::computeTpfaTransmissibility	(	const FVElementGeometry &	fvGeometry,
		const typename FVElementGeometry::SubControlVolumeFace &	scvf,
		const typename FVElementGeometry::SubControlVolume &	scv,
		const Tensor &	T,
		typename FVElementGeometry::SubControlVolume::Traits::Scalar	extrusionFactor
	)

Parameters

fvGeometry	The element-centered control volume geometry
scvf	The sub-control volume face
scv	The neighboring sub-control volume
T	The tensor living in the neighboring scv
extrusionFactor	The extrusion factor of the scv

computeTpfaTransmissibility() [2/2]

template<class FVElementGeometry , class Tensor , typename std::enable_if_t< Dune::IsNumber< Tensor >::value, int > = 0>

Tensor Dumux::computeTpfaTransmissibility	(	const FVElementGeometry &	fvGeometry,
		const typename FVElementGeometry::SubControlVolumeFace &	scvf,
		const typename FVElementGeometry::SubControlVolume &	scv,
		Tensor	t,
		typename FVElementGeometry::SubControlVolumeFace::Traits::Scalar	extrusionFactor
	)

Parameters

fvGeometry	The element-centered control volume geometry
scvf	The sub-control volume face
scv	The neighboring sub-control volume
t	The scalar quantity living in the neighboring scv
extrusionFactor	The extrusion factor of the scv