Re: [ESPResSo-users] Multi-realaxation time model

[Wink, Markus]

Hello Ulf,

perfect, that was exactly what I was looking for! Thanks a lot. 

One quick question. Does ESPResSo use the collide-stream or stream-collide 
algorithm? In the source code it is written, that it uses stream-collide if the 
macro "PULL" is defined, otherwise it uses the collide-stream. Nevertheless, I 
cannot find, whether this macro is defined, neither in the source code, nor in 
the configure- or in the Make-files.  

Greetings

Markus


-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Ulf Schiller [mailto:address@hidden 
Gesendet: Dienstag, 30. Juni 2015 10:23
An: Wink, Markus; address@hidden
Betreff: Re: AW: [ESPResSo-users] Multi-realaxation time model

On 30/06/15 09:10, Wink, Markus wrote:
> Hello Ulf,
> 
> thanks a lot.
> 
> But I am still puzzled concerning the matrix. I thought that the collision 
> operator  Omega should look something like that in MRT:
> Omega = M^-1*S*(m_eq-m)
> 
> whereas M transforms the distribution function f into momentum space: m = M*f.
> S is a diagonal matrix of the form = diag(s_0,s_1,....,s_18) consisting of 
> the relaxation parameters. So basically in D3Q19 the matrix S should has 19 
> parameters.
> I assume that, for instance, s_0 should be equal to 1 (incompressible limit 
> of the LBM ???) and that some are equal.
> 
> The question I have is: If there are four relaxation parameters in ESPResSo 
> (`gamma_shear`, `gamma_bulk`, `gamma_odd`, `gamma_even`), how is the diagonal 
> matrix S explicit built out of them?

The application of the matrix S is performed in `lb_relax_modes(...)` where you 
can read off how the relaxation parameters relate to the matrix. Due to 
symmetries there are only four relaxation parameters, and often only gamma_odd 
and gamma_even are used (TRT - two relaxation time model).

Cheers,
Ulf

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: address@hidden 
> [mailto:address@hidden
> org] Im Auftrag von Ulf Schiller
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 30. Juni 2015 09:23
> An: address@hidden
> Betreff: Re: [ESPResSo-users] Multi-realaxation time model
> 
> On 30/06/15 08:16, Wink, Markus wrote:
>> Dear ESPResSo users and developers,
>>
>>  
>>
>> I have a question concerning the MRT Lattice Boltzmann model used in 
>> ESPResSo. In MRT the linearized collision operator is transformed to 
>> momentum space via the collision matrix M. I have found the collision 
>> matrix in the file lb-d3q19.hpp.
>>
>> But I didn't find the relaxation parameters.
>>
>>  
>>
>> Shouldn't there be some kind of diagonal matrix S containing the 
>> relaxation rates for the different moments?
>>
>> Does anybody know where I can find them or tell me which relaxation 
>> rates ESPResSo is using for the MRT algorithm?
> 
> The relaxation rates are `gamma_shear`, `gamma_bulk`, `gamma_odd`, 
> `gamma_even` and are set in `lb_reinit_parameters()`.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ulf

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