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====Step 1==== If the focus is on tracking angular momentum, then we need to break the vector momentum equation into its <math>(\mathbf\hat{e}_R, \mathbf\hat{e}_\varphi, \mathbf\hat{k})</math> components. As before, this is done by "dotting" each unit vector into the vector equation. This is less straightforward than in the Cartesian case because the orientation of both the <math>\mathbf\hat{e}_R</math> and <math>\mathbf\hat{e}_\varphi</math> unit vectors vary in space. As a result, the first term in the vector equation — the ''material'' time derivative — generates a couple of extra terms, viz., <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="3"> <tr> <td align="right"> <math> \frac{d(\rho\mathbf{u'})}{dt} </math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=~</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math> \frac{d}{dt} [ \mathbf{\hat{e}}_R (\rho u'_R) + \mathbf{\hat{e}}_\varphi (\rho u'_\varphi) + \mathbf{\hat{k}} (\rho u'_z) ] </math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=~</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math> \mathbf{\hat{e}}_R \frac{d(\rho u'_R)}{dt} + \mathbf{\hat{e}}_\varphi \frac{d(\rho u'_\varphi)}{dt} + \mathbf{\hat{k}} \frac{d(\rho u'_z)}{dt} + (\rho u'_R) \frac{d}{dt}\mathbf{\hat{e}}_R + (\rho u'_\varphi) \frac{d}{dt}\mathbf{\hat{e}}_\varphi \, , </math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=~</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math> \mathbf{\hat{e}}_R \frac{d(\rho u'_R)}{dt} + \mathbf{\hat{e}}_\varphi \frac{d(\rho u'_\varphi)}{dt} + \mathbf{\hat{k}} \frac{d(\rho u'_z)}{dt} + \mathbf{\hat{e}}_\varphi(\rho u'_R) \frac{u'_\varphi}{R} - \mathbf{\hat{e}}_R(\rho u'_\varphi) \frac{u'_\varphi}{R} \, . </math> </td> </tr> </table> </div> We also recognize that, when expressed in cylindrical coordinates, <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="3"> <tr> <td align="right"> <math> ~{\vec{\Omega}}_f \times \vec{x} </math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=~</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math> {\hat\mathbf{k}} \Omega_0\times (\mathbf{\hat{e}}_R R + \mathbf{\hat{k}}z) = \mathbf{\hat{e}}_\varphi \Omega_0 R \, , </math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> <math> {\vec{\Omega}}_f \times ({\vec{\Omega}}_f \times \vec{x}) </math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=~</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math> \hat{\mathbf{k}} \Omega_0 \times ( \mathbf{\hat{e}}_\varphi \Omega_0 R ) = - \mathbf{\hat{e}}_R \Omega_0^2 R \, , </math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> <math> {\vec{\Omega}}_f \times {\mathbf{u'}} </math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=~</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math> {\hat\mathbf{k}} \Omega_0\times (\mathbf{\hat{e}}_R u'_R + \mathbf{\hat{e}}_\varphi u'_\varphi + \mathbf{\hat{k}}u'_z) = \mathbf{\hat{e}}_\varphi \Omega_0 u'_R - \mathbf{\hat{e}}_R \Omega_0 u'_\varphi \, . </math> </td> </tr> </table> </div> Hence, the process of "dotting" each unit vector into the equation leads to the following set of scalar momentum-component equations: <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="3"> <tr> <td align="center"> <math>\mathbf{\hat{e}}_R:</math> </td> <td align="right"> <math> \frac{d(\rho u'_R)}{dt} + (\rho u'_R)\nabla\cdot \mathbf{u'} - (\rho u'_\varphi) \frac{u'_\varphi}{R} </math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=~</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math> - \mathbf{\hat{e}}_R \cdot\nabla P - \rho \mathbf{\hat{e}}_R \cdot\nabla \Phi - 2\rho \mathbf{\hat{e}}_R \cdot [ \mathbf{\hat{e}}_\varphi \Omega_0 u'_R - \mathbf{\hat{e}}_R \Omega_0 u'_\varphi ] + \rho \mathbf{\hat{e}}_R\cdot (\mathbf{\hat{e}}_R \Omega_0^2 R) \, </math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="right"> <math> \Rightarrow ~~~~~ \frac{\partial (\rho u'_R)}{\partial t} + \nabla\cdot [(\rho u'_R)\mathbf{u'}] </math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=~</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math> - \mathbf{\hat{e}}_R \cdot\nabla P - \rho \mathbf{\hat{e}}_R \cdot\nabla \Phi + \frac{\rho}{R} \biggl[ (u'_\varphi)^2 + 2R\Omega_0 u'_\varphi + (\Omega_0 R)^2 \biggr] \, </math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=~</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math> - \mathbf{\hat{e}}_R \cdot\nabla P - \rho \mathbf{\hat{e}}_R \cdot\nabla \Phi + \frac{\rho}{R} (u'_\varphi + R\Omega_0)^2 \, ; </math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> <math>\mathbf{\hat{e}}_\varphi:</math> </td> <td align="right"> <math> \frac{d(\rho u'_\varphi)}{dt} + (\rho u'_\varphi)\nabla\cdot \mathbf{u'} + (\rho u'_R) \frac{u'_\varphi}{R} </math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=~</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math> - \mathbf{\hat{e}}_\varphi \cdot\nabla P - \rho \mathbf{\hat{e}}_\varphi \cdot\nabla \Phi - 2\rho \mathbf{\hat{e}}_\varphi \cdot [ \mathbf{\hat{e}}_\varphi \Omega_0 u'_R - \mathbf{\hat{e}}_R \Omega_0 u'_\varphi ] + \rho \mathbf{\hat{e}}_\varphi\cdot (\mathbf{\hat{e}}_R \Omega_0^2 R) \, </math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> (mult. thru by R) </td> <td align="right"> <math> \Rightarrow ~~~~~ \frac{d(\rho R u'_\varphi)}{dt} + (\rho R u'_\varphi)\nabla\cdot \mathbf{u'} </math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=~</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math> - \mathbf{\hat{e}}_\varphi \cdot R\nabla P - \rho \mathbf{\hat{e}}_\varphi \cdot R \nabla \Phi - 2\rho R \Omega_0 u'_R \, </math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="right"> <math> \Rightarrow ~~~~~ \frac{\partial (\rho R u'_\varphi)}{\partial t} + \nabla\cdot [(\rho R u'_\varphi) \mathbf{u'} ] </math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=~</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math> - \mathbf{\hat{e}}_\varphi \cdot R\nabla P - \rho \mathbf{\hat{e}}_\varphi \cdot R \nabla \Phi - 2\rho R \Omega_0 u'_R \, ; </math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> <math>\mathbf{\hat{k}}:</math> </td> <td align="right"> <math> \frac{d(\rho u'_z)}{dt} + (\rho u'_z)\nabla\cdot \mathbf{u'} </math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=~</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math> - \mathbf{\hat{k}} \cdot\nabla P - \rho \mathbf{\hat{k}} \cdot\nabla \Phi - 2\rho \mathbf{\hat{k}} \cdot [ \mathbf{\hat{e}}_\varphi \Omega_0 u'_R - \mathbf{\hat{e}}_R \Omega_0 u'_\varphi ] + \rho \mathbf{\hat{k}}\cdot (\mathbf{\hat{e}}_R \Omega_0^2 R) \, </math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="right"> <math> \Rightarrow ~~~~~ \frac{\partial (\rho u'_z)}{\partial t} + \nabla\cdot[(\rho u'_z) \mathbf{u'} ] </math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=~</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math> - \mathbf{\hat{k}}\cdot\nabla P - \rho \mathbf{\hat{k}}\cdot\nabla \Phi \, . </math> </td> </tr> </table> </div> ---- '''<font color="lightblue">ASIDE:</font>''' <span id="NW78">If we pause our discussion here and map this set of component equations</span> onto a (rotating) cylindrical coordinate mesh — that is, if on the right-hand-sides we implement the straightforward operator projections, <div align="center"> <math>\mathbf{\hat{e}}_R \cdot\nabla \rightarrow \frac{\partial}{\partial R} \, ,</math> <math>\mathbf{\hat{e}}_\varphi \cdot\nabla \rightarrow \frac{1}{R} \frac{\partial}{\partial \varphi} \, ,</math> <math>\mathbf{\hat{k}}\cdot\nabla \rightarrow \frac{\partial}{\partial z} \, ,</math> </div> we obtain a formulation that is familiar to the astrophysics community. For example, as the following table of equations illustrates, it is the component set that has been spelled out in equations (5) - (7) of [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1978ApJ...224..497N Norman & Wilson (1978)] and equations (11), (12), & (3) of [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1997ApJ...490..311N New & Tohline (1997)]. <div align="center"> <table border="1" cellpadding="5" width="80%"> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="lightgreen"> '''Cylindrical Components of the Rotating-Frame Momentum'''<br> <font size="-1">advected across a</font><br> '''Rotating, Cylindrical Coordinate Mesh''' </td> </tr> <tr><td align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="3"> <tr> <td align="right"> <math> \frac{\partial (\rho u'_R)}{\partial t} + \nabla\cdot [(\rho u'_R)\mathbf{u'}] </math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=~</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math> - \frac{\partial}{\partial R} P - \rho \frac{\partial}{\partial R}\Phi + \frac{\rho}{R} \biggl[ (u'_\varphi)^2 + 2R\Omega_0 u'_\varphi + (\Omega_0 R)^2 \biggr] \, </math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> <math> \frac{\partial (\rho R u'_\varphi)}{\partial t} + \nabla\cdot [(\rho R u'_\varphi) \mathbf{u'} ] </math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=~</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math> - \frac{\partial}{\partial\varphi} P - \rho \frac{\partial}{\partial\varphi}\Phi - 2\rho R \Omega_0 u'_R </math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> <math> \frac{\partial (\rho u'_z) }{\partial t} + \nabla\cdot [(\rho u'_z) \mathbf{u'} ] </math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=~</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math> - \frac{\partial}{\partial z} P - \rho \frac{\partial}{\partial z}\Phi </math> </td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"> [[File:NormanWilson78C.png|650px|center|Norman & Wilson (1978)]] Note: For complete correspondence, set <math>(\gamma-1)E \rightarrow P</math> in all three component equations. </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"> [[File:NewTohline97B.png|650px|center|New & Tohline (1997)]] Note: When comparing this set of equations to the set presented by Norman & Wilson (1978), the definitions of the variables, <math>~\mathcal{S}</math> and <math>~\mathcal{T}</math>, must be swapped. </td> </tr> </table> </div> [<font color="red">Comment by J. E. Tohline (April 7, 2014)</font>] This is the set of equations that my research group has been using to simulate a wide variety of astrophysical fluid flows over the past twenty years. This is no longer our method of choice, however. A numerical algorithm based on the hybrid scheme, as summarized below, is far preferable to an algorithm that is based on this more familiar, traditional set of equations for several reasons: * In the hybrid scheme, the Coriolis term disappears from the source term, so it is much easier to design and implement a computational algorithm that conserves angular momentum conservation. * Although the hybrid scheme advects ''inertial-frame'' angular momentum, it retains all of the advantages associated with using a ''rotating'' frame of reference; for example, numerical diffusion is less severe and, in general, the Courant-limited time-step is larger than would be the case if you were forced to transport fluid in the inertial frame of reference. * The hybrid scheme facilitates transport (and conservation) of angular momentum across a (rotating) ''Cartesian'' mesh. This facilitates the use of adaptive-mesh refinement (AMR) techniques and simplifies load-balancing on distributed memory, high-performance computers. ----
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