[tjim]

Hi all,

Can anyone help me identify if the following Euler run has converged? While the CL, CD, CFz, etc. all seem to show a converged result, it is the first simulation I have seen where Res_Flow[0] – Res_Flow[4] (one attached for illustration) starts with a low residual and converges to a higher one.

Is this a Is this physicallly valid convergence? I have also pasted the contents of my configuration file below, in case I have made a simple error in my setup. I could only upload 5 files so I chose a few different plots to show what appears to be converged values. The Res_Flow values look suspicious though!

Also, what exactly are Res_Flow[0-4]? I saw another post suggesting one to look in the FAQ. While the link given doesn't work anymore, I presume it now should point to https://su2code.github.io/docs/FAQ/. The page mentions Residual[0] and Primitive[0] but not Res_Flow[0] etc. Are they just renamed variables?

Apologies if these answers have been mentioned elsewhere! Please let me know if more information is needed to diagnose this.
Kind regards,
Tim

% ------------- DIRECT, ADJOINT, AND LINEARIZED PROBLEM DEFINITION ------------%
%
% Physical governing equations (EULER, NAVIER_STOKES)
PHYSICAL_PROBLEM= EULER
%
% Mathematical problem (DIRECT, CONTINUOUS_ADJOINT)
MATH_PROBLEM= DIRECT
%
% Restart solution (NO, YES)
RESTART_SOL= NO
%
% Write binary restart files (YES, NO)
WRT_BINARY_RESTART= NO
%
% Read binary restart files (YES, NO)
READ_BINARY_RESTART= NO

% -------------------- COMPRESSIBLE FREE-STREAM DEFINITION --------------------%
%
% Mach number (non-dimensional, based on the free-stream values)
MACH_NUMBER= 1.7
%
% Angle of attack (degrees)
AOA= 0.0
%
% Side-slip angle (degrees)
SIDESLIP_ANGLE= 0.0
%
% Free-stream pressure (101325.0 N/m^2 by default, only for Euler equations)
FREESTREAM_PRESSURE= 9119.83
%
% Free-stream temperature (288.15 K by default)
FREESTREAM_TEMPERATURE= 216.65

% ---------------------- REFERENCE VALUE DEFINITION ---------------------------%
%
% Reference origin for moment computation
REF_ORIGIN_MOMENT_X = 0.25
REF_ORIGIN_MOMENT_Y = 0.00
REF_ORIGIN_MOMENT_Z = 0.00
%
% Reference length for pitching, rolling, and yaMAIN_BOX non-dimensional moment
REF_LENGTH= 1.0
%
% Reference area for force coefficients (0 implies automatic calculation)
REF_AREA= 0
%
% Flow non-dimensionalization (DIMENSIONAL, FREESTREAM_PRESS_EQ_ONE,
%                              FREESTREAM_VEL_EQ_MACH, FREESTREAM_VEL_EQ_ONE)
REF_DIMENSIONALIZATION= FREESTREAM_VEL_EQ_ONE

% ----------------------- BOUNDARY CONDITION DEFINITION -----------------------%
%
% Marker of the Euler boundary (0 implies no marker)
MARKER_EULER= ( BODY )
%
% Marker of the far field (0 implies no marker)
MARKER_FAR= ( quad_FARFIELD, tri_FARFIELD )
%
% Marker of symmetry boundary (0 implies no marker)
MARKER_SYM= ( quad_SYMMETRY, tri_SYMMETRY )

% ------------------------ SURFACES IDENTIFICATION ----------------------------%
%
% Marker(s) of the surface in the surface flow solution file
MARKER_PLOTTING = ( BODY )
%
% Marker(s) of the surface where the non-dimensional coefficients are evaluated.
MARKER_MONITORING = ( BODY )
%
% Marker(s) of the surface where obj. func. (design problem) will be evaluated
MARKER_DESIGNING = ( BODY )

% ------------- COMMON PARAMETERS TO DEFINE THE NUMERICAL METHOD --------------%
%
% Numerical method for spatial gradients (GREEN_GAUSS, WEIGHTED_LEAST_SQUARES)
NUM_METHOD_GRAD= WEIGHTED_LEAST_SQUARES
%
% Objective function in gradient evaluation  (DRAG, LIFT, SIDEFORCE, MOMENT_X,
%                                             MOMENT_Y, MOMENT_Z, EFFICIENCY,
%                                             EQUIVALENT_AREA, NEARFIELD_PRESSURE,
%                                             FORCE_X, FORCE_Y, FORCE_Z, THRUST,
%                                             TORQUE, FREE_SURFACE, TOTAL_HEATFLUX,
%                                             MAXIMUM_HEATFLUX, INVERSE_DESIGN_PRESSURE,
%                                             INVERSE_DESIGN_HEATFLUX)
OBJECTIVE_FUNCTION= DRAG
%
% Courant-Friedrichs-Lewy condition of the finest grid
CFL_NUMBER= 5.0
%
% Adaptive CFL number (NO, YES)
CFL_ADAPT= YES
%
% Parameters of the adaptive CFL number (factor down, factor up, CFL min value,
%                                        CFL max value )
CFL_ADAPT_PARAM= ( 1.5, 0.5, 1.0, 100.0 )
%
% Runge-Kutta alpha coefficients
RK_ALPHA_COEFF= ( 0.66667, 0.66667, 1.000000 )
%
% Number of total iterations
EXT_ITER= 99999
%
% Linear solver for the implicit formulation (BCGSTAB, FGMRES)
LINEAR_SOLVER= FGMRES
%
% Preconditioner of the Krylov linear solver (ILU, LU_SGS, LINELET, JACOBI)
LINEAR_SOLVER_PREC= LU_SGS
%
% Min error of the linear solver for the implicit formulation
LINEAR_SOLVER_ERROR= 1E-6
%
% Max number of iterations of the linear solver for the implicit formulation
LINEAR_SOLVER_ITER= 2

% ----------------------- SLOPE LIMITER DEFINITION ----------------------------%
%
% Coefficient for the limiter
VENKAT_LIMITER_COEFF= 0.03
%
% Coefficient for the sharp edges limiter
ADJ_SHARP_LIMITER_COEFF= 3.0
%
% Reference coefficient (sensitivity) for detecting sharp edges.
REF_SHARP_EDGES= 3.0
%
% Remove sharp edges from the sensitivity evaluation (NO, YES)
SENS_REMOVE_SHARP= YES

% -------------------------- MULTIGRID PARAMETERS -----------------------------%
%
% Multi-Grid Levels (0 = no multi-grid)
MGLEVEL= 3
%
% Multi-grid cycle (V_CYCLE, W_CYCLE, FULLMG_CYCLE)
MGCYCLE= W_CYCLE
%
% Multi-Grid PreSmoothing Level
MG_PRE_SMOOTH= ( 1, 2, 3, 3 )
%
% Multi-Grid PostSmoothing Level
MG_POST_SMOOTH= ( 0, 0, 0, 0 )
%
% Jacobi implicit smoothing of the correction
MG_CORRECTION_SMOOTH= ( 0, 0, 0, 0 )
%
% Damping factor for the residual restriction
MG_DAMP_RESTRICTION= 0.9
%
% Damping factor for the correction prolongation
MG_DAMP_PROLONGATION= 0.9

% -------------------- FLOW NUMERICAL METHOD DEFINITION -----------------------%
%
% Convective numerical method (JST, LAX-FRIEDRICH, CUSP, ROE, AUSM, HLLC,
%                              TURKEL_PREC, MSW)
CONV_NUM_METHOD_FLOW= JST
%
% Monotonic Upwind Scheme for Conservation Laws (TVD) in the flow equations.
%           Required for 2nd order upwind schemes (NO, YES)
MUSCL_FLOW= YES
%
% Slope limiter (NONE, VENKATAKRISHNAN, VENKATAKRISHNAN_WANG,
%                BARTH_JESPERSEN, VAN_ALBADA_EDGE)
SLOPE_LIMITER_FLOW= NONE
%
% 2nd and 4th order artificial dissipation coefficients
JST_SENSOR_COEFF= ( 0.5, 0.02 )
%
% Time discretization (RUNGE-KUTTA_EXPLICIT, EULER_IMPLICIT, EULER_EXPLICIT)
TIME_DISCRE_FLOW= EULER_IMPLICIT

% ---------------- ADJOINT-FLOW NUMERICAL METHOD DEFINITION -------------------%
%
% Convective numerical method (JST, LAX-FRIEDRICH, ROE)
CONV_NUM_METHOD_ADJFLOW= JST
%
% Monotonic Upwind Scheme for Conservation Laws (TVD) in the adjoint flow equations.
%           Required for 2nd order upwind schemes (NO, YES)
MUSCL_ADJFLOW= YES
%
% Slope limiter (NONE, VENKATAKRISHNAN, BARTH_JESPERSEN, VAN_ALBADA_EDGE,
%                SHARP_EDGES, WALL_DISTANCE)
SLOPE_LIMITER_ADJFLOW= NONE
%
% 2nd, and 4th order artificial dissipation coefficients
ADJ_JST_SENSOR_COEFF= ( 0.0, 0.02 )
%
% Reduction factor of the CFL coefficient in the adjoint problem
CFL_REDUCTION_ADJFLOW= 0.5
%
% Time discretization (RUNGE-KUTTA_EXPLICIT, EULER_IMPLICIT)
TIME_DISCRE_ADJFLOW= EULER_IMPLICIT

% --------------------------- CONVERGENCE PARAMETERS --------------------------&
%
% Convergence criteria (CAUCHY, RESIDUAL)
CONV_CRITERIA= RESIDUAL
%
% Residual reduction (order of magnitude with respect to the initial value)
RESIDUAL_REDUCTION= 8
%
% Min value of the residual (log10 of the residual)
RESIDUAL_MINVAL= -12
%
% Start convergence criteria at iteration number
STARTCONV_ITER= 25
%
% Number of elements to apply the criteria
CAUCHY_ELEMS= 100
%
% Epsilon to control the series convergence
CAUCHY_EPS= 1E-10
%
% Function to apply the criteria (LIFT, DRAG, NEARFIELD_PRESS, SENS_GEOMETRY, 
% 	      	    		 SENS_MACH, DELTA_LIFT, DELTA_DRAG)
CAUCHY_FUNC_FLOW= DRAG

% ------------------------- INPUT/OUTPUT INFORMATION --------------------------%
%
% Mesh input file
MESH_FILENAME= ../1_mesh/delta-split-mixed-000a-170m-156s-bc-adf.cgns
%
% Mesh output file
MESH_OUT_FILENAME= mesh_out.su2
%
% Restart flow input file
SOLUTION_FLOW_FILENAME= solution_flow.dat
%
% Restart adjoint input file
SOLUTION_ADJ_FILENAME= solution_adj.dat
%
% Mesh input file format (SU2)
MESH_FORMAT= CGNS
%
% Output file format (PARAVIEW, TECPLOT)
OUTPUT_FORMAT= PARAVIEW
%
% Output file convergence history
CONV_FILENAME= history
%
% Output file restart flow
RESTART_FLOW_FILENAME= restart_flow.dat
%
% Output file restart adjoint
RESTART_ADJ_FILENAME= restart_adj.dat
%
% Output file flow (w/o extension) variables
VOLUME_FLOW_FILENAME= flow
%
% Output file adjoint (w/o extension) variables
VOLUME_ADJ_FILENAME= adjoint
%
% Output Objective function gradient (using continuous adjoint)
GRAD_OBJFUNC_FILENAME= of_grad.dat
%
% Output file surface flow coefficient (w/o extension)
SURFACE_FLOW_FILENAME= surface_flow
%
% Output file surface adjoint coefficient (w/o extension)
SURFACE_ADJ_FILENAME= surface_adjoint
%
% Writing solution frequency
WRT_SOL_FREQ= 100
%
% Writing convergence history frequency
WRT_CON_FREQ= 1