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# PetscLimiterLimit

Limit the flux

### Synopsis

    #include "petscfv.h"
    PetscErrorCode PetscLimiterLimit(PetscLimiter lim, PetscReal flim, PetscReal *phi)

### Input Parameters

| lim | - The PetscLimiter
| flim | - The input field

### Output Parameter

| phi | - The limited field

Note: Limiters given in symmetric form following Berger, Aftosmis, and Murman 2005

    The classical flux-limited formulation is psi(r) where

    r = (u[0] - u[-1]) / (u[1] - u[0])

    The second order TVD region is bounded by

    psi_minmod(r) = min(r,1)      and        psi_superbee(r) = min(2, 2r, max(1,r))

    where all limiters are implicitly clipped to be non-negative. A more convenient slope-limited form is psi(r) =

    phi(r)(r+1)/2 in which the reconstructed interface values are

    u(v) = u[0] + phi(r) (grad u)[0] v

    where v is the vector from centroid to quadrature point. In these variables, the usual limiters become

    phi_minmod(r) = 2 min(1/(1+r),r/(1+r))   phi_superbee(r) = 2 min(2/(1+r), 2r/(1+r), max(1,r)/(1+r))

    For a nicer symmetric formulation, rewrite in terms of

    f = (u[0] - u[-1]) / (u[1] - u[-1])

    where r(f) = f/(1-f). Not that r(1-f) = (1-f)/f = 1/r(f) so the symmetry condition

    phi(r) = phi(1/r)

    becomes

    w(f) = w(1-f).

    The limiters below implement this final form w(f). The reference methods are

    w_minmod(f) = 2 min(f,(1-f))             w_superbee(r) = 4 min((1-f), f)

### See Also

PetscLimiterSetType(), PetscLimiterCreate()

### Level

beginner

### Location

src/dm/dt/fv/interface/fv.c
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