Basilisk jet benchmark visualization

A conservative public case study for an existing Basilisk two-phase VOF benchmark: the official circular route is the lead sample, while a 2:1 rectangular top-hat imposed-inlet route is shown only as a secondary caveated comparison.

Public portfolio page — no validation, production-CFD, or fit-readiness claim.

Overview

What was computed

The data come from Basilisk two-phase VOF benchmark runs and postprocessing. The scientific story combines route selection, scalar diagnostics, interface-surface rendering, and explicit limitations.

What is shown

The public figures include a circular lead sequence, a caveated round-vs-rectangular comparison, a no-pressure scalar diagnostic reel, and selected contact sheets.

Selected figures

These compact contact sheets summarize the public comparison. Full solver outputs, raw frames, and source videos remain outside the website.

Contact sheet from the official circular Basilisk two-phase VOF lead sequence
Official circular lead sequence. Official circular route used as the lead visual sample for this benchmark page draft.
Contact sheet comparing official circular route with a two-to-one rectangular top-hat imposed inlet
Round vs rectangular comparison. The rectangular route is a secondary 2:1 top-hat imposed-inlet comparison, not Poiseuille or internal-nozzle flow.
Contact sheet for scalar diagnostics showing phase, speed, and diagnostic vorticity without pressure panels
No-pressure scalar diagnostics. Pressure panels are omitted because valid nonzero pressure export is not available for this figure set.

Route status

The circular route leads the comparison; the rectangular route is a secondary top-hat imposed-inlet case rather than an internal-nozzle model.

Lead routeOfficial circular two-phase VOF benchmark
Secondary routeC1_rect_area_top_hat, a 2:1 rectangular top-hat imposed-inlet comparison
Scalar diagnosticsPhase, speed, diagnostic vorticity, and ambient context
Pressure statusPressure visualization blocked until a valid nonzero runtime export exists
Media statusCompact contact-sheet references; no pressure panels
Page statusPublic portfolio page

Workflow elements

  • Basilisk two-phase VOF benchmark outputs
  • Solver-derived interface and scalar diagnostics
  • Curated scalar-figure selection
  • Blender postprocessing for interface surfaces
  • Scientific limits attached to each output

Scientific limits

  • Not validation
  • Not production CFD
  • Not experimental agreement
  • Not an atomisation predictor
  • Not pressure-nozzle modeling
  • Not fit-ready reduced-model data
  • The rectangular route is not Poiseuille and does not resolve internal-nozzle flow

Deferred technical tracks

These items remain separate from the current page draft and require separate source and interpretation checks before stronger scientific claims are made.

Runtime pressure export after projection with nonzero range checks

This future work remains separate from the current results until it has its own diagnostics, interpretation, and scientific validation.

Validated gradient-tensor export before Q/lambda2 media

This future work remains separate from the current results until it has its own diagnostics, interpretation, and scientific validation.

Gravity-aligned branch as a separate physics question

This future work remains separate from the current results until it has its own diagnostics, interpretation, and scientific validation.

Geometry growth and interface metrics with quality flags

This future work remains separate from the current results until it has its own diagnostics, interpretation, and scientific validation.

Later ideal/lossy jet-model overlays only after their source and interpretation are verified

This future work remains separate from the current results until it has its own diagnostics, interpretation, and scientific validation.