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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+"""This program sets up a domain together with a decomposition into subdomains
+modelling layered soil. This is used for our LDD article with tp-tp and tp-r
+coupling.
+
+Along with the subdomains and the mesh domain markers are set upself.
+The resulting mesh is saved into files for later use.
+"""
+
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+import dolfin as df
+import mshr
+import numpy as np
+import sympy as sym
+import typing as tp
+import functools as ft
+import domainPatch as dp
+import LDDsimulation as ldd
+import helpers as hlp
+import datetime
+import os
+import pandas as pd
+
+date = datetime.datetime.now()
+datestr = date.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
+
+# init sympy session
+sym.init_printing()
+# solver_tol = 6E-7
+use_case = "TP-TP-layered-soil-pure-dd"
+max_iter_num = 1000
+FEM_Lagrange_degree = 1
+mesh_study = True
+resolutions = {
+                # 1: 1e-7,  # h=2
+                2: 1e-7,  # h=1.1180
+                4: 1e-7,  # h=0.5590
+                8: 1e-7,  # h=0.2814
+                16: 1e-7, # h=0.1412
+                32: 1e-7,   # h=0.0706
+                64: 1e-7,
+                128: 1e-7,
+                256: 1e-7
+                }
+
+############ GRID #######################
+# mesh_resolution = 20
+timestep_size = 0.0025
+number_of_timesteps = 300
+plot_timestep_every = 2
+# decide how many timesteps you want analysed. Analysed means, that we write out
+# subsequent errors of the L-iteration within the timestep.
+number_of_timesteps_to_analyse = 0
+starttimes = [0.0, 0.25, 0.5]
+
+Lw = 0.025 #/timestep_size
+Lnw=Lw
+
+lambda_w = 40
+lambda_nw = 40
+
+include_gravity = True
+debugflag = False
+analyse_condition = True
+
+if mesh_study:
+    output_string = "./output/{}-{}_timesteps{}_P{}".format(datestr, use_case, number_of_timesteps, FEM_Lagrange_degree)
+else:
+    for tol in resolutions.values():
+        solver_tol = tol
+    output_string = "./output/{}-{}_timesteps{}_P{}_solver_tol{}".format(datestr, use_case, number_of_timesteps, FEM_Lagrange_degree, solver_tol)
+
+# toggle what should be written to files
+if mesh_study:
+    write_to_file = {
+        'space_errornorms': True,
+        'meshes_and_markers': True,
+        'L_iterations_per_timestep': False,
+        'solutions': False,
+        'absolute_differences': False,
+        'condition_numbers': analyse_condition,
+        'subsequent_errors': False
+    }
+else:
+    write_to_file = {
+        'space_errornorms': True,
+        'meshes_and_markers': True,
+        'L_iterations_per_timestep': False,
+        'solutions': True,
+        'absolute_differences': True,
+        'condition_numbers': analyse_condition,
+        'subsequent_errors': True
+    }
+
+# global domain
+subdomain0_vertices = [df.Point(-1.0,-1.0), #
+                        df.Point(1.0,-1.0),#
+                        df.Point(1.0,1.0),#
+                        df.Point(-1.0,1.0)]
+
+interface12_vertices = [df.Point(-1.0, 0.8),
+                        df.Point(0.3, 0.8),
+                        df.Point(0.5, 0.9),
+                        df.Point(0.8, 0.7),
+                        df.Point(1.0, 0.65)]
+# subdomain1.
+subdomain1_vertices = [interface12_vertices[0],
+                        interface12_vertices[1],
+                        interface12_vertices[2],
+                        interface12_vertices[3],
+                        interface12_vertices[4], # southern boundary, 12 interface
+                        subdomain0_vertices[2], # eastern boundary, outer boundary
+                        subdomain0_vertices[3]] # northern boundary, outer on_boundary
+
+# vertex coordinates of the outer boundaries. If it can not be specified as a
+# polygon, use an entry per boundary polygon. This information is used for defining
+# the Dirichlet boundary conditions. If a domain is completely internal, the
+# dictionary entry should be 0: None
+subdomain1_outer_boundary_verts = {
+    0: [interface12_vertices[4], #
+        subdomain0_vertices[2], # eastern boundary, outer boundary
+        subdomain0_vertices[3],
+        interface12_vertices[0]]
+}
+
+
+# interface23
+interface23_vertices = [df.Point(-1.0, 0.0),
+                        df.Point(-0.35, 0.0),
+                        # df.Point(6.5, 4.5),
+                        df.Point(0.0, 0.0),
+                        df.Point(0.5, 0.0),
+                        # df.Point(11.5, 3.5),
+                        # df.Point(13.0, 3)
+                        df.Point(0.85, 0.0),
+                        df.Point(1.0, 0.0)
+                        ]
+
+#subdomain1
+subdomain2_vertices = [interface23_vertices[0],
+                        interface23_vertices[1],
+                        interface23_vertices[2],
+                        interface23_vertices[3],
+                        interface23_vertices[4],
+                        interface23_vertices[5], # southern boundary, 23 interface
+                        subdomain1_vertices[4], # eastern boundary, outer boundary
+                        subdomain1_vertices[3],
+                        subdomain1_vertices[2],
+                        subdomain1_vertices[1],
+                        subdomain1_vertices[0] ] # northern boundary, 12 interface
+
+subdomain2_outer_boundary_verts = {
+    0: [interface23_vertices[5],
+        subdomain1_vertices[4]],
+    1: [subdomain1_vertices[0],
+        interface23_vertices[0]]
+}
+
+
+# interface34
+interface34_vertices = [df.Point(-1.0, -0.6),
+                        df.Point(-0.6, -0.45),
+                        df.Point(0.3, -0.25),
+                        df.Point(0.65, -0.6),
+                        df.Point(1.0, -0.7)]
+
+# subdomain3
+subdomain3_vertices = [interface34_vertices[0],
+                        interface34_vertices[1],
+                        interface34_vertices[2],
+                        interface34_vertices[3],
+                        interface34_vertices[4], # southern boundary, 34 interface
+                        subdomain2_vertices[5], # eastern boundary, outer boundary
+                        subdomain2_vertices[4],
+                        subdomain2_vertices[3],
+                        subdomain2_vertices[2],
+                        subdomain2_vertices[1],
+                        subdomain2_vertices[0] ] # northern boundary, 23 interface
+
+subdomain3_outer_boundary_verts = {
+    0: [interface34_vertices[4],
+        subdomain2_vertices[5]],
+    1: [subdomain2_vertices[0],
+        interface34_vertices[0]]
+}
+
+# subdomain4
+subdomain4_vertices = [subdomain0_vertices[0],
+                        subdomain0_vertices[1], # southern boundary, outer boundary
+                        subdomain3_vertices[4],# eastern boundary, outer boundary
+                        subdomain3_vertices[3],
+                        subdomain3_vertices[2],
+                        subdomain3_vertices[1],
+                        subdomain3_vertices[0] ] # northern boundary, 34 interface
+
+subdomain4_outer_boundary_verts = {
+    0: [subdomain4_vertices[6],
+        subdomain4_vertices[0],
+        subdomain4_vertices[1],
+        subdomain4_vertices[2]]
+}
+
+
+subdomain_def_points = [subdomain0_vertices,#
+                      subdomain1_vertices,#
+                      subdomain2_vertices,#
+                      subdomain3_vertices,#
+                      subdomain4_vertices
+                      ]
+
+
+# interface_vertices introduces a global numbering of interfaces.
+interface_def_points = [interface12_vertices, interface23_vertices, interface34_vertices]
+adjacent_subdomains = [[1,2], [2,3], [3,4]]
+
+# if a subdomain has no outer boundary write None instead, i.e.
+# i: None
+# if i is the index of the inner subdomain.
+outer_boundary_def_points = {
+    # subdomain number
+    1: subdomain1_outer_boundary_verts,
+    2: subdomain2_outer_boundary_verts,
+    3: subdomain3_outer_boundary_verts,
+    4: subdomain4_outer_boundary_verts
+}
+
+isRichards = {
+    1: False,
+    2: False,
+    3: False,
+    4: False
+    }
+
+# isRichards = {
+#     1: True,
+#     2: True,
+#     3: True,
+#     4: True
+#     }
+
+# Dict of the form: { subdom_num : viscosity }
+viscosity = {
+    1: {'wetting' :1,
+         'nonwetting': 1},
+    2: {'wetting' :1,
+         'nonwetting': 1},
+    3: {'wetting' :1,
+         'nonwetting': 1},
+    4: {'wetting' :1,
+         'nonwetting': 1},
+}
+
+# Dict of the form: { subdom_num : density }
+densities = {
+    1: {'wetting': 1,  #997
+         'nonwetting':1},  #1.225}},
+    2: {'wetting': 1,  #997
+         'nonwetting':1},  #1.225}},
+    3: {'wetting': 1,  #997
+         'nonwetting':1},  #1.225}},
+    4: {'wetting': 1,  #997
+         'nonwetting':1},  #1.225}}
+}
+
+gravity_acceleration = 9.81
+# porosities taken from
+# https://www.geotechdata.info/parameter/soil-porosity.html
+# Dict of the form: { subdom_num : porosity }
+porosity = {
+    1: 1,  #0.2,  # Clayey gravels, clayey sandy gravels
+    2: 1,  #0.22, # Silty gravels, silty sandy gravels
+    3: 1,  #0.37, # Clayey sands
+    4: 1,  #0.2 # Silty or sandy clay
+}
+
+# subdom_num : subdomain L for L-scheme
+L = {
+    1: {'wetting' :Lw,
+         'nonwetting': Lnw},
+    2: {'wetting' :Lw,
+         'nonwetting': Lnw},
+    3: {'wetting' :Lw,
+         'nonwetting': Lnw},
+    4: {'wetting' :Lw,
+         'nonwetting': Lnw}
+}
+
+# subdom_num : lambda parameter for the L-scheme
+lambda_param = {
+    1: {'wetting': lambda_w,
+         'nonwetting': lambda_nw},#
+    2: {'wetting': lambda_w,
+         'nonwetting': lambda_nw},#
+    3: {'wetting': lambda_w,
+         'nonwetting': lambda_nw},#
+    4: {'wetting': lambda_w,
+         'nonwetting': lambda_nw},#
+}
+
+
+## relative permeabilty functions on subdomain 1
+def rel_perm1w(s):
+    # relative permeabilty wetting on subdomain1
+    return s**2
+
+
+def rel_perm1nw(s):
+    # relative permeabilty nonwetting on subdomain1
+    return (1-s)**2
+
+
+## relative permeabilty functions on subdomain 2
+def rel_perm2w(s):
+    # relative permeabilty wetting on subdomain2
+    return s**2
+
+
+def rel_perm2nw(s):
+    # relative permeabilty nonwetting on subdosym.cos(0.8*t - (0.8*x + 1/7*y))main2
+    return (1-s)**2
+
+
+_rel_perm1w = ft.partial(rel_perm1w)
+_rel_perm1nw = ft.partial(rel_perm1nw)
+_rel_perm2w = ft.partial(rel_perm2w)
+_rel_perm2nw = ft.partial(rel_perm2nw)
+
+subdomain1_rel_perm = {
+    'wetting': _rel_perm1w,#
+    'nonwetting': _rel_perm1nw
+}
+
+subdomain2_rel_perm = {
+    'wetting': _rel_perm2w,#
+    'nonwetting': _rel_perm2nw
+}
+
+# _rel_perm3 = ft.partial(rel_perm2)
+# subdomain3_rel_perm = subdomain2_rel_perm.copy()
+#
+# _rel_perm4 = ft.partial(rel_perm1)
+# subdomain4_rel_perm = subdomain1_rel_perm.copy()
+
+# dictionary of relative permeabilties on all domains.
+relative_permeability = {
+    1: subdomain1_rel_perm,
+    2: subdomain1_rel_perm,
+    3: subdomain2_rel_perm,
+    4: subdomain2_rel_perm
+}
+
+# definition of the derivatives of the relative permeabilities
+# relative permeabilty functions on subdomain 1
+def rel_perm1w_prime(s):
+    # relative permeabilty on subdomain1
+    return 2*s
+
+def rel_perm1nw_prime(s):
+    # relative permeabilty on subdomain1
+    return -2*(1-s)
+
+# definition of the derivatives of the relative permeabilities
+# relative permeabilty functions on subdomain 1
+def rel_perm2w_prime(s):
+    # relative permeabilty on subdomain1
+    return 2*s
+
+def rel_perm2nw_prime(s):
+    # relative permeabilty on subdomain1
+    return -2*(1-s)
+
+_rel_perm1w_prime = ft.partial(rel_perm1w_prime)
+_rel_perm1nw_prime = ft.partial(rel_perm1nw_prime)
+_rel_perm2w_prime = ft.partial(rel_perm2w_prime)
+_rel_perm2nw_prime = ft.partial(rel_perm2nw_prime)
+
+subdomain1_rel_perm_prime = {
+    'wetting': _rel_perm1w_prime,
+    'nonwetting': _rel_perm1nw_prime
+}
+
+
+subdomain2_rel_perm_prime = {
+    'wetting': _rel_perm2w_prime,
+    'nonwetting': _rel_perm2nw_prime
+}
+
+# dictionary of relative permeabilties on all domains.
+ka_prime = {
+    1: subdomain1_rel_perm_prime,
+    2: subdomain1_rel_perm_prime,
+    3: subdomain2_rel_perm_prime,
+    4: subdomain2_rel_perm_prime
+}
+
+
+
+# S-pc-relation ship. We use the van Genuchten approach, i.e. pc = 1/alpha*(S^{-1/m} -1)^1/n, where
+# we set alpha = 0, assume m = 1-1/n (see Helmig) and assume that residual saturation is Sw
+# this function needs to be monotonically decreasing in the capillary pressure pc.
+# since in the richards case pc=-pw, this becomes as a function of pw a mono
+# tonically INCREASING function like in our Richards-Richards paper. However
+# since we unify the treatment in the code for Richards and two-phase, we need
+# the same requierment
+# for both cases, two-phase and Richards.
+def saturation(pc, n_index, alpha):
+    # inverse capillary pressure-saturation-relationship
+    return df.conditional(pc > 0, 1/((1 + (alpha*pc)**n_index)**((n_index - 1)/n_index)), 1)
+
+# S-pc-relation ship. We use the van Genuchten approach, i.e. pc = 1/alpha*(S^{-1/m} -1)^1/n, where
+# we set alpha = 0, assume m = 1-1/n (see Helmig) and assume that residual saturation is Sw
+def saturation_sym(pc, n_index, alpha):
+    # inverse capillary pressure-saturation-relationship
+    #df.conditional(pc > 0,
+    return 1/((1 + (alpha*pc)**n_index)**((n_index - 1)/n_index))
+
+
+# derivative of S-pc relationship with respect to pc. This is needed for the
+# construction of a analytic solution.
+def saturation_sym_prime(pc, n_index, alpha):
+    # inverse capillary pressure-saturation-relationship
+    return -(alpha*(n_index - 1)*(alpha*pc)**(n_index - 1)) / ( (1 + (alpha*pc)**n_index)**((2*n_index - 1)/n_index) )
+
+
+# note that the conditional definition of S-pc in the nonsymbolic part will be
+# incorporated in the construction of the exact solution below.
+S_pc_sym = {
+    1: ft.partial(saturation_sym, n_index=3, alpha=0.001),
+    2: ft.partial(saturation_sym, n_index=3, alpha=0.001),
+    3: ft.partial(saturation_sym, n_index=3, alpha=0.001),
+    4: ft.partial(saturation_sym, n_index=3, alpha=0.001)
+}
+
+S_pc_sym_prime = {
+    1: ft.partial(saturation_sym_prime, n_index=3, alpha=0.001),
+    2: ft.partial(saturation_sym_prime, n_index=3, alpha=0.001),
+    3: ft.partial(saturation_sym_prime, n_index=3, alpha=0.001),
+    4: ft.partial(saturation_sym_prime, n_index=3, alpha=0.001)
+}
+
+sat_pressure_relationship = {
+    1: ft.partial(saturation, n_index=3, alpha=0.001),
+    2: ft.partial(saturation, n_index=3, alpha=0.001),
+    3: ft.partial(saturation, n_index=3, alpha=0.001),
+    4: ft.partial(saturation, n_index=3, alpha=0.001)
+}
+
+
+#############################################
+# Manufacture source expressions with sympy #
+#############################################
+x, y = sym.symbols('x[0], x[1]')  # needed by UFL
+t = sym.symbols('t', positive=True)
+
+p_e_sym_2patch = {
+    1: {'wetting': -7 - (1+t*t)*(1 + x*x + y*y),
+        'nonwetting': -1-t*(1.1 + y + x**2)},
+    2: {'wetting': -7.0 - (1.0 + t*t)*(1.0 + x*x + y*y),
+        'nonwetting': -1-t*(1.1 + y + x**2)},
+}
+
+p_e_sym = {
+    1: {'wetting': p_e_sym_2patch[1]['wetting'],
+        'nonwetting': p_e_sym_2patch[1]['nonwetting']},
+    2: {'wetting': p_e_sym_2patch[1]['wetting'],
+        'nonwetting': p_e_sym_2patch[1]['nonwetting']},
+    3: {'wetting': p_e_sym_2patch[2]['wetting'],
+        'nonwetting': p_e_sym_2patch[2]['nonwetting']},
+    4: {'wetting': p_e_sym_2patch[2]['wetting'],
+        'nonwetting': p_e_sym_2patch[2]['nonwetting']}
+}
+
+
+# p_e_sym = {
+#     1: {'wetting': 1.0 - (1.0 + t*t)*(10.0 + x*x + (y-5.0)*(y-5.0)),
+#         'nonwetting': - 2 - t*(1 + (y-5.0) + x**2)**2 -sym.sqrt(2+t**2)*(1 + (y-5.0)) },
+#     2: {'wetting': 1.0 - (1.0 + t*t)*(10.0 + x*x + (y-5.0)*(y-5.0)),
+#         'nonwetting': - 2 - t*(1 + (y-5.0) + x**2)**2 -sym.sqrt(2+t**2)*(1 + (y-5.0))},
+#     3: {'wetting': 1.0 - (1.0 + t*t)*(10.0 + x*x + (y-5.0)*(y-5.0)) - (y-5.0)*(y-5.0)*3*sym.sin(-2*t+2*x)*sym.sin(1/2*y-1.2*t),
+#         'nonwetting': - 2 - t*(1 + x**2)**2 -sym.sqrt(2+t**2)},
+#     4: {'wetting': 1.0 - (1.0 + t*t)*(10.0 + x*x + (y-5.0)*(y-5.0)) - (y-5.0)*(y-5.0)*3*sym.sin(-2*t+2*x)*sym.sin(1/2*y-1.2*t),
+#         'nonwetting': - 2 - t*(1 + x**2)**2 -sym.sqrt(2+t**2)}
+# }
+
+pc_e_sym = dict()
+for subdomain, isR in isRichards.items():
+    if isR:
+        pc_e_sym.update({subdomain: -p_e_sym[subdomain]['wetting']})
+    else:
+        pc_e_sym.update({subdomain: p_e_sym[subdomain]['nonwetting']
+                                        - p_e_sym[subdomain]['wetting']})
+
+
+symbols = {"x": x,
+           "y": y,
+           "t": t}
+# turn above symbolic code into exact solution for dolphin and
+# construct the rhs that matches the above exact solution.
+exact_solution_example = hlp.generate_exact_solution_expressions(
+                        symbols=symbols,
+                        isRichards=isRichards,
+                        symbolic_pressure=p_e_sym,
+                        symbolic_capillary_pressure=pc_e_sym,
+                        saturation_pressure_relationship=S_pc_sym,
+                        saturation_pressure_relationship_prime=S_pc_sym_prime,
+                        viscosity=viscosity,
+                        porosity=porosity,
+                        relative_permeability=relative_permeability,
+                        relative_permeability_prime=ka_prime,
+                        densities=densities,
+                        gravity_acceleration=gravity_acceleration,
+                        include_gravity=include_gravity,
+                        )
+source_expression = exact_solution_example['source']
+exact_solution = exact_solution_example['exact_solution']
+initial_condition = exact_solution_example['initial_condition']
+
+# Dictionary of dirichlet boundary conditions.
+dirichletBC = dict()
+# similarly to the outer boundary dictionary, if a patch has no outer boundary
+# None should be written instead of an expression.
+# This is a bit of a brainfuck:
+# dirichletBC[ind] gives a dictionary of the outer boundaries of subdomain ind.
+# Since a domain patch can have several disjoint outer boundary parts, the
+# expressions need to get an enumaration index which starts at 0.
+# So dirichletBC[ind][j] is the dictionary of outer dirichlet conditions of
+# subdomain ind and boundary part j.
+# Finally, dirichletBC[ind][j]['wetting'] and dirichletBC[ind][j]['nonwetting']
+# return the actual expression needed for the dirichlet condition for both
+# phases if present.
+
+# subdomain index: {outer boudary part index: {phase: expression}}
+for subdomain in isRichards.keys():
+    # if subdomain has no outer boundary, outer_boundary_def_points[subdomain] is None
+    if outer_boundary_def_points[subdomain] is None:
+        dirichletBC.update({subdomain: None})
+    else:
+        dirichletBC.update({subdomain: dict()})
+        # set the dirichlet conditions to be the same code as exact solution on
+        # the subdomain.
+        for outer_boundary_ind in outer_boundary_def_points[subdomain].keys():
+            dirichletBC[subdomain].update(
+                {outer_boundary_ind: exact_solution[subdomain]}
+                )
+
+for starttime in starttimes:
+    for mesh_resolution, solver_tol in resolutions.items():
+        # initialise LDD simulation class
+        simulation = ldd.LDDsimulation(
+            tol=1E-14,
+            LDDsolver_tol=solver_tol,
+            debug=debugflag,
+            max_iter_num=max_iter_num,
+            FEM_Lagrange_degree=FEM_Lagrange_degree,
+            mesh_study=mesh_study
+            )
+
+        simulation.set_parameters(use_case=use_case,
+                                  output_dir=output_string,
+                                  subdomain_def_points=subdomain_def_points,
+                                  isRichards=isRichards,
+                                  interface_def_points=interface_def_points,
+                                  outer_boundary_def_points=outer_boundary_def_points,
+                                  adjacent_subdomains=adjacent_subdomains,
+                                  mesh_resolution=mesh_resolution,
+                                  viscosity=viscosity,
+                                  porosity=porosity,
+                                  L=L,
+                                  lambda_param=lambda_param,
+                                  relative_permeability=relative_permeability,
+                                  saturation=sat_pressure_relationship,
+                                  starttime=starttime,
+                                  number_of_timesteps=number_of_timesteps,
+                                  number_of_timesteps_to_analyse=number_of_timesteps_to_analyse,
+                                  plot_timestep_every=plot_timestep_every,
+                                  timestep_size=timestep_size,
+                                  sources=source_expression,
+                                  initial_conditions=initial_condition,
+                                  dirichletBC_expression_strings=dirichletBC,
+                                  exact_solution=exact_solution,
+                                  densities=densities,
+                                  include_gravity=include_gravity,
+                                  write2file=write_to_file,
+                                  )
+
+        simulation.initialise()
+        output_dir = simulation.output_dir
+        # simulation.write_exact_solution_to_xdmf()
+        output = simulation.run(analyse_condition=analyse_condition)
+        for subdomain_index, subdomain_output in output.items():
+            mesh_h = subdomain_output['mesh_size']
+            for phase, different_errornorms in subdomain_output['errornorm'].items():
+                filename = output_dir + "subdomain{}-space-time-errornorm-{}-phase.csv".format(subdomain_index, phase)
+                # for errortype, errornorm in different_errornorms.items():
+
+                    # eocfile = open("eoc_filename", "a")
+                    # eocfile.write( str(mesh_h) + " " + str(errornorm) + "\n" )
+                    # eocfile.close()
+                    # if subdomain.isRichards:mesh_h
+                data_dict = {
+                    'mesh_parameter': mesh_resolution,
+                    'mesh_h': mesh_h,
+                }
+                for error_type, errornorms in different_errornorms.items():
+                    data_dict.update(
+                        {error_type: errornorms}
+                    )
+                errors = pd.DataFrame(data_dict, index=[mesh_resolution])
+                # check if file exists
+                if os.path.isfile(filename) == True:
+                    with open(filename, 'a') as f:
+                        errors.to_csv(f, header=False, sep='\t', encoding='utf-8', index=False)
+                else:
+                    errors.to_csv(filename, sep='\t', encoding='utf-8', index=False)