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LeanPool.CIVAxisymmetric.Identities.WeightedSwirl

The weighted swirl component of the scalar Navier–Stokes equation #

For ψ = (−t)^η u_θ on the meridional plane {x₂ = 0} off the axis, the weighted swirl equation of lem:aniso:closure is: ∂_t ψ + u_r ∂_r ψ + u_z ∂_z ψ − (∂_r² ψ + r⁻¹ ∂_r ψ + ∂_z² ψ) + (r⁻² + u_r/r + η/(−t)) ψ = (−t)^η f_θ.

The weight depends only on time, so spatial derivatives factor through it. The time derivative picks up the extra term η/(−t) ψ from differentiating the weight. As in scalar_nse_swirl, the rotation invariance of the pressure is not assumed: it follows from the axisymmetry of the velocity and of the force (pressure_rotZ_invariant).