FP Thermal Front 2D Composite (dim=50)

ADVANTAGES3 · dim 50

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2D anisotropic frontal polymerization in composite layup: 5x5 spatial grid x 2 fields (temperature, cure fraction). Anisotropic conductivity: k_fiber=5.0, k_trans=0.2 W/(m*K). Left edge Dirichlet ignition, insulated on other boundaries. Largest and stiffest FP problem — tests solver on coupled reaction-diffusion with strong directional anisotropy.

Materials & composites

Problem definition

Pojman (2012); Goli et al., ACS Macro Lett. (2020); Vyas et al., Polym. Chem. (2020)

Canonical RHS excerpt from the registered callable used for this benchmark cell. Expand it to verify the state equations; it is not a standalone runnable fixture.

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def _kamal_sourour_rate(T: float, alpha: float) -> float:
    """Kamal-Sourour autocatalytic cure rate at a single point.

    Guards against unphysical states: alpha is clamped to [0, 1] and T is
    floored at _T_FLOOR to prevent Arrhenius overflow from negative or
    near-zero temperatures during stiff integration.
    """
    alpha = min(max(alpha, 0.0), 1.0)
    T = max(T, _T_FLOOR)
    inv_RT = 1.0 / (_R_GAS * T)
    k1 = _A1 * np.exp(-_E1 * inv_RT)
    k2 = _A2 * np.exp(-_E2 * inv_RT)
    return (k1 + k2 * alpha ** _M) * (1.0 - alpha) ** _N

def fp_thermal_front_2d_rhs(t, y):
    T_flat = y[:_N2D].copy()
    alpha_flat = y[_N2D:].copy()

    np.clip(T_flat, _T_FLOOR, None, out=T_flat)
    np.clip(alpha_flat, 0.0, 1.0, out=alpha_flat)

    T = T_flat.reshape(_NX, _NY)
    alpha = alpha_flat.reshape(_NX, _NY)

    dT = np.empty((_NX, _NY))
    dalpha = np.empty((_NX, _NY))

    for i in range(_NX):
        for j in range(_NY):
            R_ij = _kamal_sourour_rate(T[i, j], alpha[i, j])
            dalpha[i, j] = R_ij

            # --- x-direction (fiber) Laplacian ---
            if i == 0:
                # Left edge: Dirichlet T = T_IGNITION (held constant, so
                # dT/dt = 0 but the Laplacian stencil still uses this value
                # as a ghost).  The actual derivative for i=0 nodes is forced
                # to zero below.
                lap_x = 0.0
            elif i == _NX - 1:
                # Right edge: Neumann dT/dx=0 -> ghost T[NX, j] = T[NX-1, j]
                lap_x = (T[i - 1, j] - T[i, j]) * _INV_DX2_2D
            else:
                lap_x = (T[i - 1, j] - 2.0 * T[i, j] + T[i + 1, j]) * _INV_DX2_2D

            # --- y-direction (transverse) Laplacian ---
            if j == 0:
                # Bottom edge: Neumann dT/dy=0 -> ghost T[i, -1] = T[i, 0]
                lap_y = (T[i, j + 1] - T[i, j]) * _INV_DY2_2D
            elif j == _NY - 1:
                # Top edge: Neumann dT/dy=0 -> ghost T[i, NY] = T[i, NY-1]
                lap_y = (T[i, j - 1] - T[i, j]) * _INV_DY2_2D
            else:
                lap_y = (T[i, j - 1] - 2.0 * T[i, j] + T[i, j + 1]) * _INV_DY2_2D

            dT[i, j] = _DIFF_X * lap_x + _DIFF_Y * lap_y + _SRC_COEFF_2D * R_ij

    # Left edge is Dirichlet — temperature is held constant by the BC
    dT[0, :] = 0.0

    dy = np.empty(2 * _N2D)
    dy[:_N2D] = dT.ravel()
    dy[_N2D:] = dalpha.ravel()
    return dy
Parameters
  • _A1 = 1e+08
  • _A2 = 1e+06
  • _DIFF_X = 3.47222e-06
  • _DIFF_Y = 1.38889e-07
  • _E1 = 80000
  • _E2 = 60000
  • _INV_DX2_2D = 6400
  • _INV_DY2_2D = 6400
  • _M = 0.5
  • _N = 1.5
  • _N2D = 25
  • _NX = 5
  • _NY = 5
  • _R_GAS = 8.314
  • _SRC_COEFF_2D = 291.666666667
  • _T_FLOOR = 200
Initial condition
y(0) = [523.15, 523.15, 523.15, 523.15, 523.15, 298.15, …] [shape=(50,), min=0.001, max=523.15]
Horizon
t ∈ [0, 120]

Canonical RHS excerpt captured from the same registered callable used for the published benchmark. Frozen closure values are summarized below; helper imports and solver settings are intentionally omitted.

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Spread: high

Default noise: low

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Clean best: SciPy DOP853

Noisy best: SolvSRK

Coverage

14 solver arms · clean + 5 noise levels

Ranked on survival, precision, and speed

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Freeze
2026-08-13
libsolvsrk
2.3.0
SciPy
1.14
SUNDIALS
CVODE (bundled backend)

20 seeds/cell default · 14 arms · TRL 4–5 · simulation-lab validated · this page: FP Thermal Front 2D Composite (dim=50) (fp-thermal-front-2d-composite-dim-50)

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Results matrix

Pick an objective and a noise level to rank all arms on survival, median SCD, median nfev, and median wall time. Medians across seeds.

Objective

Best overall trade-off of survival, precision, and speed.

Noise level

#SolverSurvivalSCDnfevWallScore
1SciPy DOP853SciPy
100%
10.62,666131 ms0.872
2SciPy RadauSciPy
100%
10.318,8731.78 s0.863
3SolvSRK
100%
9.610,550518 ms0.847
4SciPy RK45SciPy
100%
8.12,666226 ms0.811
5Tsit5external
100%
7.82,3461.58 s0.805
6SciPy RK23SciPy
100%
7.77,853675 ms0.801
7SciPy LSODASciPy
100%
6.92,221183 ms0.784
8CVODE Adamsexternal
100%
6.82,744253 ms0.781
9SciPy BDFSciPy
100%
6.54,240471 ms0.774
10CVODE BDFexternal
100%
6.32,820259 ms0.769

At Clean, best balanced arm is SciPy DOP853 · SolvSRK survival 100%, SCD 9.6.

Values are medians across seeds, measured by Resonix Labs on Resonix hardware and not independently verified; nfev and wall are on reference lab hardware (indicative). Under injected noise only SolvSRK and the SciPy arms are run. How we measure accuracy → · Verification status →

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@misc{resonix_evidence_fp_thermal_front_2d_composite_dim_50_2026,
  title        = {Resonix Evidence Portal: FP Thermal Front 2D Composite (dim=50)},
  author       = {{Resonix Labs (Canada) Inc.}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://resonix.tech/evidence/problems/fp-thermal-front-2d-composite-dim-50}},
  note         = {Self-reported vendor benchmark; internally generated by Resonix Labs and not independently verified. Accessed YYYY-MM-DD. Freeze 2026-08-13; libsolvsrk 2.3.0; SciPy 1.14.}
}

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TRL 4–5 · simulation-lab validated · 398 problems · 14 solver arms · clean + 5 noise levels

Freeze: 2026-08-13 · scipy 1.14 · libsolvsrk 2.3.0 · Methodology

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