G4RKIntegrationDriver.hh

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// G4RKIntegrationDriver
//
// Class description:
//
// Driver class which controls the integration error of a 
// Runge-Kutta stepper 
 
// Author: Dmitry Sorokin (CERN, Google Summer of Code 2017), 20.10.2017
// --------------------------------------------------------------------
#ifndef G4RKINTEGRATIONDRIVER_HH
#define G4RKINTEGRATIONDRIVER_HH
 
#include "G4VIntegrationDriver.hh"
 
/**
 * @brief G4RKIntegrationDriver is a templated driver class which controls the
 * integration error of a Runge-Kutta stepper.
 */
 
template <class T>
class G4RKIntegrationDriver : public G4VIntegrationDriver
{
  public:
 
    /**
     * Constructor for G4RKIntegrationDriver.
     *  @param[in] stepper Pointer to the stepper algorithm.
     */
    G4RKIntegrationDriver(T* stepper);
 
    /**
     * Copy constructor and assignment operator not allowed.
     */
    G4RKIntegrationDriver(const G4RKIntegrationDriver&) = delete;
    G4RKIntegrationDriver& operator=(const G4RKIntegrationDriver&) = delete;
 
    /**
     * Accessors for derivatives.
     */
    void GetDerivatives(const G4FieldTrack& track,
                              G4double dydx[]) const override;
    void GetDerivatives(const G4FieldTrack& track,
                              G4double dydx[],
                              G4double field[]) const override;
 
    /**
     * Taking the last step's normalised error, it calculates a step size for
     * the next step; it limits the next step's size within a factor of the
     * current one.
     */
    G4double ComputeNewStepSize(G4double errMaxNorm, // normalised error
                                G4double hstepCurrent) final;
 
    /**
     * Getter and setter for the equation of motion.
     */
    G4EquationOfMotion* GetEquationOfMotion() override;
    void SetEquationOfMotion(G4EquationOfMotion* equation) override;
 
    /**
     * Accessors for the stepper.
     */
    const T* GetStepper() const override;
    T* GetStepper() override;
 
    /**
     * Writes out to stream the parameters/state of the driver.
     */
    void  StreamInfo( std::ostream& os ) const override;
   
    /**
     * Accessors.
     */
    G4double GetSafety() const;
    G4double GetPshrnk() const;
    G4double GetPgrow() const;
 
    void RenewStepperAndAdjust(G4MagIntegratorStepper* stepper) override;
 
    void ReSetParameters(G4double safety = 0.9);
    void SetSafety(G4double valS);
      //  i) sets the exponents (pgrow & pshrnk),
      //     using the current Stepper's order,
      // ii) sets the safety
 
     G4int GetMaxNoSteps() const;
     void SetMaxNoSteps(G4int val);
       // Modify and Get the Maximum number of Steps that can be
       // taken for the integration of a single segment -
       // (ie a single call to AccurateAdvance).
 
     G4double GetSmallestFraction() const;
     void SetSmallestFraction(G4double val);
 
  protected:
 
    /**
     * Utility methods to control step size.
     */
    G4double ShrinkStepSize(G4double h, G4double error) const;
    G4double GrowStepSize(G4double h, G4double error) const;
    G4double ShrinkStepSize2(G4double h, G4double error2) const;
    G4double GrowStepSize2(G4double h, G4double error2) const;
    void UpdateErrorConstraints();
 
  private:
 
    /**
     * Sets the stepper according to the provided one.
     */
    inline void RenewStepperAndAdjustImpl(T* stepper);
 
  private:
 
    G4int fMaxNoSteps;
 
    /** The (default) max number of steps is Base divided by the order of Stepper. */
    G4int fMaxStepBase;
 
    /** Parameters used to grow and shrink trial stepsize. */
    G4double safety;
    G4double pshrnk;   //  exponent for shrinking
    G4double pgrow;    //  exponent for growth
 
    /** Maximum error values for shrinking / growing (optimisation). */
    G4double errorConstraintShrink;
    G4double errorConstraintGrow;
 
    T* pIntStepper = nullptr;
};
 
#include "G4RKIntegrationDriver.icc"
 
#endif