#!/usr/bin/env python3 """Plot the derived Burgers shock and explain its width conventions. Tested with Python 3.14.4, numpy 2.3.5 and matplotlib 3.10.7 (+dfsg1 build), as declared in the repository pyproject.toml. Writes the PNG basename to cwd. """ from pathlib import Path import matplotlib matplotlib.use("Agg") import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np def main(): coordinate = np.linspace(-4, 4, 700) velocity = -np.tanh(coordinate) fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(7.2, 3.6), dpi=120, facecolor="white") ax.set_facecolor("white") ax.axhline(1, color="0.6", linestyle=":", linewidth=1) ax.axhline(-1, color="0.6", linestyle=":", linewidth=1) ax.axhline(0, color="0.85", linewidth=0.8) ax.plot(coordinate, velocity, color="#0072b2", linewidth=2.6, label=r"$u=V-(\Delta u/2)\tanh(\xi/\ell)$") tangent = np.linspace(-1.12, 1.12, 100) ax.plot(tangent, -tangent, "--", color="#b66f00", linewidth=1.4, label="Central tangent") ax.annotate("", xy=(-1, -1.22), xytext=(1, -1.22), arrowprops={"arrowstyle": "<->", "color": "0.25"}) ax.text(0, -1.29, r"Jump / maximum gradient: $\delta=2\ell=8\nu/\Delta u$", va="top", ha="center", fontsize=9) ax.text(-3.7, 1.05, r"$u_L$", fontsize=11) ax.text(3.25, -0.96, r"$u_R$", fontsize=11) ax.set(xlim=(-4, 4), ylim=(-1.55, 1.3), xlabel=r"Moving coordinate $\xi/\ell=(x-Vt)/\ell$", ylabel=r"Velocity $(u-V)/(\Delta u/2)$", title=r"Viscous shock: $\ell=4\nu/\Delta u$") ax.set_yticks([-1, 0, 1]) ax.grid(alpha=0.15) ax.legend(loc="upper right", fontsize=9, frameon=False) ax.spines[["top", "right"]].set_visible(False) fig.tight_layout() fig.savefig(Path(__file__).stem + ".png", facecolor="white") plt.close(fig) if __name__ == "__main__": main()