[aspect-devel] Radiogenic heating

[Timo Heister]

Hi Greg,

if you look at eqn 2 of page 6 in the manual, you see that radiogenic
heating is a source on the right hand side of the temperature equation
as rho * H, where H is the "Radiogenic heating rate" from the input
file.

On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 6:56 AM, Greg Headley (ENV) <G.Headley at uea.ac.uk> wrote:
> Dear ASPECT Developers,
>
> I am currently an undergraduate at the University of East Anglia in the U.K.
> I've been using your software for my final year independent project and my
> focus has been to use radiogenic heating as an analogue for heating caused
> by tidal dissipation.
>
> Neither my mathematical understanding nor my coding skills match the scope
> of ASPECT, and I wonder if someone could explain to me in more detail how
> the radiogenic parameter functions within the model? The extent of my
> understanding is that radiogenic heating is included in the temperature
> field equation, but that's about it.
>
> Thank you for what support you may be able to give!
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Greg Headley
> Undergraduate
> School of Environmental Science
> University of East Anglia
>
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