[aspect-devel] Depletion density change

Juliane Dannberg dannberg at gfz-potsdam.de
Wed Nov 30 13:39:58 PST 2016


Hi Mohamed,

sorry for the late reply.
You are right, we should allow negative density changes (and the 
documentation of the parameter already describes what happens in this 
case).
I have created a pull request here: 
https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1281

Best,
Juliane


On 11/24/2016 06:35 AM, Mohamed Gouiza wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> In the Material model/Melt simple, the Depletion density change 
> parameter takes only positive values (0 <= v <= MAX_DOUBLE).
>
> It should take negative values too, as depleted material usually has 
> lower densities.
>
> The same parameter in the Material model/Melt global accepts negative 
> value: -MAX_DOUBLE <= v <= MAX_DOUBLE
>
> Cheers,
>
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