[CIG-LONG] CIG-LONG Digest, Vol 42, Issue 7

Thu May 6 07:08:05 PDT 2010

Is there anyway i could get a copy of the input file for this  
subduction example?

Thank you,
Karen

On May 5, 2010, at 6:42 PM, cig-long-request at geodynamics.org wrote:

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> From: Karen Paczkowski <karen.paczkowski at yale.edu>
> Subject: Re: [CIG-LONG] CIG-LONG Digest, Vol 42, Issue 6
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> That's great news.  I have mainly been having issues getting the
> people who run the clusters to install PETSc.  I'm not positive I will
> need the restart option yet.  I think I will wait until the executable
> is released to decide.  It all depends on whether the initial thermal
> field affects the final results.
>
> I had two more specific question on specifying the density and the
> hydrostatic pressure term in my model.  I have specified the velocity
> field of a subduction zone by drawing a horizontal box on the left
> side of the model box with a constant horizontal velocity connected to
> a slanted rectangular shape with a constant diagonally down going
> velocity.  I have specified an initial thermal field using the
> TemperatureProfile function.
>
> I would like the density to be dependent on temperature and I would
> like to specify a hydrostatic restoring force to make sure that all of
> my mass does not just follow my slab and get lost out of the bottom of
> my simulation.  Do you have any suggestions on how I can specify these
> two things?
>
> Thank you,
> Karen
>
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>> Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 12:49:20 -0400
>> From: Karen Paczkowski <karen.paczkowski at yale.edu>
>> Subject: [CIG-LONG] restart
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>> Is there any plan to release a new compiled Gale executable with a
>> restart option any time soon?  I would really like to use this option
>> but do not know how to go about doing it?  I've had a lot of trouble
>> trying to install all of the programs necessary to recompile GALE.  I
>> mainly work on my laptop, but it seem that I would need a cluster to
>> install many of the programs necessary to recompile.  If there is a
>> plan release a new executable do you know about when it might be
>> available?  Thanks!
>>
>>
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>> Date: Wed, 05 May 2010 10:49:03 -0700 (PDT)
>> From: Walter Landry <walter at geodynamics.org>
>> Subject: Re: [CIG-LONG] restart
>> To: cig-long at geodynamics.org
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>> Karen Paczkowski <karen.paczkowski at yale.edu> wrote:
>>> Is there any plan to release a new compiled Gale executable with a
>>> restart option any time soon?  I would really like to use this  
>>> option
>>> but do not know how to go about doing it?  I've had a lot of trouble
>>> trying to install all of the programs necessary to recompile  
>>> GALE.  I
>>> mainly work on my laptop, but it seem that I would need a cluster to
>>> install many of the programs necessary to recompile.  If there is a
>>> plan release a new executable do you know about when it might be
>>> available?  Thanks!
>>
>> There is a plan.  I am finishing up the documentation, and then I  
>> will
>> make a release.  CIG is a bit short on staff now, so it has taken
>> longer than I had planned.  I am somewhat confident that a new  
>> release
>> will happen in the next few weeks.
>>
>> In the meantime, what are the problems that you have been running
>> into?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Walter Landry
>> walter at geodynamics.org
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> Date: Wed, 05 May 2010 15:34:47 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Walter Landry <walter at geodynamics.org>
> Subject: Re: [CIG-LONG] CIG-LONG Digest, Vol 42, Issue 6
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> Karen Paczkowski <karen.paczkowski at yale.edu> wrote:
>> That's great news.  I have mainly been having issues getting the
>> people who run the clusters to install PETSc.  I'm not positive I  
>> will
>> need the restart option yet.  I think I will wait until the  
>> executable
>> is released to decide.  It all depends on whether the initial thermal
>> field affects the final results.
>>
>> I had two more specific question on specifying the density and the
>> hydrostatic pressure term in my model.  I have specified the velocity
>> field of a subduction zone by drawing a horizontal box on the left
>> side of the model box with a constant horizontal velocity connected  
>> to
>> a slanted rectangular shape with a constant diagonally down going
>> velocity.  I have specified an initial thermal field using the
>> TemperatureProfile function.
>>
>> I would like the density to be dependent on temperature and I would
>> like to specify a hydrostatic restoring force to make sure that all  
>> of
>> my mass does not just follow my slab and get lost out of the bottom  
>> of
>> my simulation.  Do you have any suggestions on how I can specify  
>> these
>> two things?
>
> For the new code, there is an example of subduction in
> input/example/subduction.xml.  That has a stress boundary to keep
> everything from falling down.  The temperature dependent viscosity is
> implemented, but not turned on.  I am attaching a picture of the
> velocity and strain rate invariant.
>
> Cheers,
> Walter Landry
> walter at geodynamics.org
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