[CIG-LONG] TimeStep

[Walter Landry]

Brian Wilson <bjwilson83 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Oh ok thanks. Is there any way to change the absolute timestep? I'd like my
> simulation to go beyond 1.5 time units. I suppose that could lead to a loss of
> accuracy, but currently the timestep is diminishing to 0.

Your current input file has a bad instability that is generating
enormous velocities (10^8 on step 5).  You have to fix that first
before you can think about increasing the timestep.  I would recommend
putting in realistic numbers first and then worry about the timestep.

Cheers,
Walter Landry
walter at geodynamics.org