[CIG-LONG] TimeStep
Walter Landry
walter at geodynamics.org
Thu Nov 18 01:03:29 PST 2010
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
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