[CIG-LONG] Error in surfaceadaptor for top

[Walter Landry]

Rachel Headley <rheadley at uw.edu> wrote:
> I'm new to using Gale, and I'm trying to do something that seems that
> it should be very simple. I'm just trying to apply topo_data to the
> top surface of a box, but I can't seem to not get an error. I can use
> the exact same file for the bottom surface without a problem. I've
> made sure that my initial box is encompasses the entire region covered
> by the topo_data file.
> I have a feeling there is probably something incredibly obvious that I
> need to do, but I'm at a loss as to how to get this to
> work. Unfortunately all of the people in my working group who have
> worked with Gale are on vacation right now. I've attached the very
> simple file I'm using to test making this top surface, and the .txt
> file that I'm using as the input.

You have only defined material in "smallBox", which goes up to "maxY".
So when you extend the top of the simulation past "maxY", there is no
material defined there.  One way to fix that is to make "smallBox"
taller.  I am attaching a working version.

Cheers,
Walter Landry
walter at geodynamics.org

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