Commit d0b77223 authored by Jordan Musser's avatar Jordan Musser
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Add keyword note to ignore NASA7 poly discontinuities (!79)

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@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@ The following inputs are defined using the ``species`` prefix.
|                          |      :math:`c_p(T) = \sum_{i=0}^5 a_iT^i`                              |          |           |
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+--------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+-----------+
| ignore_discontinuities   | MFIX-Exa asserts that the low and high NASA-7 polynomials are          | int      | 0         |
|                          | continuous at the 1000K temperature split. However, some polynomials   |          |           |
|                          | do not have valid high temperature coefficients, for example, liquid   |          |           |
|                          | water. By setting this keyword to 1, the simulation will only warn     |          |           |
|                          | that the polynomials are discontinuous. Simulations that use           |          |           |
|                          | discontinuous polynomials and cross between the 1000K temperature      |          |           |
|                          | split may fail when computing temperature from enthalpy.               |          |           |
|                          | Therefore, this option should only be used when the simulation is not  |          |           |
|                          | expected to cross over the transition temperature.                     |          |           |
+--------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+-----------+


The following inputs are for each species defined using the ``species.[species name]`` prefix.