Commit 39dc6c6e authored by Ann Almgren's avatar Ann Almgren
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How particle dt is determined

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@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ Setting the Time Step
There are several ways that the inputs are used to determine what time step 
is used in the evolution of the fluid-particle system in MFiX-Exa.   

1) In a pure particle case, the "mfix.fixed_dt", if specified, is only used to determine the frequency
of outputs, it has no effect on the dt used in the particle evaluation. If you do not specify a positive
value of "mfix.fixed_dt" then the code will abort.
1) In a pure particle case, the :cpp:`mfix.fixed_dt`, if specified, is only used to determine the frequency
of outputs, it has no effect on the "subdt" used in the particle evaluation. If you do not specify a positive
value of :cpp:`mfix.fixed_dt` then the code will abort.

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@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ value of "mfix.fixed_dt" then the code will abort.

    amrex::Abort::0::If running particle-only must specify fixed_dt in the inputs file !!!


That is determined by the following calculation:
The particle time step "subdt" is determined by computing the collision time "tcoll" from particle properties,
then setting "dtsolid" to be "tcoll / 50".

2) In a pure fluid case, there are two options:

@@ -94,6 +94,6 @@ That is determined by the following calculation:

These options apply to steady state calculations as well as unsteady runs.  

3) In a coupled particle-fluid case, dt is set as in the pure-fluid case.  In this case
   the particle time step is first computed as in the particle-only case, then is adjusted
   so that an integral number of particle steps fit into a single fluid time step.
3) In a coupled particle-fluid case, dt is determined as in the pure-fluid case.  In this case
   the particle time step "subdt" is first computed as in the particle-only case ("dtsolid"), 
   then is adjusted so that an integral number of particle steps fit into a single fluid time step.