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Time_Step Struct Reference

#include <pluto.h>

Data Fields

double * cmax
 
double inv_dta
 
double inv_dtp
 
double dt_cool
 
double cfl
 
double cfl_par
 
int Nsts
 
int Nrkc
 

Detailed Description

The Time_Step structure contains essential information for determining the time step.

Field Documentation

double cfl

Courant number for advection.

double cfl_par

Courant number for diffusion (STS only).

double* cmax

Maximum signal velocity for hyperbolic eqns.

double dt_cool

Cooling time step.

double inv_dta

Inverse of advection (hyperbolic) time step, $ \lambda/\Delta l$.

double inv_dtp

Inverse of diffusion (parabolic) time step $ \eta/\Delta l^2$.

int Nrkc

Maximum number of substeps used in RKC.

int Nsts

Maximum number of substeps used in STS.


The documentation for this struct was generated from the following file: