tc.h File Reference

Thermal conduction (TC) module header file. More...

Go to the source code of this file.

Functions
void	TC_Flux (double ***, const State_1D *, double **, int, int, Grid *)
void	TC_kappa (double *, double, double, double, double *, double *, double *)

Detailed Description

Contains prototypes for the thermal conduction module.

Authors

A. Mignone (migno.nosp@m.ne@p.nosp@m.h.uni.nosp@m.to.i.nosp@m.t)
T. Matsakos

Date

Sep 13, 2012

Function Documentation

void TC_Flux	(	double ***	T,
		const State_1D *	state,
		double **	dcoeff,
		int	beg,
		int	end,
		Grid *	grid
	)

Compute the thermal conduction flux, state->par_flx.

Parameters

[in]	T	3D array containing the dimensionless temperature
[in,out]	state	pointer to a State_1D structure
[out]	dcoeff	the diffusion coefficient needed for computing the time step.
[in]	beg	initial index of computation
[in]	end	final index of computation
[in]	grid	pointer to an array of Grid structures

Returns

This function has no return value.

void TC_kappa	(	double *	v,
		double	x1,
		double	x2,
		double	x3,
		double *	kpar,
		double *	knor,
		double *	phi
	)

Compute thermal conduction coefficients.

Parameters

[in]	v	array of primitive variables
[in]	x1	coordinate in the X1 direction
[in]	x2	coordinate in the X2 direction
[in]	x3	coordinate in the X3 direction
[out]	kpar	pointer to the conduction coefficient in the direction of magnetic field
[out]	knor	pointer to the conduction coefficient perpendicular to magnetic field
[out]	phi	pointer to the parameter controlling the magnitude of the saturated flux.