Changes between Version 9 and Version 10 of AccretionDiskTutorial

Timestamp:

08/25/12 16:00:10 (12 years ago)

Author:

idilernia

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AccretionDiskTutorial

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 '''Warning: ''' It is good practice to delete ''profile.data'' from the problem folder before executing AstroBEAR for the first time, failure to do so will likely result in execution errors. 
 
-=== Getting familiar with t
+=== Getting familiar with the module ===
+
+After checking that the disk module compiles and runs without any issues, you can examine the chombo files created by the first run of this module.[[BR]][[BR]]
+If you have no experience on visualization tools, the page [https://clover.pas.rochester.edu/trac/astrobear/wiki/VisItBasics VisIt Basics] is a good resource to learn the basics of it.[[BR]][[BR]]
+The following image is a density plot of the disk at time ''t=0'', a log scale has been applied to the perpendicular and parallel slices.
+
+[[Image(famil.png, 1100px)]]
+
+Different elements can be recognized in the image above:
+- GxBounds: the boundaries of the plot, namely the physical boundaries of the simulation
+- Radius: the radius of the disk
+- Height: the height of the disk
+- Ambient: the blue portion of the plot, it represents the area around the disk
+- PointGravity: a point mass located at the center of the disk
+
 
 === Initial Conditions ===
 
-After checking that the disk module compiles and runs without any issues, you can proceed to examine '''problem.data''' contained in the '''BasicDisk''' folder.
+Now you can proceed to examine ''problem.data'' contained in the '''BasicDisk''' folder.
 The default problem.data file contains an array of field that can be changed depending on the user's needs, let's analyze some of them
 
@@ -30 +44 @@
 || mass=.6d-1         ||central particle mass||
 
-'''Note:''' No scaling is applied to the values above
+Sometimes it can be useful to change the size of the physical boundaries of the simulation, this can be done by modifying the section below contained in ''global.data''
+{{{
+GxBounds          = -10.d0,         ! Problem boundaries in computational units.
+                    -10.d0,         ! format: (xlower, ylower, zlower, xupper, yupper, zupper)
+                    -10.d0,         ! For 2D problems, set zlower and zupper to 0.d0.
+                     10.d0,
+                     10.d0,
+                     10.d0
+}}}
 
 === Scales ===