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@@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ Here is an example of looping over the active region of a superblock:
The tracer array index,
`ic`
, runs from 0 to
`_C.tracer`
-1 whereas the
species array index,
`is`
, runs from 0 to
`_C.species`
-1. Tracer
variables are assumed dimensionless and it are usually defined in the
range
$
[0,1]
$
. The mesh of the superblock is indexed by
range [0,1]. The mesh of the superblock is indexed by
(
`ix`
,
`iy`
,
`iz`
).
**Important:**
The species number densities must be consistently defined
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@@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@ The macro `SPQR(a,b,c)` defined in header file `nirvana.h` shortcuts the
algebraic expression $a^2+b^2+c^2$.
**Example 2**
(taken from
`/nirvana/testproblems/MHD/problem17`
; cf.
[
@
Z05])
[
Z05
]
(
#references
)
)
IC for the shock-cloud interaction problem simulated in a 3D Cartesian
box given by $(x,y,z)
\i
n [-1/2,1/2]^3$:
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@@ -1118,7 +1118,7 @@ $$(\varrho,p,v_x,v_y,v_z,B_x,B_y,B_z)=\left\{\begin{array}{ll}
(3.86859,167.345,0,0,0,0,2.1826182,-2.1826182) & x<0.1
\\
(1,1,-11.2536,0,0,0,0.56418958,0.56418958) & x
\g
e 0.1
\e
nd{array}
\r
ight.$$ At ${
\m
athbf x}=(0.3,0,0)$ a spherical clump with
radius
$
0.15
$
and density of
$
10
$
is embedded and co-moving with its
radius 0.15 and density of 10 is embedded and co-moving with its
surrounding flow under the assumption of pressure equilibrium. The
adiabatic index $
\g
amma =5/3$ and magnetic permeability $
\m
u=1$. The
grid is initially refined with 3 refinement levels,
`_C.level`
=3, in the
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@@ -1254,8 +1254,8 @@ boundary.
#### User-defined BC
W
hen U specified BC
at the corresponding domain boundary
are assumed
user-de
fi
n
ed. In that case the code calls user-programmable functions in
W
ith letter U boundary conditions
at the corresponding domain boundary
is assumed user-speci
fied. In that case the code calls user-programmable functions in
the following modules:
| module | function | BC for |
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@@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@ formalism is enabled (cf. [Specification of main simulation
parameters
](
#specification-of-main-simulation-parameters
)
).
Boundary values have to be assigned in ghost cells running from to
`g->ixs`
-1 ( to
`g->iys`
-1, to
`g->izs`
-1) in
$x$($y$,$z$
)-direction at
`g->ixs`
-1 ( to
`g->iys`
-1, to
`g->izs`
-1) in
x(y,z
)-direction at
the lower domain boundary. At upper domain boundaries the index range
depends on the type of variable as listed in the following table:
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@@ -1305,7 +1305,7 @@ is adopted to transform MHD BC types into BC types for $\Phi$:
| M,A,R | | von-Neumann |
| I,O,D | | Dirichlet |
| F | | not supported |
| U | | user-defined
*Φ*
(function
`phiUser()`
|
| U | | user-defined
*Φ*
(function
`phiUser()`
)
|
In case of von-Neumann conditions (M,A,R) the gradient of potential
vanishes normal to the corresponding domain boundary, i.e.,
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