[FLASH-USERS] Resistive MHD question
Dennis Duffin
duffindf at univmail.cis.mcmaster.ca
Mon Apr 23 14:57:28 CDT 2007
Hello all,
I have a Resistive MHD question.
I'm playing with a custom built module modeled after the resistive MHD
stuff in FLASH2.5. The non-ideal physics I'm playing with is mainly
ambipolar diffusion (which kinda looks like ohmic diffusion).
Anyhow, midway through the simulation the run will crash (getting
negative densities; though even if I make these positive it will crash
on the same step). I have no idea why.
One thing I forgot to add were the divB terms and I noticed that the
ohmic diffusion module includes them (as the MHD method is not assuming
divB = 0). Is there any chance this could cause my program to crash
(note: I will soon find out, but there are no div B anomalies in my
crashed run.)???
However, if anything else pops to mind I appreciate the input! I
figure similar things may have happened in ohmic diffusion runs.
thanks for any help!
Dennis
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