From f3e599f2a2187c58b1d1a65fa683d994aa93a42b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Zingale Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2023 09:30:19 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] add a bit more to the abundance failure FAQ --- Docs/source/faq.rst | 6 +++++- Docs/source/timestepping.rst | 2 +- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Docs/source/faq.rst b/Docs/source/faq.rst index 48692795f3..fb144d2a17 100644 --- a/Docs/source/faq.rst +++ b/Docs/source/faq.rst @@ -202,6 +202,9 @@ Managing Runs Runtime Errors ============== +.. index:: castro.limit_fluxes_on_small_dens, castro.state_interp_order, + castro.abundance_failure_tolerance, castro.abundance_failure_rho_cutoff + #. *When running with retries, Castro requests too many substeps and crashes.* @@ -221,7 +224,8 @@ Runtime Errors If the error continues, try to increase the tolerance of determining specie abundance validity check by setting ``castro.abundance_failure_tolerance`` - to a higher value. + to a higher value, or increasing the density floor below which this is + ignored by changing ``castro.abundance_failure_rho_cutoff``. Visualization ============= diff --git a/Docs/source/timestepping.rst b/Docs/source/timestepping.rst index cc50703154..4f0e2a4dcc 100644 --- a/Docs/source/timestepping.rst +++ b/Docs/source/timestepping.rst @@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ which will subcycle twice at every level (except level 0). Retry Mechanism --------------- -.. index:: castro.use_retry, castro.abundance_failure_tolerance, castro.retry_small_density_cutoff, castro.small_dens +.. index:: castro.use_retry, castro.abundance_failure_tolerance, castro.abundance_failure_rho_cutoff, castro.retry_small_density_cutoff, castro.small_dens Castro's Strang CTU solver has a retry mechanism that can discard a time step on a level and restart with a smaller timestep, subcycling