📄️ Solution scheme in DES3D
Equation of motion
📄️ Dynamic Relaxation
Given that our main interest is in long-term tectonic modeling, high-frequency vibrations are not
📄️ Mass scaling
The Courant-Friedrichs-Lewy (CFL) condition imposes a fundamental limit
📄️ Nodal Mixed Discretization
The linear triangular elements used in DynEarthSol2D are known to suffer
📄️ Constitutive update
The stress tensor is updated using the strain rate and strain tensors
📄️ Velocity and displacement update
The velocity is updated with the damped acceleration, but subject to the
📄️ Modeling thermal evolution
Thermal evolution of lithosphere is often one of the key components of
📄️ Remeshing
We assess the mesh quality at fixed temporal intervals and use specific