[FLASH-USERS] Setting of average atomic mass

Andy Sha Liao andy at f.energy
Mon May 30 09:46:38 EDT 2022


Po-Yu Chang,


I recommend that you study the LaserSlab example and then build your
simulations from that example.

LaserSlab uses the Multispecies unit where you can set materials, e.g.,
argon, so you can study how they interact to apply to your own problem.


Andy




On Sun, May 29, 2022 at 1:35 PM Po-Yu Chang <pchang at mail.ncku.edu.tw> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am simulating a pure hydrodynamic problem at this point. Therefore, I
> modified the example "FlatPlate" for my simulations. In that example, I
> specified the pressure and the density of the gas. Then, the temperature
> is calculated somewhere in the program. I found that the average atomic
> mass is A=1. However, I would like to simulate an Argon gas, i.e., A=40,
> but I couldn't find a place to define the average atomic mass. Do anyone
> know how I can define the average atomic mass? Thank you.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Po-Yu
>
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