Runtime Parameters Documentation for FLASH Release 4.6.2


physics/Diffuse
    useDiffuse [BOOLEAN] CONSTANT [FALSE]
        flags whether the Diffuse unit is being used at all
    useDiffuseComputeDtSpecies [BOOLEAN] [FALSE]
        flags whether Diffuse_computeDt considers species mass diffusion
    useDiffuseComputeDtTherm [BOOLEAN] [FALSE]
        flags whether Diffuse_computeDt considers thermal conduction
    useDiffuseComputeDtVisc [BOOLEAN] [FALSE]
        flags whether Diffuse_computeDt considers viscosity
    useDiffuseComputeDtmagnetic [BOOLEAN] [FALSE]


physics/Diffuse/DiffuseFluxBased
    diff_scaleFactThermFlux [REAL] [1.0]
        Valid Values: Unconstrained
        Factor applied to the temperature differences (or internal energy
        differences) that are added to flux arrays by the flux-based thermal
        Diffusion implementation.
    geometric_mean_diff [BOOLEAN] [FALSE]

    thermal_diff_method [INTEGER] [1]
        Valid Values: Unconstrained


physics/Diffuse/DiffuseMain
    diff_anisoCondForEle [BOOLEAN] [TRUE]
        flags whether to use anisotropic heat conductivition (for electrons or
        1T)
    diff_anisoCondForIon [BOOLEAN] [FALSE]
        If using anisotropic diffusion, apply it to ion thermal conduction?
    diff_eleFlCoef [REAL] [1.0]
        Valid Values: Unconstrained
        Electron conduction flux limiter coefficient
    diff_eleFlMode [STRING] ["fl_none"]
        Valid Values: "fl_none", "fl_harmonic", "fl_minmax", "fl_larsen",
        "fl_levermorepomraning1981"
        Electron conduction flux limiter mode
    diff_eleXlBoundaryType [STRING] ["neumann"]
        Valid Values: Unconstrained
        Electron conduction bcTypes.
    diff_eleXrBoundaryType [STRING] ["neumann"]
        Valid Values: Unconstrained

    diff_eleYlBoundaryType [STRING] ["neumann"]
        Valid Values: Unconstrained

    diff_eleYrBoundaryType [STRING] ["neumann"]
        Valid Values: Unconstrained

    diff_eleZlBoundaryType [STRING] ["neumann"]
        Valid Values: Unconstrained

    diff_eleZrBoundaryType [STRING] ["neumann"]
        Valid Values: Unconstrained

    diff_ionFlCoef [REAL] [1.0]
        Valid Values: Unconstrained
        Ion conduction flux limiter coefficient
    diff_ionFlMode [STRING] ["fl_none"]
        Valid Values: "fl_none", "fl_harmonic", "fl_minmax", "fl_larsen"
        Ion conduction flux limiter mode
    diff_ionXlBoundaryType [STRING] ["neumann"]
        Valid Values: Unconstrained
        Ion conduction bcTypes.
    diff_ionXrBoundaryType [STRING] ["neumann"]
        Valid Values: Unconstrained

    diff_ionYlBoundaryType [STRING] ["neumann"]
        Valid Values: Unconstrained

    diff_ionYrBoundaryType [STRING] ["neumann"]
        Valid Values: Unconstrained

    diff_ionZlBoundaryType [STRING] ["neumann"]
        Valid Values: Unconstrained

    diff_ionZrBoundaryType [STRING] ["neumann"]
        Valid Values: Unconstrained

    diff_scaleFactThermSaTempDiff [REAL] [1.0]
        Valid Values: Unconstrained
        Factor applied to the temperature difference (or internal energy
        difference) that is computed by the standalone thermal Diffusion
        implementation.
    diff_scaleFactThermSaTime [REAL] [1.0]
        Valid Values: Unconstrained
        Factor applied to the time step for which the standalone thermal
        Diffusion implementation computes the temperature (or internal energy)
        increase or decrease.
    diff_useCrossCond [BOOLEAN] [FALSE]
        flags whether to use cross term in anisotropic heat conduction
    diff_useEleCond [BOOLEAN] [FALSE]

    diff_useIonCond [BOOLEAN] [FALSE]

    diffusion_cutoff_density [REAL] [1.e-30]
        Valid Values: Unconstrained
        density below which we no longer diffuse
    dt_diff_factor [REAL] [0.8]
        Valid Values: Unconstrained
        factor that scales the timestep returned by Diffuse_computeDt
    useDiffuse [BOOLEAN] [TRUE]
        whether any method of the Diffuse unit should contribute to fluxes
    useDiffuseComputeDtSpecies [BOOLEAN] [TRUE]
        flags whether Diffuse_computeDt considers species mass diffusion
    useDiffuseComputeDtTherm [BOOLEAN] [TRUE]
        flags whether Diffuse_computeDt considers thermal conduction
    useDiffuseComputeDtVisc [BOOLEAN] [TRUE]
        flags whether Diffuse_computeDt considers viscosity
    useDiffuseComputeDtmagnetic [BOOLEAN] [TRUE]

    useDiffuseSpecies [BOOLEAN] [TRUE]
        whether Diffuse_species [TO BE IMPLEMENTED] should contribute to fluxes
    useDiffuseTherm [BOOLEAN] [TRUE]
        whether Diffuse_therm should contribute to fluxes
    useDiffuseVisc [BOOLEAN] [TRUE]
        whether Diffuse_visc should contribute to fluxes

physics/Diffuse/DiffuseMain/CG
    diff_thetaImplct [REAL] [0.5]
        Valid Values: 0.0 to 1.0

    diff_updEint [BOOLEAN] [FALSE]


physics/Diffuse/DiffuseMain/Split
    diff_XlBoundaryType [STRING] ["outflow"]
        Valid Values: Unconstrained

    diff_XrBoundaryType [STRING] ["outflow"]
        Valid Values: Unconstrained

    diff_YlBoundaryType [STRING] ["outflow"]
        Valid Values: Unconstrained

    diff_YrBoundaryType [STRING] ["outflow"]
        Valid Values: Unconstrained

    diff_ZlBoundaryType [STRING] ["outflow"]
        Valid Values: Unconstrained

    diff_ZrBoundaryType [STRING] ["outflow"]
        Valid Values: Unconstrained

    diff_thetaImplct [REAL] [0.5]
        Valid Values: 0.0 to 1.0


physics/Diffuse/DiffuseMain/Unsplit
    diff_ionThetaImplct [REAL] [0.5]
        Valid Values: 0.0 to 1.0

    diff_thetaImplct [REAL] [0.5]
        Valid Values: 0.0 to 1.0

    diff_updEint [BOOLEAN] [FALSE]