Code Overview

Introduction for new users

General

  • Equations The equations and parameters in physics modules.
  • Coordinate systems Cartesian, spherical, cylindrical and logarithmic-radius geometries, the geometric source terms each one adds, and the polar axis.
  • Parameters Description of all parameters in "amrvac.par" parameter file.
  • Auxiliary variables Description of the intended use for nw, nwflux, nwaux, nwextra, nwauxio parameters.
  • Command line Help on command-line parameters.

Discretization methods and AMR strategy

  • Discretization The equation and its discretization, the basic variables, the structure of the grid, boundaries, ghost cells.
  • AMR aspects Some essential info on global parameters and the data structures for the block-tree AMR.

Additional Physics

IO and data analysis