Hi,
I just started using ASPECT and I wonder if I could reproduce plume models with cylindrical coordinate, like Kiefer & Hager (1992) cited in plume in a 2D chunk.
If possible, what should I do?
Best,
Sogen
@skitamura I’m not sure which paper this is, or what they do, but regardless: The models ASPECT can solve are either 2d Cartesian, or 3d. We do not support cylindrical coordinates.
It is perhaps useful to explain why that is: In 1992, people did 2d computations in cylindrical coordinate systems because that was at the far end of the computational possibilities at the time. Today, these models might be useful conceptually, but they’re too simplistic to advance science – we can do real 3d models today, and we should where possible. As a consequence, it was never too important for us to support the cylindrical case in ASPECT.
Best
WB