Introduction to Geodynamic Modelling

2018

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Day 1

Course overview
Key physical processes and concepts
Solving equations
Basic elements of Python
Functions
Introduction to NumPy
for loops
Conditional statements

Day 2

Introduction to finite differences
Finite differences for heat equation
Stability of the heat equation FD approximation
Heat diffusion + advection

Day 3

Testing your code and benchmarking
FD for Stokes equation
Solution strategy for the channel flow
Calculating strain rates
Velocity boundary conditions

Day 4

Cluster computing
Putting it all together
Marker-in-cell technique
Numerical diffusion
Introduction to DOUAR

Day 5

Helpful command line tools
Project overview

Technical instructions

Using geo-hpcc cluster

Introduction to Geodynamic Modelling

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