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Defining Simulations#

  • Types of Simulations
    • Time-Dependent Problem (TimeDependent)
      • Initial Conditions
        • InitialConditionDomain
        • InitialConditionPatch
      • Numerical Damping in Explicit Time Stepping
    • Green’s Functions Problem (GreensFns)
  • Finite-Element Mesh
    • Mesh Initialization
      • Serial Phases
      • Parallel Phases
    • Initialization Phases
      • MeshReader and MeshWriter
        • ASCII Mesh Files - MeshIOAscii
        • Cubit (Exodus II) Mesh Files - MeshIOCubit
        • Gmsh and HDF5 Files - MeshIOPetsc
      • MeshReordering
      • MeshDistributor
      • MeshInsertInterfaces
      • MeshRefine
        • RefineUniform
  • Nondimensionalization
    • Scales
    • QuasistaticElasticity
    • DynamicElasticity
    • QuasistaticPoroelasticity
  • Output
    • Journal
      • Devices
      • Channels
      • Info
      • Warning
      • Error
      • Firewall
      • Debug
    • Progress Monitors
      • ProgressMonitorTime
      • ProgressMonitorStep
    • Observers
      • Output Observers
      • Solution Observers
        • Output at Discrete Points
        • PointsList Reader
      • Physics Observer
    • Data Writers
      • HDF5 Output
        • HDF5 Utilities
      • VTK Output
    • Output Triggers
      • Decimate by time step
      • Decimate by time

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