Syllabus
- Structure and applicability of ASPECT software, overview of solved equations. Installation and run in docker, in a virtual maschine and locally (Linux). Structure of the input file. Working with documentation. Visualization of results in Paraview and Gnuplot.
- Different geometries and shapes of the model domain; 2D and 3D. Computational grid. Adaptive remeshing. Free surface.
- Selected modelled problems: thermal convection, lithospheric deformation, melting and two-phase flow.
- Advection equation. Tracking of material composition. Active and passive tracers.
- Material types in ASPECT. Viscous, visco-plastic and visco-elastic materials.
- Adding new properties into ASPECT using plugins.
Annotation
Practical introduction into the modelling of geophysical problems using software ASPECT. We will solve for example: thermal convection, lithospheric deformation, melting and two-phase flow; in different geometries and for different rheologies.
Individual work: model adjustments, tests of resolution, accuracy and performance; postprocessing. Installation and modifications of ASPECT for more advanced modelling.
Basic knowledge of continuum mechanics is expected.