RE : Particle source problem on windows v4

Hi Nuno,

I've given up using v4.2RC3 because I couldn't manage to simulate even very simple problems (fixed potential sphere immerged in a plasma) due to the meshing problem I mentioned in my previous message. Again, the mesh goes on with no problems in GMSH but I don't get any result via SPIS. I guess this is due to a problem in the interaction between SPIS and GMSH ?, but for now I don't know SPIS well enough to understand more (and even less to fix it :) !).

So I am using v4.0.0. I am also simulating Xe+ sources in a Boltzmann distribution of electrons (n~10e16 m-3). Indeed, to fix the potential I don't use the circuit integration and set electricCircuitIntegrate=0. However, my Dt is not equal to simulationDtInit. Typically I have a Dt of a few 10e-6 s, usually constant. And yes, if I set a floating potential for my source (electricCircuitIntegrate=1), I get stuck in an infinite loop with absurd time steps (10-30 s)...

Jaime

posted by Jaime Perez Luna at Apr 23, 2010 2:17 PM