Add a feature where the simulation stops if the power of the laser is 0 and all cells are solidified

[cosicp]

After the laser is turned off, the simulation should run a little longer until all cells solidify. Adding a feature that stops the simulation once all cells are solidified (should be an easy check to implement, if max(liquid metal cell field) < some tolerance ) stop the simulation) will probably save some time in most cases.

This could help not having to run the simulation for some extra arbitrary time to wait for the cells to solidify, instead, it will automatically stop it once everything is solidified.

@cosicp

[tomflint22]

Thanks Petar,

Simon added a field called 'condition' you could use that to define when to turn off, and the laser power

[tomflint22]

@ScimonCFD , is this the correct field for Petar to use? so check 'condition' and the laser power

[ScimonCFD]

@tomflint22 No, "condition" only shows cells where (alpha.metal >= 0.5 and epsilon1 >= 0.5).

I avoided using forAll loops (It feel a little like overkilling it) so I only used "condition" as a mask to calculate "meltHistory".

However, this makes me think that, probably, "condition" is a confusing name so I can change it if you think I should @tomflint22

[tomflint22]

But are not all the cells where 'condition ==1' liquid metal cells at the current timestep?

[ScimonCFD]

Actually, I think you are right @tomflint22 .

As I read on the paper, the condition (epsilon1 >= 0.5 and alpha.metal >= 0.5) means the cell is, at the current time step, in a liquid state.

So, at some point during the simulation, some cells have (condition != 0) meaning the fusion process is ongoing.

After this happens, once this field is equal to zero again, it means the heat source is turned off and the simulation can finish.

[cosicp]

No worries I will figure this out and implement it over the weekend.