Benchmarking multiphysics software for mantle convection
| dc.contributor.author | Trim, Sean | |
| dc.contributor.author | Butler, Samuel | |
| dc.contributor.author | Spiteri, Raymond | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-12-09T21:33:25Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-12-09T21:33:25Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-09 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Numerical simulations are a highly valuable tool for improving our understanding of mantle dynamics. COMSOL Multiphysics® is a commercial software suite designed to numerically model experiments featuring multiple branches of physics. This modeling approach applies to mantle convection, which can be viewed as a combination of fluid dynamics and thermodynamics. COMSOL® is of interest to the geoscience community due to its ease of use compared to other available codes, and it has been used in previous mantle convection studies. However, COMSOL® has not been extensively benchmarked for mantle convection. In this study, we confirm the accuracy of COMSOL® against several established benchmarks pertaining to a variety mantle convection features and geometries. Overall, we find reasonable agreement between the results from COMSOL® and reported benchmark data. This study may also serve the geoscience community as a guide for using COMSOL® to model mantle convection. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | NSERC | en_US |
| dc.description.version | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Trim et al. (2021), Benchmarking multiphysics software for mantle convection , Computers and Geosciences, 154, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2021.104797 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2021.104797 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10388/13712 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_US |
| dc.subject | COMSOL Multiphysics® Mantle convection Benchmark Finite elements | en_US |
| dc.title | Benchmarking multiphysics software for mantle convection | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |