Contents

• Setup the code
  • Compilation
  • The Parameter File
    • The Header
    • Filetypes
    • Initial conditions
    • Paths of input files
    • Output directory
    • Stratified atmosphere
    • Resolution
    • Dimensions
    • Extend of the computational domain
    • Boundary conditions
    • Wind-flow emitting boundaries
    • Simulation timings
    • The Courant-Friedrichs-Lewy number
    • Constant gravity background
    • Gas constant
    • Gamma Factor of the gas
    • Wind-emitters
    • OpenMP
    • Obstacles
    • Advected marker field
    • Gas viscosity
  
  
• Setting up Initial Condition
  • Let TYCHO generate initial conditions
  • Read in your own generated files
  • Read in the obstacle distribution only
  • Read a wind marker file
  • Read a marker file for advection
  • Restarting mechanisms in TYCHO
  
  
• The Boundary Conditions
• Viscosity and thermal diffusion and obstacle-fluid thermal-energy exchange
• The Filetypes TYCHO offers
  • The native TYCHO filetype
  • VTK RECTILINEAR_GRID BINARY files
  • AMIRA MESH Files
  • IFRIT uniform Scalar Data File
  
  
• Visualization of TYCHO data
• The domain-marker and wind composer OCTAVE scripts
• Some examples
• The Sod Shock-Tube in 1D
• Copyright and legal information