On 25 February 2011 10:20, Sergei D. <dorofee...@icp.ac.ru> wrote: > > >> Anyhow, according to the equations cited in PFC manual, the critical time >> step would be smaller for viscous contacts even if the solution is >> underdamped (at least for the linear dashpot model). Am I overlooking >> something? Why would be the contrary to you? Sorry, I admit I have no great >> expertise on this precise topic. >> >> So, need smaller time step for stability. No? > Yes, I agree. I think I was confused by Vincent's words such as: "let say that the critical time step determined for non-viscous contact will be smaller that the effectively minimum time step". Vincent, maybe you could clarify this point?
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