From 32ea8c5b464c97a23dc5bf96f09bd60058ad41a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jake Langham Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2023 17:26:57 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] change sentence wording --- paper/paper.md | 25 +++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/paper/paper.md b/paper/paper.md index 3414d48..44a2a46 100644 --- a/paper/paper.md +++ b/paper/paper.md @@ -161,18 +161,19 @@ simple initial volumes of material (such as cubes and cylinders) can be specified via an input file. In deriving Eqs.\ \eqref{eq:governing eqs 1}--\eqref{eq:governing eqs 4}, some -physical assumptions are made that simplify our model compared to some of the -similar codes cited above, such as the neglect of interstitial pressure between -sediment particles and the assumption that the sediment is composed of particles -that are all roughly the same size. Conversely, we include the effects of -morphodynamics, which not all codes support. The reasoning for these choices is -twofold: (1) to simplify the problem for modellers wishing to conduct -simulations efficiently, without compromising the most essential flow physics and (2) in -order to focus on making some important technical advances for morphodynamic -models, which are particular to our code and detailed by @Langham:2023. These -advances include improvements to standard numerical schemes, a careful treatment of the -effects of the basal geometry and a regularisation that ensures the model is -well-posed as an initial value problem. +physical assumptions are made that reduce the complexity of our model compared +to some of the similar codes cited above, such as the neglect of interstitial +pressure between sediment particles and the assumption that the sediment is +composed of particles that are all roughly the same size. Conversely, we +include the effects of morphodynamics, which not all codes support. The +reasoning for these choices is twofold: (1) to simplify the problem for +modellers wishing to conduct simulations efficiently, without compromising the +most essential flow physics and (2) in order to focus on making some important +technical advances for morphodynamic models, which are particular to our code +and detailed by @Langham:2023. These advances include improvements to standard +numerical schemes, a careful treatment of the effects of the basal geometry and +a regularisation that ensures the model is well-posed as an initial value +problem. Even in the most straightforward cases, morphodynamic simulations involve many free parameters, which are not all directly measurable for real world scenarios.