Parameter Sweep Example

Overview

Example using vspace, multiplanet, and bigplanet in conjunction by exploring the ThermInt parameters of dTCore (initial core temperature) and d40KPowerCore (initial radiogenic power from potassium-40).

Date

1/26/2021

Author

Caitlyn Wilhelm

Modules

ThermInt, vspace, multi-planet, bigplanet

Approx. runtime

160 Seconds

To run this example

vspace vspace.in
multi-planet vspace.in
bigplanet vspace.in
python makeplot.py <pdf | png>

Expected output

../_images/BigPlanetExample.png

Inner core radius of Earth after 4.5 Gyr as a function of the initial core temperature and the current power from potassium-40 decay. The black curve is the current value.