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Update dt_elastic guidance: running average is diffusive, advise viscosity limiting
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`dt_elastic` — these are independent parameters.
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A running-average approach for accumulating history when $\Delta t \ll \Delta t_e$
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was investigated but found to be inaccurate: the BDF constitutive formula
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inherently couples `dt_elastic` to the time between stress evaluations, so
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the history smoothing cannot compensate for the mismatch. For problems requiring
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small advection steps with a longer relaxation scale, viscosity clamping
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(flooring $\eta_{\text{eff}}$ at the `dt_elastic`-derived value) is the
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recommended approach.
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was investigated but found to be extremely diffusive for semi-Lagrangian
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transport and is not implemented. To prevent runaway or unstable behaviour
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when timesteps become small (e.g. due to CFL constraints or failure events),
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we advise limiting the minimum effective viscosity, in line with the physics
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of the problem.

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