Added an optional time step computation for teaching purposes.

src/SWE_WavePropagationBlockCuda.hh

@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ class SWE_WavePropagationBlockCuda: public SWE_BlockCUDA {
     float simulate(float, float);
 
     // TODO: not implemented, max time step reduction is done in each call of computeNumericalFluxes(...)
-    void computeMaxTimestep() {
-      assert(false);
-    };
+    //void computeMaxTimestep() {
+    //  assert(false);
+    //};
 
     // compute the numerical fluxes (net-update formulation here).
     void computeNumericalFluxes();

src/examples/swe_wavepropagation.cpp

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <cassert>
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <string>
+#include <iostream>
 #include "../tools/help.hh"
 
 #include "../SWE_Block.hh"
@@ -218,6 +219,11 @@ int main( int argc, char** argv ) {
       // set values in ghost cells:
       l_wavePropgationBlock.setGhostLayer();
       
+      // approximate the maximum time step
+      // TODO: This calculation should be replaced by the usage of the wave speeds occuring during the flux computation
+      // Remark: The code is executed on the CPU, therefore a "valid result" depends on the CPU-GPU-synchronization.
+//      l_wavePropgationBlock.computeMaxTimestep();
+
       // compute numerical flux on each edge
       l_wavePropgationBlock.computeNumericalFluxes();