+It may be useful to allow the solid phase to respond to an established flow field at the start of a simulation. This could be accomplished with the normal restart functionality; however, this limits the number of changes that can be made to the model before a restart is made. The \ct{UNFREEZE_TIME} parameter on the \ct{MISC} line can be used for this purpose. When set, the initial flow field is frozen with the options \ct{FREEZE_VELOCITY}, \ct{SOLID_PHASE_ONLY}, and \ct{LOCK_TIME_STEP} set until the simulation time exceeds \ct{UNFREEZE_TIME}. It may also be useful to set the initial time step \ct{DT} to a larger value. It may be necessary to set \ct{LIMITING_DT_RATIO} to a lower value than the default if the fixed \ct{DT} while the flow field is frozen is much larger than that calculated by the stability conditions. An example configuration with a frozen flow field is shown below.
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