Automatic Sectioning is enabled, but flow increases substantially during the transient

A Caution message in AFT xStream

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Automatic Sectioning is enabled, but flow increases substantially during the transient.

 

This is a cautionary notice that the user enabled Automatic Sectioning to allow xStream to section the system to minimize the Steady-State Conservation Error. However, Automatic Sectioning is performed based on the steady-state flow, meaning conservation error will increase if the system flow increases. When this caution is presented, the user should not assume that conservation error was minimized throughout the simulation.