DOC: drop the simulation loop flowchart and its mermaid dependency

Author: MateusStano

docs/conf.py

@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
     "sphinx_design",
     "jupyter_sphinx",
     "nbsphinx",
-    "sphinxcontrib.mermaid",
 ]
 
 

docs/requirements.in

@@ -7,5 +7,4 @@ pandas==2.3.2
 lxml_html_clean==0.4.2
 sphinx-copybutton==0.5.2
 sphinx-tabs==3.4.7
-sphinxcontrib-mermaid==1.0.0
 plotly==6.3.0

docs/requirements.txt

@@ -199,7 +199,6 @@ sphinx==8.1.3
     #   sphinx-design
     #   sphinx-tabs
 sphinx-copybutton==0.5.2
-sphinxcontrib-mermaid==1.0.0
     # via -r docs/requirements.in
 sphinx-design==0.6.1
     # via -r docs/requirements.in

docs/technical/simulation_loop.rst

@@ -23,18 +23,6 @@ disable events, add events, switch the equations of motion, start a new phase,
 or end the flight. The loop applies those commands and adjusts the phase list
 and node schedule accordingly.
 
-.. mermaid::
-
-   flowchart TD
-       A["Start a phase: create the solver and its time nodes"] --> B["Advance the solver one step and store the state"]
-       B --> C["Check events, apply their commands"]
-       C --> D{"What did the commands ask for?"}
-       D -- "nothing" --> B
-       D -- "roll back" --> E["Restore the state at the crossing and restart the solver"]
-       E --> B
-       D -- "new phase or dynamics" --> A
-       D -- "end the flight" --> F["Finalize and cache the results"]
-
 The structure is three nested loops::
 
     for phase in flight_phases:           # one solver per phase