Atomic diffusion has been recognized as an important process that has to be
considered in any computations of stellar models. In solar-type and cooler
stars, this process is dominated by gravitational settling, which is now
included in most stellar evolution codes. In hotter stars, radiative
accelerations compete with gravity and become the dominant ingredient in the
diffusion flux for most heavy elements. Introducing radiative accelerations
into the computations of stellar models modifies the internal element
distribution and may have major consequences on the stellar structure. Coupling
these processes with hydrodynamical stellar motions has important consequences
that need to be investigated in detail. We aim to include the computations of
radiative accelerations in a stellar evolution code (here the TGEC code) using
a simplified method (SVP) so that it may be coupled with sophisticated
macroscopic motions. We also compare the results with those of the Montreal
code in specific cases for validation and study the consequences of these
coupled processes on accurate models of A- and early-type stars. We implemented
radiative accelerations computations into the Toulouse-Geneva stellar evolution
code following the semi-analytical prescription proposed by Alecian and
LeBlanc. This allows more rapid computations than the full description used in
the Montreal code. We present results for A-type stellar models computed with
this updated version of TGEC and compare them with similar published models
obtained with the Montreal evolution code. We discuss the consequences for the
coupling with macroscopic motions, including thermohaline convection.Comment: 12 pages, 13 figures, published in A&