ISSN:
0271-2091
Keywords:
computational simulation
;
visualisation
;
CFD
;
expression parsing
;
post-processing
;
compiler techniques
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Engineering
;
Numerical Methods and Modeling
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
In many stages of a typical computational simulation, the user has a requirement to extract data which is not always in a readily available form. Typical examples include mesh quality statistics, where the quality measure is typically defined using an expression involving the co-ordinates of each mesh cell, face, edge or node; solution visualisation, where the quantity to be displayed/analysed is an expression involving the resultant variables of the flow solver; and mesh adaption, where the refinement may be driven by a quantity which could be a combination of flow solution variables and the co-ordinates of the mesh edges. A code developer can readily modify source code to meet such requirements but this is not an option to a typical user and, when additionally, codes are embedded within graphical user interfaces. This paper describes EQUATE, a system designed to allow the user to define their own measures at run-time, and how it can be integrated into general interactive, graphical environments. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Additional Material:
6 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
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