OOF2: The Manual

Name

Boundary Analysis (BoundaryAnalysis) — Compute averages and integrals on boundaries.

Synopsis

BoundaryAnalysis(operation,boundary)

Details

  • Base class: ScheduledOutput
  • Parameters:

    operation
    Operation to perform on the boundary. Type: An object of the MeshBdyAnalyzer class.
    boundary
    The boundary to analyze. Type: The name of an edge boundary in a mesh.

Description

While solving a time dependent problem, a BoundaryAnalysis can be scheduled to track the time dependence of any quantity that can be computed on the Boundary Analysis page. For quantities computable from the Analysis page, see BulkAnalysis

To store a boundary analysis operation for re-use either on the Boundary Analysis page or as a Scheduled Output, it can be given a name on the Boundary Analysis page and used in a NamedAnalysisOutput scheduled output.

The OutputDestination for a BulkAnalysis must be a OutputStream (file) or a MessageWindowStream.

When data is written to the output stream, it is preceded by a header describing the source of the output and the contents of each column. Each line of the header begins with a comment character (default #, which can be changed by the OOF.Settings.Output_Formatting.Comment_Character command in the main window's menubar. The characters separating the columns (default , ) can be changed by the OOF.Settings.Output_Formatting.Separator command. If more than one BulkAnalysis or BoundaryAnalysis is writing to the same stream, the headers will be repeated whenever the data switches from one analysis to another.