BCT.dat visualization

[Peter Patalano]

I am trying to create a visualization based on my bct.dat file. Has anyone tried this? Any helpful hints?

The goal is to velocity vs. time graphically at the inlet.

[David Parker]

Hi Peter,

The SV project Simulations/JOBNAME/bct.vtp file contains velocity data for each inlet node. You can visualize this data using Paraview.

Cheers,
Dave

[Peter Patalano]

Hi Dave,

Thanks for your reply. I understand that the vtp file has the data visually. Maybe this question is not answerable but what I am trying to plot is the mean velocity across the inlet surface versus time to visualize a pulsatile waveform. Any ideas about that?

-Peter

[David Parker]

Hi Peter,

Converting simulation results creates an all_results-flows.txt file that contains the total flow time history through the inflow (inlet) face. Dividing the total flow by the inlet face area will give you a mean velocity.

Cheers,
Dave