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Arc length

Posted Oct 22, 2021, 12:58 p.m. EDT Fluid & Heat, General, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) 3 Replies

Natan Padoin
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Dear all,

I need to access the arc length as a function of time for a given curve in my simulation for post-processing purposes. Does anyone know the variable for that?

Best regards, NP

3 Replies Last Post Oct 25, 2021, 2:12 a.m. EDT
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Posted: 3 years ago Oct 23, 2021, 7:36 a.m. EDT

Perhaps an integration operator on the boundary and a new variable length=intop1(1).

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René Christensen, PhD
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Perhaps an integration operator on the boundary and a new variable length=intop1(1).
Natan Padoin
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Posted: 3 years ago Oct 23, 2021, 9:45 a.m. EDT
Updated: 3 years ago Oct 25, 2021, 7:44 p.m. EDT

Perhaps an integration operator on the boundary and a new variable length=intop1(1).

Thank you for your reply! It partially solves the problem. In fact, I need to plot a quantity (and get data) along the arc length. Integrating using intop1(1) will return a single value (total length at a given time). COMSOL uses arc length as default for x-y plotting, but I need to access this variable since I have to modify it (getting a non dimensional parameter).

Thank you so much for your contribution!!

>Perhaps an integration operator on the boundary and a new variable length=intop1(1). Thank you for your reply! It partially solves the problem. In fact, I need to plot a quantity (and get data) along the arc length. Integrating using intop1(1) will return a single value (total length at a given time). COMSOL uses arc length as default for x-y plotting, but I need to access this variable since I have to modify it (getting a non dimensional parameter). Thank you so much for your contribution!!
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Posted: 3 years ago Oct 25, 2021, 2:12 a.m. EDT

For all arc there is an inherent coordinate called 's' which runs from 0 to 1. You can use that to plot as a function of the arc length.

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René Christensen, PhD
Acculution ApS
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info@acculution.com
For all arc there is an inherent coordinate called 's' which runs from 0 to 1. You can use that to plot as a function of the arc length.

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