ProbeOutput

class ProbeOutput

Bases: _OutputBase

ProbeOutput class for setting output data probed at monitor points in the voulume of the domain. Regardless of the motion of the mesh, the points retain their positions in the global reference frame during the simulation.

Example

Define ProbeOutput on multiple specific monitor points and monitor points along the line.

• Point_1 and Point_2 are two specific points we want to monitor in this probe output group.

• Line_1 is from (1,0,0) * fl.u.m to (1.5,0,0) * fl.u.m and has 6 monitor points.

• Line_2 is from (-1,0,0) * fl.u.m to (-1.5,0,0) * fl.u.m and has 3 monitor points, namely, (-1,0,0) * fl.u.m, (-1.25,0,0) * fl.u.m and (-1.5,0,0) * fl.u.m.

>>> fl.ProbeOutput(
...     name="probe_group_points_and_lines",
...     entities=[
...         fl.Point(
...             name="Point_1",
...             location=(0.0, 1.5, 0.0) * fl.u.m,
...         ),
...         fl.Point(
...             name="Point_2",
...             location=(0.0, -1.5, 0.0) * fl.u.m,
...         ),
...         fl.PointArray(
...             name="Line_1",
...             start=(1.0, 0.0, 0.0) * fl.u.m,
...             end=(1.5, 0.0, 0.0) * fl.u.m,
...             number_of_points=6,
...         ),
...         fl.PointArray(
...             name="Line_2",
...             start=(-1.0, 0.0, 0.0) * fl.u.m,
...             end=(-1.5, 0.0, 0.0) * fl.u.m,
...             number_of_points=3,
...         ),
...     ],
...     output_fields=["primitiveVars"],
... )

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Attributes

output_fields: UniqueItemList[Union]

List of output fields. Including universal output variables and UserDefinedField.

name: str

Name of the monitor group.

Default:

'Probe output'

entities: EntityList[Point, PointArray]

List of monitored Point/PointArray entities belonging to this monitor group. PointArray is used to define monitored points along a line.

moving_statistic: MovingStatistic, optional

When specified, report moving statistics of the fields instead.

Default:

None

Additional Constructors

classmethod from_file(filename)

Loads a Flow360BaseModel from .json, or .yaml file.

Parameters:

filename (str) – Full path to the .yaml or .json file to load the Flow360BaseModel from.

Returns:

An instance of the component class calling load.

Return type:

Flow360BaseModel

Example

>>> params = Flow360BaseModel.from_file(filename='folder/sim.json') 

Methods

help(methods=False)

Prints message describing the fields and methods of a Flow360BaseModel.

Parameters:

methods (bool = False) – Whether to also print out information about object’s methods.

Return type:

None

Example

>>> params.help(methods=True) 

to_file(filename, **kwargs)

Exports Flow360BaseModel instance to .json or .yaml file

Parameters:

filename (str) – Full path to the .json or .yaml or file to save the Flow360BaseModel to.

Return type:

None

Example

>>> params.to_file(filename='folder/flow360.json')