An Automated Method for Extracting Spatially Varying Time-Dependent Quantities from an ALEGRA Simulation Using VisIt Visualization Software

Abstract

Analysis of the various transient quantities contained in an ALEGRA simulation, including material properties, scalar variables, and tensor variables, can be an arduous task. In particular, the extraction of specific time-dependent quantities traveling through an Eulerian mesh is time consuming. This report documents an automated method of extracting transient quantities that vary spatially from an ALEGRA simulation using a VisIt macro written in the Python programming language. Plots of data extracted using this method are presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2014
Accession Number
ADA607803

Entities

People

  • Matthew J. Coppinger

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Programming
  • Data Processing
  • Extraction
  • Geometry
  • Language
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • Parallel Computing
  • Parallel Processing
  • Programming Languages
  • Python Programming Language
  • Shaped Charge Jets
  • Shaped Charges
  • Simulations
  • Two Dimensional
  • Visualizations

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  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Computer Science.
  • Systems Analysis and Design