NAME:      read_flow3d

AUTHOR:    Ian Curington, Stardent Computer Ltd., UK

SOURCE FILE: read_flow3d.c

TYPE:      data

INPUTS:    None

OUTPUTS:   field 3D irregular scalar
           field 3D irregular vector

PARAMETERS:  file browser,
	   choice parameters to select what part of the "dump" file
	   to read.

DESCRIPTION:

Files in this directory are for reading/converting
CFD data and Mesh files from the Harwell "FLOW3D" code
into AVS Field types.

The read_flow3d module ascesses the dump files via a browser.
Prior to selecting the filename, use the 
"read turbulence" and "read temperature" toggles to
tell the reader if such information is present in the dump file.
The reader has no way of knowing from the dump file alone.

AVS2 is able to work with the scalar output port,
while AVS3 will be able to run mappers on the irregular vector port.

The module has been tested on AVS3pre_alpha, running on a GS-2000,
and on Standard shipped version of AVS2.0P for a Titan P3 (ST-3000)
under Titan OS 3.01., and under AVS3 Beta R. 2 (GS).

The data may be used for promotional purposes, to show
how the reader module works, with credit to Harwell, UK.

Example files:

ex1:
  A 2d case, where data is valid only on the middle slice.
  Flow travels in one side and out the other, with recirculation
  on the top and bottom.

ex4:
  Flow along a pipe past four staggered quarter circle blockages.
  The 4 blockages are in a helical pattern. This causes the flow to
  rotate as it passes down the pipe.

ex4a:
  Flow past a rotated cube within a second cube.
  Flow is calculated between two cubes, one rotated
  within the other.

ex4b:
  Compressable flow through a duct of non uniform cross section.
  Heat sink is in the square part of duct.
  In this example the duct starts of with a circular cross section
  and then gradually changes into a square cross section. Half the duct
  is modelled and a symmetry plane is used.
  Prior to the square section the duct is split in two with a thin
  surface. The flow travels up one side of the duct, gets cooled
  in the square section by a heat sink, and
  then travels back down the other side of the duct.


Revision:  11 October 90  Ian Curington, Stardent UK
  
NAME:      read_flow3d

AUTHOR:    Ian Curington, Stardent Computer Ltd., UK

SOURCE FILE: read_flow3d.c

TYPE:      data

INPUTS:    None

OUTPUTS:   field 3D irregular scalar
           field 3D irregular vector

PARAMETERS:  file browser,
	   choice parameters to select what part of the "dump" file
	   to read.

DESCRIPTION:

Files in this directory are for reading/converting
CFD data and Mesh files from the Harwell "FLOW3D" code
into AVS Field types.

The read_flow3d module ascesses the dump files via a browser.
Prior to selecting the filename, use the 
"read turbulence" and "read temperature" toggles to
tell the reader if such information is present in the dump file.
The reader has no way of knowing from the dump file alone.

AVS2 is able to work with the scalar output port,
while AVS3 will be able to run mappers on the irregular vector port.

The module has been tested on AVS3pre_alpha, running on a GS-2000,
and on Standard shipped version of AVS2.0P for a Titan P3 (ST-3000)
under Titan OS 3.01., and under AVS3 Beta R. 2 (GS).

The data may be used for promotional purposes, to show
how the reader module works, with credit to Harwell, UK.

Example files:

ex1:
  A 2d case, where data is valid only on the middle slice.
  Flow travels in one side and out the other, with recirculation
  on the top and bottom.

ex4:
  Flow along a pipe past four staggered quarter circle blockages.
  The 4 blockages are in a helical pattern. This causes the flow to
  rotate as it passes down the pipe.

ex4a:
  Flow past a rotated cube within a second cube.
  Flow is calculated between two cubes, one rotated
  within the other.

ex4b:
  Compressable flow through a duct of non uniform cross section.
  Heat sink is in the square part of duct.
  In this example the duct starts of with a circular cross section
  and then gradually changes into a square cross section. Half the duct
  is modelled and a symmetry plane is used.
  Prior to the square section the duct is split in two with a thin
  surface. The flow travels up one side of the duct, gets cooled
  in the square section by a heat sink, and
  then travels back down the other side of the duct.


Revision:  11 October 90  Ian Curington, Stardent UK