geometry_reader Class Reference

Reads a geometry file giving one face per line and makes the data available as variables. More...

#include <geometry_reader.h>

Inherits dsim_model.

Public Member Functions
	geometry_reader (dsim_model_setup *setup)
	Constructors.
	~geometry_reader ()
	Destructor.
void *	describe_setup (void *ds)
	Provides descriptions of accepted setup commands.
bool	parse_setup (const char *command, const char *data)
	Parse setup commands and parameter data.
void	initialize_data ()
	Initialize outlets, parameters, inputs and outputs.
void	initialization_complete ()
	Finish initialization.

Protected Attributes
dsim_variable	area_dsim
	Areas of geometry faces.
dsim_variable	normals_dsim
	Outward normals of the faces.
dsim_variable	rho_dsim
	Optical properties, [absorbed,specular,diffuse] as 3xn.
dsim_variable	cD_dsim
	Coefficients of drag of the faces.
dsim_variable	centroids_dsim
	Vectors to centroids of each face.
dsim_variable	areaTS_dsim
	Areas of the two-sided faces.
dsim_variable	normalsTS_dsim
	Outward normals of the two-sided faces.
dsim_variable	rhoTS_dsim
	Two-sided optical properties, [absorbed,specular,diffuse], as 6xn for front/back.
dsim_variable	cDTS_dsim
	Coefficients of drag of the two-sided faces.
dsim_variable	centroidsTS_dsim
	Vectors to centroids of each two-sided face.

Detailed Description

Reads a geometry file giving one face per line and makes the data available as variables.

Each face is defined by 17 or 22 numbers:

componentID v1 v2 v3 {cDF alphaF epsF rhoSF rhoDF rhoAF} rhoT { alphaB epsB rhoSB rhoDB rhoAB}

and includes coefficients of drag, thermal and optical coefficients. The optical coefficients (rho) are [specular,diffuse,absorption,transmission] and should sum to 1. The thermal parameters are absorptivity (alpha) and emissivity (eps). Surfaces such as membranes may give properties for the back side in parameters 18 to 22.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• geometry_reader.h
• geometry_reader.cc