Output files

The APM Solver and Preprocessor can output files in .csv, .vtu, and .dat file formats. The .csv files can be opened with any text editor or data processing software such as MATLAB or RStudio. The .vtu files are specific to ParaView. ParaView is an open-source, multi-platform data analysis and visualization application which can be downloaded from https://www.paraview.org/download/. The .dat files are specific to Tecplot. Tecplot is the name of a family of visualization & analysis software tools developed by Tecplot, Inc.

To enable or disable ParaView or Tecplot output change the paraview_output and tecplot_output options in the .conf file.

Output file descriptions

The structure of an example .loads file is shown below:

Timestep Time CFx CFy CFz CMx CMy CMz CL CD CC
0 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000
1 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000
2 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000
3 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000
...

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