NESC9592 FLOWPLOT2.

FLOWPLOT2, 2-D, 3-D Fluid Dynamic Plots

NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM, COMPUTER, DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM OR FUNCTION, METHOD OF SOLUTION, RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM, CPU, UNUSUAL FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM, RELATED AND AUXILIARY PROGRAMS, STATUS, REFERENCES, REQUIREMENTS, LANGUAGE, OPERATING SYSTEM UNDER WHICH PROGRAM IS EXECUTED, OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS, NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORS, MATERIAL, CATEGORIES

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1. NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM: FLOWPLOT2.

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2. COMPUTERS

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Program name	Package id	Status	Status date
FLOWPLOT2	NESC9592/01	Tested	05-JAN-1989

Machines used:

Package ID	Orig. computer	Test computer
NESC9592/01	IBM 3033	DEC VAX 8810

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3. DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM OR FUNCTION

FLOWPLOT2 is a plotting program used with numerical or analytical fluid dynamics codes to create velocity vector plots, contour plots of up to three fluid parameters (e.g. pressure, density, and temperature), two-dimensional profile plots, three-dimensional curve plots, and/or three-dimensional surface plots for either the u or v velocity components. If the fluid dynamics code computes a transient or simulated time related solution, FLOWPLOT2 can also be used to generate these plots for any specified time interval. Multiple cases generating different plots for different time intervals may be run in one execution of the program. In addition, plots can be created for selected two- dimensional planes of three-dimensional steady-state problems. The user has the option of producing plots on CalComp or Versatec plotters or microfiche and of creating a compressed dataset before plotting.

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4. METHOD OF SOLUTION

FLOWPLOT2 reads a dataset written by the fluid dynamics code. This dataset must be written in a specified format and must contain parametric data at the nodal points of a uniform or non-uniform rectangular grid formed by the intersection of the grid lines of the model.

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5. RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM

Maxima of

   2500 nodes
     40 y-values for 2-D profile plots and 3-D curve plots
     20 contour values
      3 fluid parameters

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6. TYPICAL RUNNING TIME

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7. UNUSUAL FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM

Although FLOWPLOT2 assumes that a rectangular grid is used to specify the fluid dynamics, approximate results on non-rectangular subgrids can be generated by enclosing the entire subgrid for which parametric data is desired within a rectangular grid.

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8. RELATED AND AUXILIARY PROGRAMS

FLOWPLOT2 is a revision and extension of FLOWPLOT. The variable dimensioning technique used in FLOWPLOT has been updated in FLOWPLOT2: however, the FLOWPLOT ability to generate plots at interpolated time levels is not included in FLOWPLOT2. Contour plots are generated using a version of the CONPLT plotting package.

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9. STATUS

Package ID	Status date	Status
NESC9592/01	05-JAN-1989	Tested at NEADB

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10. REFERENCES

- C.K. Cobb and J.N. Tunstall
  FLOWPLOT II: A Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer Plotting Package, K/CSD/TM-53, April 1985.
- FLOWPLOT2, NESC No. 9592, FLOWPLOT2 Tape Description,
  National Energy Software Center Note 87-61, April 28, 1987.
- D.C. Elrod and J.N. Tunstall
  FLOWPLOT: A Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer Plotting Package, K/CSD/TM-22, March 1978.
- B.A. Clark and R.H. Fowler
  A User's Manual for CONPLT, A General Purpose Contour Plotter,
  ORNL/CSD/TM-76, September 1983.

NESC9592/01, included references:

- C.K. Cobb and J.N. Tunstall :
  FLOWPLOT II: A Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer Plotting Package
  K/CSD/TM-53 (April 1985)
- C. Yuelys-Miksis :
  FLOWPLOT2 Tape Description
  NESC Note 87-61 (April 28, 1987)

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11. HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS: MACHINE REQUIREMENTS

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12. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE(S) USED

Package ID	Computer language
NESC9592/01	FORTRAN-IV

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13. OPERATING SYSTEM UNDER WHICH PROGRAM IS EXECUTED: MVS.

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14. OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS

FLOWPLOT2 uses the proprietary Integrated Software Systems Corporation (ISSCO) DISSPLA graphics software to generate plotted output; this software is not included.

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15. NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORS

          C.K. Cobb and J.N. Tunstall
          Computing and Telecommunications Division
          Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc.

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16. MATERIAL AVAILABLE

NESC9592/01

File name	File description	Records
NESC9592_01.001	Information file	102
NESC9592_01.002	FLOWPLOT2 FORTRAN-IV source from the author	1368
NESC9592_01.003	Data of sample case 1	22
NESC9592_01.004	Data of sample case 2	29
NESC9592_01.005	Output of sample case 1	220
NESC9592_01.006	Output of sample case 2	293
NESC9592_01.007	FLOWPLOT2 tested at NEA Data Bank	1408
NESC9592_01.008	Fluid parameter data to be plotted (EBCDIC)	1664
NESC9592_01.009	Conversion program from EBCDIC to binary	20

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17. CATEGORIES

H. Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow
N. Subsidiary Calculations

Keywords: computer graphics, flow rate, fluid flow, plotters, pressure dependence, temperature dependence, three-dimensional, time dependence, two-dimensional.