Probes
Introduction
Probes supersede massflow planes and have significantly less computational overhead for the solver.
Description
Probes are used to extract accurate post-processing information from particular location, whether we want the information to come from a FLUID or a WALL or a MOVINGWALL phase. In that sense it is possible to define both static and moving probe particles.
- Volume (Spherical) probe assesses fluid properties.
- Surface (Circular) probe assesses fluid properties (mass flow).
- Custom Surface (Flowrate probe) is essentially a MASSFLOW equivalent.
- Solid probe assesses solid body properties.
The volume, surface and solid probes are defined by their geometric features, the particle stencil is generated within the solver.
It is also useful to note that when using volume, surface or flow rate probes for measuring fluid properties or mass flow – it is allowed that overlaps between these probes and WALL or MOVINGWALL phases exist. The probes in that case will consider only the FLUID portion of the particles that are within the measurement geometry of the probe. Vice versa, when the solid probes are used, the FLUID particles will be ignored and the output will be provided only for WALL or MOVINGWALL phases.
