name of the material/interaction/function
these parameters describe
name -
Variable in class spis.Surf.SurfField.SurfField
Name of the filed (mostly used for post-
processing since the name is carried by
the variable in the solver, hence non
mandatory field internally to NUM)
name -
Variable in class spis.Vol.VolField.VolField
Name of the filed (mostly used for post-
processing since the name is carried by
the variable in the solver, hence non
mandatory field internally to NUM)
node flag (int[nodeNb]) to tag thin
surface (2D) and thin wires (1D). :
- bit 0: 0 = node of a surface
1 = node of a wire-like edge
- bit 1: 0 = node of a regular surface
1 = node of a thin surface
hence:
- nodeFlag=0 if a node of a regular surface
- nodeFlag=1 if a node of a wire-like edge
- nodeFlag=2 if a node of a thin surface
- nodeFlag=3 is forbidden (bits 0 and 1 are exclusive)
node flag (int[nodeNb]) to tag special nodes. :
- bit 0: 0 = not on a spacrecraft surface
1 = on a spacecraft surface
- bit 1: 0 = not on a thin SC surface
1 = on a thin SC surface
(meaningful only if bit 0 = 1)
- bit 2: 0 = not a node of a wire-like boom
1 = node of a wire-like boom (1D physical surface)
(meaningful only if 1st bit = 1 and 2nd bit = 0)
- bit 3: 0 = not a mesh boundary node
1 = it is a mesh boundary node
next bits may be used (transiently) to tag
special nodes for monitoring...
Can be viewed by physicists as the
'effective' volume surrounding a node,
which allows to compute the density from
the particle number obtained by PIC
charge deposit (numericians would rather
call it the lumped mass matrix)