Hello there,
I am brand new new FiPy, in fact just seem to have managed to install it
on Windows 2000 and Slackware 10.2 Linux. This seems like enormously
powerful software! I have read some documentation and briefly reviewed
the mailing list. There is one entry
(http://www.mail-archive.com/fipy@nist.gov/msg00116.html) that seems to
speak to the subject, but it is a little too advanced for me.
I am just wondering how to set up a problem in cylindrical (r,z) rather
than rectangular (x,y) coordinates. Is there a command I should call or
is there an object I have to initialize in order to switch on
cylindrical coordinates? From the above entry, I am almost guessing that
one would have to implement their own divergences and such in
cylindrical coordinates by adding the radius in proper places of the
divergences and such in rectangular coordinates? That can't be right!?
Also, other than using GMsh (which is incredibly awesome software, by
the way), how I can I create somewhat more complicated domains than the
simple lines, squares and circles used in most of the examples. Can I
generate such geometry in FiPy, and can I mesh that then? All I have
seen thus far is meshing commands for lines, rectangles or circles. How
would I create and mesh, say, a Tee shape?
Thanks,
Matt Koch
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