[Nek5000-users] Calculation of sectional forces

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 Thank you Paul

 Regards
 Sofia
 On Sat, 24 Nov 2012 17:36:39 -0600 (CST), 
 nek5000-users at lists.mcs.anl.gov wrote:
> Hi Sofia,
>
> There is a routine that computes torque as well as all three
> components of net force.
>
> A few of the examples call this routine --- you should be
> able to see this via:
>
> cd
> cd nek5_svn
> cd examples
> grep -i torq */*.usr
>
> The main idea is to identify the surfaces that constitute
> the object of interest, e.g., via the "set_obj" routine
> shown in some of these examples.   Subsequent calls
> to the torque_calc routine will compute the net forces
> on these surfaces and sum them together.
>
> Please let us know if this answers your question.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Paul
>
>
> On Sat, 24 Nov 2012, nek5000-users at lists.mcs.anl.gov wrote:
>
>> Dears Neks
>>
>> I am using the solver to perform 3D simulations past an oscillating 
>> cylinder.
>>
>> Do you know if there is a subroutine to calculate the sectional lift 
>> and drag forces over the cross section of the cylinder in z-direction.
>>
>> Regards
>> Sofia
>>
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