33.21.4 Surface Integrals Dialog Box

The Surface Integrals dialog box allows you to compute the area, mass and volume flow rate, standard deviation, integral, flow rate, area-weighted average, mass-weighted average, sum, facet average, facet minimum/maximum, vertex average, or vertex minimum/maximum quantity of a specified field variable on a selected list of surfaces. See Section  30.6 for details.

Controls

Report Type   contains drop-down list that has options that control the method of surface integration.

Area   turns on the computation of the surface area.

Area-Weighted Average   turns on the computation of the area-weighted average on the surface(s).

Facet Average   turns on the computation of the facet-averaged quantity on the surface(s).

Facet Minimum   turns on the computation of the facet minimum of a quantity on the surface(s).

Facet Maximum   turns on the computation of the facet maximum of a quantity on the surface(s).

Flow Rate   turns on the computation of the flow rate through the surface(s).

Integral   turns on the computation of the integral on the surface(s).

Mass Flow Rate   turns on the computation of the mass flow rate through the surface(s).

Mass-Weighted Average   turns on the computation of the mass-averaged quantity on the surface(s).

Standard Deviation   turns on the computation of the standard deviation of a specified field variable on a surface.

Sum   turns on the computation of the summed quantity on the surface(s).

Vertex Average   turns on the computation of the vertex-averaged quantity on the surface(s).

Vertex Minimum   turns on the computation of the vertex minimum of a quantity on the surface(s).

Vertex Maximum   turns on the computation of the vertex maximum of a quantity on the surface(s).

Volume Flow Rate   turns on the computation of the volume flow rate through the surface(s).

Surface Types   contains a selectable list of types of surfaces. If you select (or deselect) an item in this list, all surfaces of that type will be selected (or deselected) automatically in the Surfaces list.

Surface Name Pattern   specifies the pattern to look for in the names of surfaces. Type the pattern in the text field and click Match to select (or deselect) the zones in the Surfaces list with names that match the specified pattern. See Section  30.6.1 for information about matching additional characters using * and ?.

Field Variable   contains a list of the field variables that can be used in the surface integrations. This option is not active if the Area, Mass Flow Rate, or Volume Flow Rate option is active.

Surfaces   is a selectable list of surfaces.

Area   displays the result of the area summation over all the selected surfaces. This label is visible when Area is active.

Integral   displays the result of the integral computation over all the selected surfaces. This label is visible when Integral is active.

Standard Deviation   displays the result of the standard deviation computation over all the selected surfaces. This label is visible when Standard Deviation is active.

Flow Rate   displays the result of the flow rate computation over all the selected surfaces. This label is visible when Flow Rate is active.

Mass Flow Rate   displays the result of the mass flow rate computation over all the selected surfaces. This label is visible when Mass Flow Rate is active.

Volumetric Flow Rate   displays the result of the volumetric flow rate computation over all the selected surfaces. This label is visible when Volume Flow Rate is active.

Area-Weighted Average   displays the result of the area-weighted average computation over all the selected surfaces. This label is visible when Area-Weighted Average is active.

Mass-Weighted Average   displays the result of the mass-averaged computation over all the selected surfaces. This label is visible when Mass-Weighted Average is active.

Sum of Facet Values   displays the result of the summation over all the selected surfaces. This label is visible when Sum is active.

Average of Facet Values   displays the result of the facet-averaged computation over all the selected surfaces. This label is visible when Facet Average is active.

Minimum of Facet Values   displays the minimum facet value on all the selected surfaces. This label is visible when Facet Minimum is active.

Maximum of Facet Values   displays the maximum facet value on all the selected surfaces. This label is visible when Facet Maximum is active.

Average of Surface Vertex Values   displays the result of the vertex-averaged computation over all the selected surfaces. This label is visible when Vertex Average is active.

Minimum of Vertex Values   displays the minimum facet value on all the selected surfaces. This label is visible when Vertex Minimum is active.

Maximum of Vertex Values   displays the maximum facet value on all the selected surfaces. This label is visible when Vertex Maximum is active.

Save Output Parameter...   opens the Save Output Parameter dialog box.

Compute   computes the specified integration on the selected surfaces.

Write...   opens the Select File dialog box (see Section  2.1.6), which you can use to save the reported values to a file.