Section: FieldNorms

This section controls field norms post-processing. Field norms output the global norm of every plot variable to a text file, writing a new line for each output time. The prefix is the label set in incflo.post_processing. For example incflo.post_processing = fieldnorms. Inputs listed here only address options specific to field norms; the inputs controlling the output timing (which are shared by other post-processing types) are listed in the [post-processing section].

fieldnorms.type

type: String, mandatory

To use field norms output specify with keyword FieldNorms

fieldnorms.mask_redundant_grids

type: Boolean, optional, default = true

Setting this option to true ensures that the field norm calculation does not include cells that are covered by finer cells from a different mesh level. This also ensures that no volume is double counted. Setting it to false makes sure that every cell, covered or not, is included.

fieldnorms.use_vector_magnitude

type: Boolean, optional, default = false

By default, each component of vector output fields is considered separately. Setting this option to true ensures that the field norm calculation considers the local vector magnitude instead of separating each vector component.

fieldnorms.norm_type

type: String, optional, default = 2

By default, this post-processing routine calculates the volume-weighted L2 norm, corresponding to norm type 2. Other options include the L1 norm, designated by 1, and the L-infinity norm, designated by infinity.