SolverDefinition¶

SolverDefinition element contains definition information of the solver.

Examples¶

List 78 Example of SolverDefinition definition¶

<SolverDefinition
  name="samplesolver"
  caption="Sample Solver 1.0"
  version="1.0"
  copyright="Example Company"
  release="2012.04.01"
  homepage="http://example.com/"
  executable="solver.exe"
  iterationtype="time"
  gridtype="structured2d"
>
  <CalculationCondition>

    (abbr.)

  </CalculationCondition>
  <GridRelatedCondition>

    (abbr.)

  </GridRelatedCondition>
</SolverDefinition>

Attributes¶

Table 45 Attributes of SolverDefinition¶
Name	Value	Required	Description
name	String	Yes	Identification name of the solver (in alphanumeric characters only)
caption	String	Yes	Name of the solver (any characters can be used)
version	String	Yes	Version number, in a form such as "1.0", "1.3.2"
copyright	String	Yes	Name of copyright owner; basically in English
release	String	Yes	Date of release, in a form such as "2010.01.01"
homepage	String	Yes	URL of the web page that provides information on the solver
executable	String	Yes	Filename of the executable program. (e.g.	Solver.exe)
iterationtype	Refer to table below	Yes	Unit of outputting result
gridtype	Refer to table below	Yes	Grid type
multiple	true or false		true if two or more grids can be used

Table 46 iterationtype value¶
Value	Meaning
time	Results are output by time
iteration	Results are output by iteration

Table 47 gridtype value¶
Value	Meaning
1d	one-dimensional grid
1.5d	one-and-half dimensional grid
1.5d_withcrosssection	one-and-half dimensional grid having cross-sectional info
structured2d	two-dimensional structured grid
unstructured2d	two-dimensional unstructured grid

When solver developers want to update solvers, version attribute should be changed. Refer to Notes on solver version up for notes on solver version up.

Child elements¶

Table 48 Child elements of SolverDefinition¶
Name	Required	Description
CalculationCondition	Yes	Calculation condition
GridRelatedCondition		This should be defined only when a single type of input grid is used.
GridTypes		This should be defined only when two or more types of input grids are used.