SolverDefinition

SolverDefinition element contains definition information of the solver.

Examples

List 78 Example of SolverDefinition definition
 1<SolverDefinition
 2  name="samplesolver"
 3  caption="Sample Solver 1.0"
 4  version="1.0"
 5  copyright="Example Company"
 6  release="2012.04.01"
 7  homepage="http://example.com/"
 8  executable="solver.exe"
 9  iterationtype="time"
10  gridtype="structured2d"
11>
12  <CalculationCondition>
13
14    (abbr.)
15
16  </CalculationCondition>
17  <GridRelatedCondition>
18
19    (abbr.)
20
21  </GridRelatedCondition>
22</SolverDefinition>

Attributes

Table 46 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 47 iterationtype value

Value

Meaning

time

Results are output by time

iteration

Results are output by iteration
Table 48 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 49 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.