Use Generate Normals before the calculator and Integrate Variables after. Also try the Surface Flow which I does all three operations at once.
David E DeMarle Kitware, Inc. R&D Engineer 21 Corporate Drive Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662 Phone: 518-881-4909 On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 11:09 AM, Pei-Ying Hsieh <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Paraview experts, > > I completed a CFD calculations which contains, U (velocity field) and p > (pressure field). > I used "extract selection" to select a cross section. I then would like to > calculate the flow rate through this cross section, ie, U dot A. I tried to > use the Calculator function. I saw U in the vector field. Is there a way > to have A (area, vector field) so that I can do U dot A, then, integrate U > dot A to have flow rate? > > Thanks! > > Pei-Ying > > _______________________________________________ > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: > http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview > _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview
