[yt-dev] yt for lagrangian hydro

[Anthony Scopatz]

Let me just say that I am +1 for yt and Hydra.

On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 10:09 AM, Sam Skillman <samskillman at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Matt,
>
> Thanks for the compliments!
>
> I'm a bit confused about exactly what you mean about your mesh, but I'm
> guessing it's just a language barrier between our fields.  Let's start with
> the cartesian 3D case.
>
> 1.  By "logically rectangular", do you mean that
> each computational element has 6 neighbors that share a face, but the
> element itself can have a deformed shape?
>
> 2.  Does reduced/enhanced connectivity zones mean one element can share a
> face with, say, 4 elements?  This would make it behave a bit like and
> adaptive mesh refinement setup, which shouldn't be too bad.
>
> If the shapes of the elements change, I think it might be a little bit
> tricky, but if they are all geometrically rectangular then it would be
> easier.
>
> Another big determinant of how easy this will be to implement is what the
> data format looks like.  Is there a method paper or other reference that
> explains a bit more of the code/data structure?
>
> Thanks,
> Sam
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 8:41 AM, Matt Terry <matt.terry at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I saw Matt's yt presentation at scipy.  You've developed a cool tool.
>> I'm covetous.
>>
>> I work with a 2D-RZ/3D-Cartesian Lagrangian hydrodynamics code
>> ("Hydra").  The mesh is composed of logically rectangular blocks.
>> Block boundaries can have reduced/enhanced connectivity zones, but
>> nothing worse.  How difficult do you think it would be to teach yt how
>> work with Hydra meshes?
>>
>> -matt
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