Particle tracking in post (How to get number in a given plane?)

DPD · February 17, 2011, 17:12

Hi All,

I am interested in knowing the total number of particles passing through a plane created in post.
Any help would be much appreciated.

Anurag

alastormoody11 · February 18, 2011, 02:28

Hi,

You can export the particle tracks from CFX to so that you will have a file of the coordinates of the each partice where it crosses a cell face.

You can use this data to calculate the number of particles that have crossed the plane which will be easy as long as the plane is something like x=0, etc.

Note: This might be an extremely roundabout way of executing this, but if you are desperate you might try this

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February 18, 2011, 02:28		#2
alastormoody11 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 100 Rep Power: 17	Hi, You can export the particle tracks from CFX to so that you will have a file of the coordinates of the each partice where it crosses a cell face. You can use this data to calculate the number of particles that have crossed the plane which will be easy as long as the plane is something like x=0, etc. Note: This might be an extremely roundabout way of executing this, but if you are desperate you might try this