VCG - Rigid Vortex

Description

Rotating 2D vortex with changing rotational velocity

Details

The Rigid-Vortex model describes a rigid-body vortex with inital angular momentum given by theta and a decrease d in angular momentum in each full timestep.

Input

Output

vtkImageData

Parameters

Name
Description
Values/Default
theta Initial angular velocity of the vortex. .6
d Rate of angular deceleration. .5
OutputSpaceTime Add time dimension to output dimenstions. 0
TimeRange Time range of samples. 0.0 6.28318530718
TimeSteps Number of time steps for the samples. 32
Samples Number of samples in each dimension. 32 32
Origin Point of origin for the samples window. -2.0 -2.0
Scale Scale of sample distance in each dimension. 4.0 4.0

Installation Instructions

Authors

Lutz Hofmann

Acknowledgements