Tecplot
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Tecplot refers to a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and numerical simulation software package used in post-processing simulation results.
Common tasks associated with post-processing analysis of flow solver (e.g. Fluent, STAR-CD, OpenFOAM) can include such tasks as:
- Calculating grid quantities (e.g. aspect ratios, skewness, orthogonality and stretch factors)
- Normalizing data; Deriving flow field functions like pressure coefficient or vorticity magnitude
- Verifying solution convergence
- Estimating the order of accuracy of solutions
- Interactively exploring data through cut planes (a slice through a region), iso-surfaces (3-D maps of concentrations), particle paths (dropping an object in the "fluid" and watching where it goes).