ElementQualityAux.C

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#include "ElementQualityAux.h"
 
#include "ElementQualityChecker.h"
 
registerMooseObject("MooseApp", ElementQualityAux);
 
InputParameters
ElementQualityAux::validParams()
{
  InputParameters params = AuxKernel::validParams();
 
  params.addClassDescription("Generates a field containing the quality metric for each element.  "
                             "Useful for visualizing mesh quality.");
 
  params.addRequiredParam<MooseEnum>(
      "metric", ElementQualityChecker::QualityMetricType(), "The quality metric to use.");
 
  return params;
}
 
ElementQualityAux::ElementQualityAux(const InputParameters & parameters)
  : AuxKernel(parameters),
    _metric_type(getParam<MooseEnum>("metric").getEnum<libMesh::ElemQuality>())
{
  if (isNodal())
    mooseError("ElementQualityAux only works on elemental fields.");
}
 
Real
ElementQualityAux::computeValue()
{
  return _current_elem->quality(_metric_type);
}