SkinnedBins

Description

Displays how each element in the [Mesh] maps to a skinned bin distribution (created by a MoabSkinner). You can either view the entire individualized bin distribution with skin_by = all (the default), or inspect how elements map to the binning in temperature, density, and subdomain by setting skin_by to temperature, density, or subdomain, respectively.

For example, suppose the domain consists of two subdomains, with temperature and density distributions as shown in the top row of Figure 1. The elements are then grouped into individualized bins, according to unique combinations of the temperature bin, the density bin, and the subdomain bin. The different skin_by options for this object are shown in the bottom row of Figure 1.

Figure 1: Mesh skinning operation

Example Input Syntax

As an example, the syntax below separately visualizes how elements map into bins for all different choices of skin_by.

[AuxKernels<<<{"href": "../../syntax/AuxKernels/index.html"}>>>]
  [rho]
    type = FunctionAux<<<{"description": "Auxiliary Kernel that creates and updates a field variable by sampling a function through space and time.", "href": "FunctionAux.html"}>>>
    variable<<<{"description": "The name of the variable that this object applies to"}>>> = rho
    function<<<{"description": "The function to use as the value"}>>> = rho
    execute_on<<<{"description": "The list of flag(s) indicating when this object should be executed. For a description of each flag, see https://mooseframework.inl.gov/source/interfaces/SetupInterface.html."}>>> = timestep_begin
  []
  [temp]
    type = FunctionAux<<<{"description": "Auxiliary Kernel that creates and updates a field variable by sampling a function through space and time.", "href": "FunctionAux.html"}>>>
    variable<<<{"description": "The name of the variable that this object applies to"}>>> = temp
    function<<<{"description": "The function to use as the value"}>>> = temp
    execute_on<<<{"description": "The list of flag(s) indicating when this object should be executed. For a description of each flag, see https://mooseframework.inl.gov/source/interfaces/SetupInterface.html."}>>> = timestep_begin
  []
  [rho_bins]
    type = SkinnedBins<<<{"description": "Bins created by a skinner", "href": "SkinnedBins.html"}>>>
    variable<<<{"description": "The name of the variable that this object applies to"}>>> = rho_bins
    skinner<<<{"description": "MOAB mesh skinner"}>>> = moab
    skin_by<<<{"description": "Which skin distribution to display"}>>> = density
  []
  [temp_bins]
    type = SkinnedBins<<<{"description": "Bins created by a skinner", "href": "SkinnedBins.html"}>>>
    variable<<<{"description": "The name of the variable that this object applies to"}>>> = temp_bins
    skinner<<<{"description": "MOAB mesh skinner"}>>> = moab
    skin_by<<<{"description": "Which skin distribution to display"}>>> = temperature
  []
  [subdomain_bins]
    type = SkinnedBins<<<{"description": "Bins created by a skinner", "href": "SkinnedBins.html"}>>>
    variable<<<{"description": "The name of the variable that this object applies to"}>>> = subdomain_bins
    skinner<<<{"description": "MOAB mesh skinner"}>>> = moab
    skin_by<<<{"description": "Which skin distribution to display"}>>> = subdomain
  []
  [bins]
    type = SkinnedBins<<<{"description": "Bins created by a skinner", "href": "SkinnedBins.html"}>>>
    variable<<<{"description": "The name of the variable that this object applies to"}>>> = bins
    skinner<<<{"description": "MOAB mesh skinner"}>>> = moab
  []
[]

Input Parameters