Flexcom > Data Inputs > $SUMMARY POSTPROCESSING

This section corresponds to the summary postprocessing facility, which allows you to extract pertinent results (e.g. maximum/minimum values) from time domain analyses in succinct tabular format. Refer to Summary Postprocessing for further details.

This section contains the following keywords:

•*AXIS/VECTOR is used to define axis systems and vectors for use in postprocessing.

•*COLLATE PLOT AXES is used to define a number of key parameters which uniquely identify a particular simulation within a load case matrix. This is a prerequisite for generating 3-dimensional Summary Collation Plots.

•*ELEMENT SETS is used to group individual elements into element sets.

•*OPTIONS is used to select a number of options relating to summary postprocessing.

•*PARA AERODYN is used to request summary output of AeroDyn output where a Flexcom wind turbine analysis has been run in conjunction with the AeroDyn module.

•*PARA ANGLE AXIS is used to request summary output of the angle between an element and either a vector or an axis system.

•*PARA ANGLE ELEMENT is used to request summary output of the angle between two elements.

•*PARA ANGLE TENSION is used to request summary output of angle/tension/pseudo-curvature.

•*PARA FORCE is used to request summary output of element restoring forces.

•*PARA FORCE ENVELOPE is used to request summary output of statistics of element restoring forces.

•*PARA KINEMATIC is used to request summary output of nodal motions.

•*PARA REACTION is used to request summary output of nodal reactions.

•*PARA SEABED is used to request summary output of statistics of parameters related to seabed contact.

•*PARA SERVODYN is used to request summary output of ServoDyn output where a Flexcom wind turbine analysis has been run using the ServoDyn module to control the turbine.

•*RESTART is used to indicate that a postprocessing run is to be restarted from an analysis file of different stub name.

•*STANDARD OUTPUT is used to quickly request a selection of commonly used outputs.

•*TIME is used to specify the time interval over which the summary output statistics are to be calculated.