Setting Values Using a Table

There are several common types of tabular methods, each represented by nodes.



These types are:

The first three have similar properties. The properties of the Table (x,y,z) and the Table (xyz, time) are similar in that they are structured to accommodate the three coordinates. However, the Table (xyz, time) also takes simulation time into account.

Additionally, there are two specific table types, Table (Equivalence Ratio), and Table (particle size CDF), which use the same properties as the first three types that are listed previously.

For all tabular methods, if the point lies inside the table range, the interpolation method specified by user is used to compute the function value. If, however, the point lies outside the table range, the function value is computed at the nearest data point in the table.

See File Format Reference.

Although a table data file is treated simply as a table when it is read into Simcenter STAR-CCM+, each of these methods looks for a particular type of column in the table that accompanies the data values.

After specifying the method of a profile as a table, open the profile node (Mach Number in the following screenshot). If necessary, select the tabular node. Set the appropriate properties from the drop-down lists corresponding to Table: Data and Table. You must have read a table into Simcenter STAR-CCM+ to make this selection; otherwise these drop-down lists are empty and the Table: Data and Table properties show as Null. The other property (Table (iteration) in the following screenshot), is read-only since it simply indicates the title of the column that the tabular method expects.

Separate table value nodes exist for setting vector profiles.