Loadable library for Python
The loadable library comes with gdtk as a top-level namespace.
Within that namespace, there are packages for gas models,
flow analysis, geometry construction and general numerical methods.
There are also a number of application programs that may be used
from the command line.
Gas-dynamic functions
This package provides access to functions for the thermochemical gas model and, built on top of that, simple state-to-state and stream-tube flow analysis functions.
Geometry functions
The collection of geometric functions is built to look like the Lua functions for constructing geometric objects in Eilmer.
Application programs
Programs built upon the loadable library:
- ESTCN, Calculator for equilibrium shock tunnel conditions, with nozzle.
- NENZF1d, Calculation of Nonequilibrium Nozzle Flow with finite-rate chemistry.
Getting started
To use the library, it first needs to be built and installed from within the source code directory for the gas models.
cd gdtk/src/gas
make install
Note that this command will also install the Python application programs
to the ${DGD}/bin directory.
If you have not already done so, you should set the following environment variables so that the Python interpreter can find the library.
export PYTHONPATH=${PYTHONPATH}:${DGD}/lib
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:${DGD}/lib
Remember to refresh your current shell (or log out and log back in) so that your newly configured environment is available.