10.2 Enthalpy in dense media results

The Dense Media table contains the list of all dense media defined in the project and enthalpy values calculated for each medium separately.

The dense medium is the medium declared as having non-zero density. Note that medium density is specified in the Project Media window of the Input Interface. Since QuickWave allows FDTD cells filled by more than one medium, ambiguity of "density" to be assigned to such cells has to be resolved. Since the criterion is, that the dielectric medium of the highest "conductivity" decides whether a cell is "dense", the density of this medium is treated as "density" of the cell. Density assigned to metallic and PEC media is ignored in this consideration. "Conductivity" is understood as the sum of X, Y, and Z components of Sigma and SigmaM. The medium of highest "conductivity" in the above sense also becomes a dominant cell medium for QW-BHM operation.

The Dense Media table contains the list of all dense media defined in the project and the available information is displayed in the following columns:

Medium Name – the name of dense medium

MIN – minimum enthalpy extracted from cells filled with Medium Name medium

MAX – maximum enthalpy extracted from cells filled with Medium Name medium

Volume AVR – volumetric average enthalpy calculated for region filled with Medium Name medium

Total – a sum of enthalpy in all FDTD cells filled with Medium Name medium

The FDTD iteration at which the results were calculated is given in the status bar.