Standard Specification

• Standardization bodies
  • The AIAA recommended practice
  • ISO Step initiative
• CGNS/SIDS - Standard Interface Data Structures
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Design Philosophy of Standard Interface Data Structures
  • 3. Conventions
  • 4. Building Block Structure Definition
  • 5. Data-Array Structure Definitions
  • 6. Hierarchical Structures
  • 7. Grid Coordinates, Elements, and Flow Solution
  • 8. Multizone Interface Connectivity
  • 9. Boundary Conditions
  • 10. Governing Flow Equations
  • 11. Time-Dependent Flow
  • 12. Miscellaneous Data Structures
  • Appendix A: Conventions for Data-Name Identifiers
  • Appendix B: Structured Two-Zone Flat Plate Example
• CGNS/FMM - Data model mapping to implementation
  • Conceptual Structure of a CGNS Database
  • The Structure of a Node
  • Use of Nodes in CGNS
  • CGNS Databases
  • Internal Organization of a CGNS Database
  • Node descriptions
• CGNS/MLL - An API for C and Fortran applications
  • General Remarks
  • File Operations
  • Navigating a CGNS File
  • Error Handling
  • Structural Nodes
  • Descriptors
  • Physical Data
  • Location and Position
  • Auxiliary Data
  • Grid Specification
  • Solution Data
  • Grid Connectivity
  • Boundary Conditions
  • Equation Specification
  • Families
  • Time Dependent Data
  • Links
• CGNS/PMLL - A Parallel I/O API
  • General Remarks
  • CGNS/PMLL documentation
  • CGNS/PMLL examples
• CGNS/CGIO - Basic node implementation
  • Node - The Building Block
  • Node Attributes
  • Glossary of Terms
  • Conventions and Implementations
  • Limits and Sizes
  • CGIO core routines
• CGNS/HDF5 - An HPC implementation
  • Implementation Summary
  • General HDF5 Mapping Concepts
• CGNS/Python - A Python implementation