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
  • 13. Particle Data
  • 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 - C and Fortran APIs for Applications
  • CGNS Mid-Level Library (MLL)
  • CGNS Parallel Mid-Level Library
• 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