Tutorials Manual

Chemkin 4.1.1
Chapter 2: Combustion in Gas-phase Processes
Figure 2-54
Visualization of Full Computational Domain Can Be Acquired by Selecting Proper Reflect Contour Data
Option in the Chemkin Post-Processor Panel.
Once the 3-D contour plot of the full computational domain is displayed in a new plot
window, we can add a colorbar to label the contours. We first select the 3-D contour
plot to be labeled by right-clicking the mouse over the plot. Then, we click on the
Insert button on the menu bar to make the pull-down list available (see Figure 2-55).
Select Colorbar to insert a contour level legend. By default, the colorbar is horizontal
and is shown at the middle lower area of the plot. We can customize the colorbar by
adjusting the colorbar properties. Double-clicking on the colorbar will open the
Colorbar property panel. We will change Orientation from Horizontal to Vertical, set
the Text show to True, and type Temperature (K) in the text field next to the Title.
Figure 2-56 shows the final look of the Colorbar property panel after all the changes.
The contour plot will be updated as changes in the Colorbar property panel are made
so we do not need to close the property panel. Finally, we can re-position the colorbar
on the plot by dragging it with the right mouse button pressed. The finished 3-D
temperature contour plot is shown in Figure 2-57. We can print the contour plot
directly to a printer or copy-and-paste it to a document.
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