**process checksum

Description

This post-processing computes the sum of a given variable over the whole space in order to check a total field value.

Syntax

***global_post_processing \(~\,~\,~\,\) … \(~\,\) **process checksum \(~\,~\,\) *variable var_name \(~\,\) [ *screen_output ] \(~\,\) [ *file_output ] \(~\,\) [ *format format]

*variable var_name

name of the variable whose values are summed over nodes.

*screen_output

to print directly in the screen

*file_output

to output in the .post file. By default, the result is printed in .post file.

*format

output format, By defualt % -12.8e (scientific notation with 8 digits after the decimal, left-aligned in a 12-character field)

Example

****post_processing
 ***global_post_processing
  **file node
  **process checksum
   *variable sig11 sig22
   *format %-5.3e
****return

The result is printed in .post file:

+++++ CHECKSUM ANALYSIS sig11 +++++
  1              1.011e+04