Overview¶
This document gives an overview of using Plonk for analysis and visualization of smoothed particle hydrodynamics data. For a further guide see Usage.
Important
To follow along, download the sample data plonk_example_data.tar
from figshare.
Then extract with tar xvf plonk_example_data.tar and change into the
plonk_example_data directory. This data set is from a Phantom
simulation of a dust and gas protoplanetary disc with an embedded
protoplanet.
Data file formats¶
Plonk supports the following SPH file formats:
Phantom output in HDF form (as opposed to the sphNG-based Fortran binary format).
Note
HDF5 output was added to Phantom as an option with git commit 9b22ded on the 14th of March 2019. See the Phantom documentation for instructions on how to compile with HDF5 output and to convert from the sphNG-based output.