Tensor Visualization

Tensor Visualization edit page

TODO

Please extend this chapter

The default plot for each tensor is its directional magnitude, i.e. for each direction x it is plotted Q(x) = T_ijkl x_i x_j x_k x_l

setMTEXpref('defaultColorMap',blue2redColorMap);


C = stiffnessTensor.rand

plot(C,'complete','upper')

C = tensor (xyz)
  rank: 2 (3 x 3)
 
 *10^-2
 13.84 33.05 89.38
 14.99 68.74 24.32
 24.25 65.38  5.62

set back the default color map.

setMTEXpref('defaultColorMap',WhiteJetColorMap)

There are more specialized visualization possibilities for specific tensors, e.g., for the elasticity tensor. See section Elasticity.