Editing Input syntax manual (section)

=== sample (temperature / density data sample definition)<span id="sample"></span> ===

 '''sample'''  ''N<sub>X</sub>'' ''X<sub>MIN</sub>'' ''X<sub>MAX</sub>''  ''N<sub>Y</sub>'' ''Y<sub>MIN</sub>'' ''Y<sub>MAX</sub>''  ''N<sub>Z</sub>'' ''Z<sub>MIN</sub>'' ''Z<sub>MAX</sub>''

Samples values from the initial material temperatures and densities to a file using a Cartesian grid.

Input values:

{|
| <tt>''N<sub>X</sub>''</tt> 
| : number of values to sample in the x-direction.
|-
| <tt>''X<sub>MIN</sub>''</tt> 
| : minimum coordinate to sample from in the x-direction [in cm]
|-
| <tt>''X<sub>MAX</sub>''</tt> 
| : maximum coordinate to sample from in the x-direction [in cm]
|-
| <tt>''N<sub>Y</sub>''</tt> 
| : number of values to sample in the y-direction.
|-
| <tt>''Y<sub>MIN</sub>''</tt> 
| : minimum coordinate to sample from in the y-direction [in cm]
|-
| <tt>''Y<sub>MAX</sub>''</tt> 
| : maximum coordinate to sample from in the y-direction [in cm]
|-
| <tt>''N<sub>Z</sub>''</tt> 
| : number of values to sample in the z-direction.
|-
| <tt>''Z<sub>MIN</sub>''</tt> 
| : minimum coordinate to sample from in the z-direction [in cm]
|-
| <tt>''Z<sub>MAX</sub>''</tt> 
| : maximum coordinate to sample from in the z-direction [in cm]
|-
|}

<u>Notes:</u>

*The data from each sample is written in a separate output file:
**Default: <tt>[input]_sample[n].m</tt>, where "<tt>n</tt>" is the sample number.
**Coupled multi-physics calculation: <tt>[input]_sample[n]_iter[i].m</tt>, where "<tt>i</tt>" is the iteration number. 
**Burnup calculations: <tt>[input]_sample[n]_bstep[bu].m</tt>, where "<tt>bu</tt>" is the burnup step index.
*** Coupled multi-physics calculation: <tt>[input]_sample[n]_bstep[bu]_iter[i].m</tt>
**Time-dependent calculations: <tt>[input]_sample[n]_tstep[t].m</tt>, where "<tt>t</tt>" is the time step index
*** Coupled multi-physics calculation: <tt>[input]_sample[n]_tstep[t]_iter[i].m</tt>
*Sampling units: 
** Density: positive values = atomic densities [in b<sup>-1</sup> cm<sup>-1</sup>], negative value = mass density [in g/cm<sup>3</sup>]. 
** Temperature: [in K]
*Materials with no temperature specified either in their [[#mat|mat]] card or through an interface [[#ifc|ifc]] card definition will show a temperature of 0 K.