discretize.CylindricalMesh.cell_volumes#

property CylindricalMesh.cell_volumes#

Volumes of all mesh cells.

This property returns a 1D vector containing the volumes of all cells in the mesh. When computing the volume of each cell, we take into account curvature. Thus a cell lying within radial distance $r_1$ and $r_2$, with height $h_z$ and with azimuthal width $\mathrm{\Delta }\varphi$, the volume is given by:

$$V=\frac{\mathrm{\Delta }\varphi h_z}{2}(r_2^2-r_1^2)$$

Returns:

(n_cells numpy.ndarray

Volumes of all mesh cells