discretize.CylindricalMesh.face_x_areas#

property CylindricalMesh.face_x_areas#

Areas of each x-face for the entire mesh.

This property returns a 1D vector containing the areas of the x-faces of the mesh. The surface area takes into account curvature. For a single x-face at radial location $r$ with azimuthal width $\mathrm{\Delta }\varphi$ and vertical width $h_z$, the area is given by:

$$A_x=r\mathrm{\Delta }\varphi h_z$$

Returns:

(n_faces_x) numpy.ndarray

A 1D array containing the x-face areas for the entire mesh