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Old   July 5, 2012, 11:42
Default [HELP] Value range of a returned variable
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Hi there, It's me again.

Since I am still simulating a laser fusion melting process, I ran into a completely new problem.

The heat sources I use for my calculations are computed using a UDF.
It looks like this:
Code:
DEFINE_SOURCE(sourceterm,c,t,dS,eqn)
...lots of code...
return source;
Now here is the thing: the returned variable ("source" in this case) has a limited range. Apparently it seems to be restricted to the range of a signed long integer -2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647).
All variables were initialized as "double" and I am running the case in double precision, so the problem is definitely the range of the returned variable.

Now the intensities of a laser beam are very high, so I need higher values of the returned variable.

What can I do?
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