Research Article

Ray-Tracing-Based Modeling of Clad-Removed Step-Index Plastic Optical Fiber in Smart Textiles: Effect of Curvature in Plain Weave Fabric

Table 5

Simulation speed for virtual half-cone test (POF length = 5 mm).

Number of raysNcsCurvature (1/Rc)Number of time stepsSimulation time (min : sec.msec)

10010010,0000 : 07.767
10020010,0000 : 10.270
10040010,0000 : 11.112
100940010,0001 : 25.208
1009401010,0001 : 59.851
1009404010,0001 : 57 : 344
1009408010,0001 : 59 : 354
200740010,0003 : 53.325
401540010,0007 : 42 : 042
800540010,00015 : 19.802

Ncs = number of cylinder centers.