GROUNDS FOR THE SELECTION OF SOFTWARE COMPONENTS FOR BUILDING FEM SIMULATION SYSTEMS FOR COUPLED PROBLEMS

Authors

  • Roman Putanowicz Cracow University of Technology

Keywords:

software, coupled fields, numerical analysis, finite element methods

Abstract

This paper discusses rationales for selection of software components for building scientific simulation tools. Nowadays no single research team has the resources or knowledge to build non-trivial simulation software form scratch. Sharing experience about the motives behind the choice of software components and the consequences of particular decisions seems a valuable knowledge as it can help to avoid some potential traps. In the paper we discuss software selection decisions for our problem solving environment for numerical modelling of coupled problems. For selected tools we discuss pros and cons of their use and mention potential alternatives. The detailed discussion concerns implementation of a solver for thermoelasticity problems.

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Published

2011-12-19

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Vol. 30 No. 4 (2011)

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