FER/SubDomain: An Integrated Environment for Finite Element Analysis using Object-Oriented Approach

Zhi-Qiang Feng; Jean-Michel Cros

ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis (2010)

  • Volume: 36, Issue: 5, page 773-781
  • ISSN: 0764-583X

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Development of user-friendly and flexible scientific programs is a key to their usage, extension and maintenance. This paper presents an OOP (Object-Oriented Programming) approach for design of finite element analysis programs. General organization of the developed software system, called FER/SubDomain, is given which includes the solver and the pre/post processors with a friendly GUI (Graphical User Interfaces). A case study with graphical representations illustrates some functionalities of the program.

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Feng, Zhi-Qiang, and Cros, Jean-Michel. "FER/SubDomain: An Integrated Environment for Finite Element Analysis using Object-Oriented Approach." ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis 36.5 (2010): 773-781. <http://eudml.org/doc/194125>.

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author = {Feng, Zhi-Qiang, Cros, Jean-Michel},
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