Akantu: a FEM library

Akantu means a little element in Kinyarwanda, a Bantu language. From now on it is also an opensource object-oriented Finite-Element library which has the ambition to be generic and efficient. Akantu is developed within the LSMS (Computational Solid Mechanics Laboratory)*, where research is conducted at the interface of mechanics, material science, and scientific computing. The open-source philosophy is important for any scientific software project evolution. The collaboration permitted by shared codes enforces sanity when users (and not only developers) can criticize the implementation details. Akantu was born with the vision to associate genericity, robustness and efficiency while benefiting the open-source visibility.

User Manual

• Getting Started
  • Building Akantu
  • Using the python interface
  • Writing a main function
  • Compiling your simulation
  • Creating and Loading a Mesh
  • Using Arrays
  • Array iterators
  • Mesh
• FEEngine
  • Mathematical Operations
  • Elements
• Solid Mechanics Model
  • Model Setup
  • Static Analysis
  • Dynamic Methods
  • Constitutive Laws
  • Adding a New Constitutive Law
• Heat Transfer Model
  • Theory
  • Using the Heat Transfer Model
  • Explicit Dynamic
• Contact Mechanics Model
  • Theory
  • Using the Contact Mechanics Model
• PhaseField Model
  • Theory
  • Using the PhaseField Model
  • Staggered scheme
• Structural Mechanics Model
  • Model Setup
  • Static Analysis
• Input/Output
  • Input file
  • Output data

Changelog

• Version 4.0
• Version 3.2
• Version 3.0

API Reference

• Reference
  • Common
  • Mesh
  • Models
  • Synchronizers
  • Input/Output

Appendix

• Shape Functions
  • Iso-parametric Elements

Bibliography

• Bibliography

Indices and tables

• Index

• Module Index

• Search Page