[Savannah-hackers] submission of FreeFEM3D - savannah.nongnu.org

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Stéphane Del Pino <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
License: gpl
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Package: FreeFEM3D
System name: ff3d
Type: non-GNU

Description:
Note: The source code can be download at
http://www.freefem.org/ff3d/sources.html
[it is still beta version]

FreeFEM3D (aka ff3d) is a 3D solver of partial differential equations.
It is a member of the familly of the freefem programs (see
http://www.freefem.org).

ff3d, as well as his cousins, is PDE solver driven by a user-friendly
language. It is in some sense a general solver for vectorial PDEs of
degree two (and a bit more). This makes possible to solve many kind of
problems such as elastcity, fluids (Stokes and Navier-Stokes) and a
lot more. The user only has to enter the equation associated to the
problem, giving either the PDE or the associate variational
formulation.

Since up to now, no free volumic mesher can be found, ff3d does not
use standard Finite Elements but a Fictitious Domain approach. The
geometry is described using CSG. This description is done using
the POV-Ray language but others such as VRML may be added.

The processing of the results is still let to the user. One can use
various graphic tools: OpenDx being the most powerful free software
on the market nowadays. The implementation of a VTK base visualization
module is underway.

The goal of ff3d is to provide a good teaching tool as well as to give
a research toolbox (the code is written in C++ and its design is such
that new methods can be easily implemented).

Other Software Required:
bison - VTK - autogen

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