iMOOSE-an open-source environment for finite-element calculations

Author

van Riesen, D. ; Monzel, C. ; Kaehler, C. ; Schlensok, C. ; Henneberger, G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Machines, Inst. of Technol. Aachen, Germany

Volume

40

Issue

2

fYear

2004

fDate

3/1/2004 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1390

Lastpage

1393

Abstract

Implementing finite-element (FE) solvers for new formulations is often a tedious task, as many common parts are coded again and again. Also, commercial codes are often expensive and therefore difficult to include in, e.g., a teaching environment. iMOOSE is an open-source software package for FE calculations that tries to solve these issues. It is a general-purpose class library that allows for an easy implementation of new FE solvers or FE-related tools. Also included are ready-to-use solvers for electromagnetic calculations and a powerful post-processing tool. Due to its open-source nature, the source code can be examined, modified, and extended to fit the user´s needs.

Keywords

computational electromagnetics; finite element analysis; object-oriented programming; public domain software; software packages; commercial codes; electromagnetic calculations; finite element solvers; finite-element calculations; general-purpose class library; iMOOSE; object-oriented software; open-source software; software package; Data structures; Differential equations; Education; Finite element methods; Open source software; Programming; Shape; Software libraries; Software packages; Two dimensional displays;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMAG.2004.825471

Filename

1284681