FLUX: A general interactive finite elements package for 2D electromagnetic fields

Achievement of finite element methods leads nowadays to the development of general purpose packages. FLUX, developed by the Laboratoire d´Electrotechnique de l´Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble is an interactive system in which graphic facilities are combined with a convenient command language to allow a high level of conversationnal use. FLUX is made of three independant programs : a pre-precessor : ENTREE for geometrical, physical and finite element descriptions of the model, the computation processor RESOL in which equations occuring from finite elements are solved, and, finally EXPLOI, the post-processor for flux plots, field visualisation, forces and torques. FLUX is implemented under the conversationnal system MULTICS on the HB68 computer of the Centre Inter-universitaire de Calcul de Grenoble. It is available in France through TRANSRAC, the french computer network, and in all western EUROPE through EURONET.