Paper Info
Title
An object-oriented framework for finite element analysis based on a compact topological data structure.
Abstract
This paper describes an ongoing work in the development of a finite element analysis system, called TopFEM, based on the compact topological data structure, TopS [1,2]. This new framework was written to take advantage of the topological data structure together with object-oriented programming concepts to handle a variety of finite element problems, spanning from fracture mechanics to topology optimization, in an efficient, but generic fashion. The class organization of the TopFEM system is described and discussed within the context of other frameworks in the literature that share similar ideas, such as GetFEM++, deal.II, FEMOOP and OpenSees. Numerical examples are given to illustrate the capabilities of TopS attached to a finite element framework in the context of fracture mechanics and to establish a benchmark with other implementations that do not make use of a topological data structure.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1016/j.advengsoft.2013.10.006
Advances in Engineering Software
Keywords
Field
DocType
finite element analysis system,topological data structure,class organization,fracture mechanic,object-oriented framework,finite element problem,generic fashion,topfem system,new framework,compact topological data structure,finite element framework,finite element method,object oriented programming
OpenSees,Data structure,Topology,Mathematical optimization,Object-oriented programming,Computer science,Theoretical computer science,Finite element method,Implementation,Fracture mechanics,Topology optimization
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
68
0965-9978
4
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.41
16
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Lauren L. Beghini140.41
Anderson Pereira240.41
Rodrigo Espinha3302.42
Ivan F. M. Menezes460.90
Waldemar Celes514115.93
Glaucio H. Paulino6207.00