Section: Software

OpenFEM: a Finite Element Toolbox for Matlab and Scilab

Participants : Dominique Chapelle, Philippe Moireau [correspondant] .

OpenFEM (http://www.openfem.net ) is an opensource finite element toolbox for linear and nonlinear structural mechanics within the Matlab and Scilab matrix computing environments. This software is developed in a collaboration between Macs and the SDTools company (http://www.sdtools.com ). Performing finite element analyses within a matrix computing environment is of considerable interest, in particular as regards the ease of new developments, integration of external software, portability, post-processing, etc.

This Library is the core of the finite element computations of HeartLab where a specific version have been developed with the help of Cesare Corrado from Reo.