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FEM Implementation: The Flexibility of a High-Level Language Approach

Published by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, St. Joseph, Michigan www.asabe.org

Citation:  Paper number  033100,  2003 ASAE Annual Meeting . (doi: 10.13031/2013.15008) @2003
Authors:   Hubert J. Montas
Keywords:   Transport Processes, Numerical Solution, Educational Software, MATLAB

The use of a high-level language in the development of a flexible Finite Element software is demonstrated. The resulting FEM code is much shorter than comparable code written in C or Fortran and is applicable to arbitrary dimensional problems governed by systems of nonlinear transport equations. The system is packaged into a set of files that allow users to specify the problem to be solved separately from the solution approach and was used successfully in a course on biotransport processes. It is concluded that high-level languages offer solid opportunities for implementation of flexible, open FEM code that also help to learn the bases of the method.

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