AceFEM 2.3

The Mathematica Finite Element Environment

AceFEM 2.3 is a general finite element environment designed to solve multi-physics and multi-field problems. Using Mathematica, the program provides both extensive symbolic capabilities and the numeric efficiency of a commercial finite element environment.

AceFEM has two components. The main part of the package handles procedures that are not numerically intensive, such as processing of user-input data, mesh generation, control of the solution procedures, and graphic post-processing of results. The numerical module handles numerically intensive operations such as evaluating and assembling finite element (FE) quantities (including tangent matrix, residual, sensitivity vectors, etc.), solving linear systems of equations, and performing contact search procedures.

The numerical module exists both as a Mathematica package and as an external program written in C and connected with Mathematica via MathLink. This unique configuration lets you solve large-scale industrial problems with several hundred thousand unknowns and use advanced Mathematica capabilities such as high-precision arithmetic, interval arithmetic, or even symbolic evaluation of FE quantities to analyze various properties of numerical procedures on relatively small examples. The AceFEM package comes with a large library of finite elements (solid, thermal, contact, 2D, 3D, etc.), including full symbolic input for all elements.

About the Developer
Jože Korelc is a professor of mechanics at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia. He has published numerous articles on finite element methods, automatic code generation, and the use of symbolic methods in engineering. Professor Korelc is currently head of the Division of Structures in the university's Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, president of the Slovenian Society of Mechanics, and vice president of the Central European Association of Computational Mechanics.

Product Support
AceFEM is developed and supported by Jože Korelc.

Jože Korelc
University of Ljubljana
Civil and Geodetic Engineering Department
Jamova 2
SI-1000 Ljubljana
SLOVENIA
+386-(0)1-476-86-27
fax: +386-(0)1-476-86-29
email: AceProducts@fgg.uni-lj.si

AceFEM 2.3 requires Mathematica 7 and is available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.

Note: Contact the developer for upgrade or trial information.