How to build my own FE model?

This page is under construction. Please refer to tutorial.pdf for up-to-date information

Crushing of a block made of steel by a cylindrical punch

What is written in the file tutorial1.py ?

An input file of Metafor is a python module which contains a function getMetafor(p)
This function is supposed to create a Metafor object
The Metafor object is the main object containing everything about a FE simulation (geometry, mesh, boundary conditions, materials, integration scheme, etc.)

Main idea: The input file creates a complete data structure and returns it to the FE code

Data structure of a model

First lines – header of the file

# -*- coding: latin-1; -*-
# $Id: tutorial1.py 1875 2014-01-02 10:10:56Z boman $
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#   tutorial 1                         #
#--------------------------------------#
#   geometrie 2D etat plan defo        #
#   materiau elastoviscoplastique      #
#           a écrouissage isotrope     #
#   definition outil                   #
#   contact rigide-defo collant        #
#   archivage + visu courbes           #
########################################
# Tutorial

from wrap import *
import math

coding:latin1 is required for French accentuated characters
miscellaneous comments
import the C++/python interface of the program (remember the wrap folder in the installation tree)
import the math module of python for later use

metafor = Metafor()
domain = metafor.getDomain()

def getMetafor(p={}): return metafor

Creation of an instance of the Metafor class (for now it is almost empty) We name it metafor

Any Metafor object contains a Domain object. We retreive the Domain and we name it domain

We define the getMetafor() function (same for all models)