Metafor is an object-oriented Finite Element code for the simulation of solids submitted to large deformations

Main coding languages

• C++: algorithms
• Python: input files

Main features

• 2D/3D elements (large strains).
• Implicit/explicit time integration (HHT, Chung Hulbert, …)
• Thermomechanical coupling (staggered or fully coupled schemes).
• Frictional contact between deformable bodies or analytical surfaces.
• Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian formalism.
• Meshing and remeshing procedures.
• Large set of constitutive laws (thermo-elasto-visco-plastic, damage, …)
• Crack propagation (erosion method).