Abstract:
SfePy (simple finite elements in Python) is a software, distributed under the BSD license, for solving systems of coupled partial differential equations by the finite element method. It is both a general problem solver, and a framework to write particular problem-specific research applications. The primary programming language of SfePy is Python while the time-demanding parts of the finite element computations are implemented in C, making thus SfePy sufficiently fast and efficient.
The code is based on NumPy and SciPy packages and incorporates several special applications like determination of acoustic band gaps in phononic materials or homogenization of porous media (modelling of muscle tissue, bones, engineering porous materials). The application for electronic structure calculations withing DFT framework is in development. After a general information on SfePy, the particular applications and the results obtained will be shown.
* introduction will be given by J. Vackář