Contrib/solidMechanics
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Quoting from the README file:
- The included solid mechanics solvers employ the finite volume method (not finite elements) to numerically approximate the displacements and stresses in solid bodies undergoing deformation.
- The included solvers are suitable for small strain, small strain with large rotations, large strain, cohesive zones, plasticity, thermal- elasticity, visco-elasticity, gravity forces, fluid-structure interactions, multi-material analyses and contact stress analysis.
- A number of custom boundary conditions with full non-orthogonal correction are including time-varying displacements and tractions, fixed rotations, and fixed displacements with zero shear stress.
- A number of people have contributed to the development of the solvers, mainly within Alojz Ivankovic's research group. The main contributors are: Aleksandar Karac, Zeljko Tukovic, Hrvoje Jasak, Philip Cardiff, Declan Carolan, Michael Leonard and Valentine Kanyanta.
- The solvers have been assembled and are maintained by Philip Cardiff, University College Dublin.
- Have fun.
- Repositories
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- openfoam-extend/OpenFOAM-1.6-ext at SourceForge.net, namely in the branch feature/solidMechanics (note: seems to be missing at the moment.)
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- wyldckat/solidMechanics at Github
- Support thread at CFD-Online
- Solid Mechanics Solvers added to OpenFOAM Extend
