Questions tagged [software]
Questions about libraries and standalone software designed or well-suited for scientific or numerical calculations.
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Thermo Hydraulic Mechanical modeling of energy wall slab in camsol multiphysics
I am currently working on a complex simulation project involving an energy wall slab, and I need assistance in accurately modeling and validating it using COMSOL Multiphysics. Here are the details of ...
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Covariant Euler-Lagrange Computation - Mathematica
Does anybody know of a software (or software package) that can solve the Euler-Lagrange equations for a manifestly-covariant field Lagrangian density? Mathematica has a "Variational Methods" ...
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maxwell and kelvin models via prony series in abaqus
abaqus documentation only shows generalized models and their formulae. What are the prony series in abaqus for the simplest maxwell and kelvin models?
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Rolling friction settings in COMMERCIAL (Ansys) finite element software
Is there a standard way of implementing rolling friction in COMMERCIAL finite element software?
There's no book about such a subject in COMMERCIAL FEM software though there are books on algorithms ...
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Most promising reduced order modeling method
Many players in the field of engineering simulation software are investing on digital twinning and reduced order modeling techniques, meaning that the field bears potential.
I was wondering if among ...
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How to convert number systems on Sharp calculator if the number has decimal points, for example 3B.254?
I would like convert decimal octal numbers on sharp EL-531TH (or any other) caclulator but when I enable the octal or any other non-decimal function, the decimal key or dot key (marked with red) is ...
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Why researchers use MATLAB based YALMIP or CasADi for MPC?
I was looking at various research papers and most of the researchers use CasADi, YALMIP, MPCTools to implement MPC. My question is "Why researchers use MATLAB based YALMIP or CasADi for MPC ...
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AMR-Capable meshing software that is not based on quad/octrees
I am looking for AMR/re-meshing software (structured grids would suffice) that is NOT based on quad-octrees, i.e., a fixed refinement rate of 2 but (ideally) something user defined, i.e., ratios of 1....
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Can I find sines or cosines of rational parts of π without using radians? If not, how do I reduce the errors caused solely by the transcendence of π?
this may be irrelevant for people who need fast code. But for me it's just the opposite -- i.e. in the specific situations when I know that the extra time allows me to make my calculations more ...
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Research profile vs coding expertise for scientific programming career
This is a question to all scientific programmers out there that have experience in academia, industry, ideally both.
Consider two figures:
Alice has earned a PhD in applied mathematics at a top 10 ...
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Issues with Simulating the Orbits of Mars and Earth using MATLAB and Runge-Kutta Method
I'm trying to simulate the orbits of Mars and Earth in MATLAB using the 4th order Runge-Kutta method for numerical integration. However, the orbits appear as straight lines rather than the expected ...
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1 dimensional simulation of gravity fails
In 1D the force of gravity does not diminish with distance however here I use 1D to mean the point mass only moves in a line in 3D space, with the other mass stationary at the origin.
I started by ...
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Best approach to simulating dynamics on networks
I have been recently getting into the field of various processes on networks. For example, stochastic processes like percolation, Ising models, various statistical-physics models; or deterministic ...
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Good IDE for GNU Octave?
Are there any good IDEs for working with Octave code?
I'm used to type hints and documentation preview from software like IntelliJ or VS Code. While there are syntax highlighting plugins for VSC, all ...
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Issue in implementing a cloth simulation using verlet integration
I am trying to implement a cloth simulation in c++ using verlet integration and I'm getting some odd issues that I can't seem to explain, the points in the cloth seem to fly around and have weird ...
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