Contents

• Tutorial: Solving PDEs
  • Installation
  • The First Steps
  • The Diffusion Problem
    • Outline
    • Temperature Diffusion
    • Helmholtz Problem
    • The Transition Problem
  • 3-D Wave Propagation
  • Elastic Deformation
  • Stokes Flow
  
  
• Execution of an escript Script
  • Overview
  • Options
    • Notes
  • Input and Output
  • Hints for MPI Programming
  
  
• The Module esys.escript
  • esys.escript Classes
    • Domain class
    • FunctionSpace class
    • Data Class
    • Generation of Data objects
    • Data methods
    • Functions of Data objects
    • Operator Class
  • Utilities
  
  
• The Module esys.escript.linearPDEs
  • Linear Partial Differential Equations
    • Classes
    • LinearPDE class
    • The Poisson Class
    • The Helmholtz Class
    • The Lame Class
  
  
• The Module esys.pycad
  • Introduction
  • esys.pycad Classes
    • Primitives
    • Transformations
    • Properties
  • Interface to the mesh generation software
  
  
• The Module esys.pyvisi
  • Introduction
  • esys.pyvisi Classes
    • Scene Classes
    • Input Classes
    • Data Visualization Classes
    • Coordinate Classes
    • Supporting Classes
  • More Examples
    • Reading a Series of Files
    • Creating Slices of a Data Source
    • Reading Data Directly from escript Objects
  • Useful Keys
  • Sample Output
  
  
• Models
  • Stokes Problem
    • Solution Method
    • Functions
    • Example: Lit Driven Cavity
  • Darcy Flux
    • Solution Method
    • Functions
    • Example: Gravity Flow
  • Level Set Method
    • Solution Method
    • Functions
  • Isotropic Kelvin Material
    • Solution Method
  
  
• Appendix
  • Einstein Notation
  
  
• Index
• Bibliography