Contents

• Tutorial: Solving PDEs
  • Installation
  • The First Steps
    • Plotting Using matplotlib
    • Visualization using VTK
  • The Diffusion Problem
    • Outline
    • Temperature Diffusion
    • Helmholtz Problem
    • The Transition Problem
  • 3-D Wave Propagation
  • Elastic Deformation
  • Stokes Flow
  • Slip on a Fault
  
  
• Execution of an escript Script
  • Overview
  • Options
    • Notes
  • Input and Output
  • Hints for MPI Programming
  • Lazy Evaluation
  
  
• The Module esys.escript
  • esys.escript Classes
    • Domain class
    • FunctionSpace class
    • Data Class
    • Generation of Data objects
    • Data methods
    • Functions of Data objects
    • Interpolating Data
    • Saving Data as CSV
    • Operator Class
  • Physical Units
  • Utilities
  
  
• The Module esys.escript.linearPDEs
  • Linear Partial Differential Equations
    • Classes
    • LinearPDE class
    • The Poisson Class
    • The Helmholtz Class
    • The Lame Class
  • Projection
  • Solver Options
  
  
• The Module esys.pycad
  • Introduction
  • The Unit Square
  • Holes
  • A 3D example
  • Alternative File Formats
  • Element Sizes
  • esys.pycad Classes
    • Primitives
    • Transformations
    • Properties
  • Interface to the mesh generation software
  
  
• Models
  • The Stokes Problem
    • Solution Method
    • Functions
    • Example: Lit Driven Cavity
  • Darcy Flux
    • Solution Method
    • Functions
    • Example: Gravity Flow
  • Isotropic Kelvin Material
    • Solution Method
    • Functions
    • Example
  • Fault System
    • Functions
    • Example
  
  
• The Module esys.finley
  • Formulation
  • Meshes
  • Macro Elements
  • Linear Solvers in SolverOptions
  • Functions
  
  
• Misc
  • Einstein Notation
  • Changes from previous releases
  • escript references
  
  
• 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
  
  
• Index
• Bibliography