PHYSICA

Description:

A toolkit for multi-physics computational continuum mechanics modelling based on three dimensional unstructured meshes using finite volume / finite element techniques.

Authors:

The Centre for Numerical Modelling and Process Analysis at the University of Greenwich, email physica@gre.ac.uk

Platforms:

Has been tested on Sun, SGI, IBM (RS and SP), DEC, Cray, Intel PC (Linux, DOS, NT)

Availability:

Although previously free, PHYSICA licenses are now provided on a fee basis. For more information see the Physica homepage http://physica.gre.ac.uk/.

Notes:

PHYSICA has been developed for the simulation of complex processes that may involve coupling between different physical phenomena. PHYSICA modules such as CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) and CSM (Computational Solid Mechanics) may be used in isolation or as part of larger models. User-supplied modules (FE or FV) enhance the flexibility of PHYSICA. This code will be parallel, available as PVM, MPI, ctoolset or Cray shmem.