2025 JULY ____________________ Finite Element links __________________________________________________

List_of_finite_element_software_packages This is the best list, but it is not complete.

NAFEMS

Vision CFD 2030

Democratization of Finite Elements



________________ multigrid + fast iterative linear solvers ____________________________________________

1990: Wittum: Spektrum der Wissenschaft: "Mehrgitterverfahren können diesen Lösungsprozess um das Hundertfache beschleunigen"

Trottenberg 2001 and John 2013 wrote books about Multigrid methods, but they recommend not to use this methods in difficult situations.
2001: Trottenberg : ... whenever geometric multigrid is either too difficult to apply or cannot be used at all.
2013: John: Simulations in practice. The great difficulty ... Altogether, in this situation one has to use a different solver.
2024: DFG Projekt Robuste Adaptivität

multigrid at INTES and Permas



________________ result quality vs element quality, adaptivity ______________________________________

Kamensky: good results with bad meshes : Adaptive Finite Elements with Anisotropic Meshes


John Chawner: There is no written theory when it comes to mesh generation....( I (=M.L.) disagree ) what is a good mesh?
vs Ciarlet: The Finite Element Method for Elliptic Problems. The only book available that fully analyzes the mathematical foundations of the finite element method.

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