FELyX - The Finite Element Library eXperiment

Overview

FELyX is an open source Finite Element framework that was started by the three proprietors of EVEN - Evolutionary Engineering AG during their PHD time at the Centre of Structure Technologies of the ETH Zurich. The original motivation to write FELyX was to have a free and object oriented Finite Element code that is numerically efficient and allows to access the Finite Element calculation at any level.

Since the start of the project the library was already used for a number of applications, e.g.

• Implementation of minimum compliance topology optimization methods
• Liquid Cast Molding (LCM) process simulation
• Specialized element formulations for composite materials
• Implementation of new iterative solver strategies for the special purposes of optimization
• Realization of mesh-coupling algorithms for our structural-fluid coupling software

More information about the FELyX library can also be found on sourceforge.