A Finite Element Framework for Geotechnical Applications Based on Object-orientated Programming

IMAGINE......Page 1
Content......Page 3
Abstract......Page 5
Introduction......Page 7
Procedural programming paradigm......Page 9
Other programming paradigms......Page 10
Object-oriented programming paradigm......Page 11
Requirements for large programming systems......Page 12
Summary......Page 14
Aim of the framework......Page 15
Introduction......Page 16
Persistence......Page 17
Object-oriented database......Page 20
Development environment......Page 22
FE kernel......Page 23
Geometric modeling......Page 24
Project management......Page 26
User interface......Page 27
State of the Art......Page 28
Guidelines......Page 31
Architecture of IMAGINE......Page 32
Project view and control......Page 33
Geometric modeling......Page 35
Project resources and their management......Page 38
Analysis and task control......Page 41
Overview......Page 44
Overview......Page 45
Element concept......Page 48
Node and degrees of freedom (DOF) concept......Page 51
Load concept......Page 52
Constraint concept......Page 53
Material concept......Page 54
Numerical classes......Page 55
Global representations......Page 57
Basic classes......Page 59
Overview......Page 61
Kinds of workbenches......Page 63
Layout of a workbench......Page 64
Geometric resources at the project level......Page 65
Design of the interface......Page 68
Resource forms......Page 70
Meshing......Page 74
Task manager......Page 78
Task objects......Page 81
Command objects......Page 83
Conclusions......Page 86
Sector without lining......Page 87
Solid model versus superelements......Page 95
Conclusions......Page 99
From procedural to object-oriented programming......Page 101
Software life cycle......Page 103
The Document-View Concept of the MFC......Page 105
Online documentation......Page 107
Naming conventions......Page 108
References......Page 111