sunilanandatheertha / mechmean

The Python package mechmean contains mean field methods in the context of continuum mechanics with special focus on orientation averaged homogenization

Mechmean

This Python package contains selected mean field methods in the context of continuum mechanics with special focus on orientation averaged homogenization

The implementation is oriented as close as possible to the cited references and no emphasis is placed on run time optimization. Therefore, this package should be considered as a reference implementation which can be used to cross-validate performance-optimized implementation.

Please see license, acknowledgment and cite the latest Zenodo-DOI

Installation

Install with pip following instructions on Python Package Index, i.e.,

pip install mechmean

or install from local files

• Clone this repository to your machine
• Open a terminal and navigate to your local clone
• Install the package from the local clone into the current environment in develop mode:

   python setup.py develop

Note: Develop vs. install

Examples

Both example notebooks and example scripts are given here.

Acknowledgment

The research documented in this repository has been funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) within the International Research Training Group “Integrated engineering of continuous-discontinuous long fiber reinforced polymer structures“ (GRK 2078). The support by the German Research Foundation (DFG) is gratefully acknowledged.