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  • Installation
  • About the Developers
  • Example Gallery
    • Spring Examples
    • Beam Examples
    • Truss Examples
    • Frame Examples
    • Diffusion Examples
    • Plate Examples
    • Mixed Structures Examples
      • Spring Examples
      • Beam Examples
      • Truss Examples
      • Frame Examples
      • Diffusion Examples
      • Plate Examples
      • Mixed Structures Examples
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Example Gallery

This page contains example plots. Click on any image to see the full image and source code.

For longer, more comprehensive example documentation, see our Tutorials Gallery.

Spring Examples

These are entry-level 1d spring problems that shall help to illustrate the finite element method.

For more in-depth information about the colormaps available in matplotlib as well as a description of their properties, see the Tutorials.

A first 1D spring system

A first 1D spring system

A first 1D spring system with nicer plots

A first 1D spring system with nicer plots

Beam Examples

For more in-depth information about the colormaps available in matplotlib as well as a description of their properties, see the Tutorials.

Single span beam under uniform load.

Single span beam under uniform load.

Three-span continuous beam under uniform load.

Three-span continuous beam under uniform load.

Truss Examples

For more in-depth information about the colormaps available in matplotlib as well as a description of their properties, see the Tutorials.

Simple triangular truss.

Simple triangular truss.

Statically determinate truss bridge.

Statically determinate truss bridge.

Simple triangular truss.

Simple triangular truss.

3d truss example demonstrating large deformation analysis.

3d truss example demonstrating large deformation analysis.

Simple triangular truss.

Simple triangular truss.

Simple triangular truss.

Simple triangular truss.

Post-buckling of a truss column using load Control.

Post-buckling of a truss column using load Control.

Post-buckling of a truss column using displacement Control.

Post-buckling of a truss column using displacement Control.

Post-buckling of a truss column using Arc-Length Control.

Post-buckling of a truss column using Arc-Length Control.

Frame Examples

For more in-depth information about the colormaps available in matplotlib as well as a description of their properties, see the Tutorials.

Buckling of a beam with pin-pin support

Buckling of a beam with pin-pin support

Buckling of a vertical beam with pin-pin support

Buckling of a vertical beam with pin-pin support

Buckling of a building frame

Buckling of a building frame

Frame with inclined support

Frame with inclined support

Buckling of a building frame

Buckling of a building frame

Diffusion Examples

For more in-depth information about the colormaps available in matplotlib as well as a description of their properties, see the Tutorials.

Heat transfer through a wall

Heat transfer through a wall

Heat transfer through a wall

Heat transfer through a wall

Heat transfer at the corner of a building

Heat transfer at the corner of a building

Heat transfer through a thick cylinder

Heat transfer through a thick cylinder

Plate Examples

For more in-depth information about the colormaps available in matplotlib as well as a description of their properties, see the Tutorials.

Patch test for mixed mesh of triangular and quadrilateral plate elements under in-plane loading

Patch test for mixed mesh of triangular and quadrilateral plate elements under in-plane loading

A square patch made of two triangular plate elements

A square patch made of two triangular plate elements

A square patch made of two triangular plate elements

A square patch made of two triangular plate elements

A square patch made of two triangular plate elements

A square patch made of two triangular plate elements

A square patch made of one quadrilateral plate elements

A square patch made of one quadrilateral plate elements

A square patch made of one quadrilateral plate elements

A square patch made of one quadrilateral plate elements

Element Testing: Analyzing Modes and Energy

Element Testing: Analyzing Modes and Energy

A square patch: element comparison

A square patch: element comparison

Patch test for triangular plate under in-plane loading

Patch test for triangular plate under in-plane loading

Patch test for quadrilateral plate elements under in-plane loading

Patch test for quadrilateral plate elements under in-plane loading

Patch test for mixed mesh of triangular and quadrilateral plate elements under in-plane loading

Patch test for mixed mesh of triangular and quadrilateral plate elements under in-plane loading

Profiling the code

Profiling the code

Pulling a plate with a circular hole : using triangles

Pulling a plate with a circular hole : using triangles

Pulling a plate with a circular hole : using quads

Pulling a plate with a circular hole : using quads

Bending a cantilever beam using Quad elements

Bending a cantilever beam using Quad elements

Bending a cantilever beam using Quad9 elements

Bending a cantilever beam using Quad9 elements

Benchmark problem: Wedged Plate - geometrically linear theory

Benchmark problem: Wedged Plate - geometrically linear theory

Benchmark problem: Wedged Plate - finite deformations

Benchmark problem: Wedged Plate - finite deformations

Benchmark problem: Wedged Plate - finite deformations

Benchmark problem: Wedged Plate - finite deformations

Mixed Structures Examples

For more in-depth information about the colormaps available in matplotlib as well as a description of their properties, see the Tutorials.

Braced building frame

Braced building frame

Bending a cantilever beam using a mixed mesh of Quad and Frame2D elements

Bending a cantilever beam using a mixed mesh of Quad and Frame2D elements

Download all examples in Python source code: auto_examples_python.zip

Download all examples in Jupyter notebooks: auto_examples_jupyter.zip

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