Area of Application
SOFAR can cope with static and timedependent partial differential equations as well as optimization problems constrained with such types of PDEs.
Here is a short list of the various problems SOFAR is capable to solve.
- Standard elliptic problems like Laplace's equation and linear elasticity
- Quasi-static plasticity
- Wave equation and structural dynamics
- Multiphysic problems like thermoelasticity
- Various types of contact problems:
- Obstacle problem
- (Simplified) Signorini's problem
- Elasto-plastic multibody contact problems on nonmatching meshes
- PDE constrained optimizations problems, especially if the constraint is given by elasto-plastic contact problems
