API Reference

API Reference

Module-level documentation — find symbols, understand ownership, read full signatures.

Core Workflow

• femlabpy.core — global array allocation

• femlabpy.assembly — element scatter

• femlabpy.loads — nodal force mapping

• femlabpy.boundary — prescribed displacements

Dynamics & Nonlinear

• femlabpy.dynamics — time-history solvers, FRF

• femlabpy.damping — Rayleigh & modal damping

• femlabpy.modal — eigenproblem, participation

• femlabpy.solvers — legacy nonlinear drivers

Element Kernels

• femlabpy.elements.bars — bar K, f, M

• femlabpy.elements.triangles — T3 family

• femlabpy.elements.quads — Q4 elastic/plastic/mass

• femlabpy.elements.solids — T4 & H8 solids

Support & I/O

• femlabpy.periodic — pairing & homogenization

• femlabpy.postprocess — reactions, result tables

• femlabpy.plotting — Matplotlib views

• femlabpy.io.gmsh — Gmsh mesh import

Reading order

Read by responsibility: core → assembly / loads / boundary → element kernels → dynamics → periodic / I/O.

Complete Module Index

femlabpy.core	Global array allocation and small indexing helpers for the femlabpy workflow.
femlabpy.assembly	Scatter-assembly helpers that map element-level results into global arrays.
femlabpy.boundary	Boundary-condition application and constrained linear-system solvers.
femlabpy.loads	Load-vector utilities for nodal force tables.
femlabpy.solvers	Legacy nonlinear driver routines built from the lower-level femlabpy modules.
femlabpy.dynamics	Time-history solvers, load builders, and response utilities for dynamics.
femlabpy.damping	Damping-matrix builders for structural dynamics.
femlabpy.modal	Modal-analysis tools for natural frequencies, mode shapes, and participation.
femlabpy.periodic	Periodic-boundary and homogenization utilities for unit-cell workflows.
femlabpy.materials	Public material-response helpers re-exported for the API surface.
femlabpy.elements.bars	Geometrically nonlinear bar and truss element kernels.
femlabpy.elements.quads	Quadrilateral element kernels for elastic, plastic, scalar, and dynamic cases.
femlabpy.elements.triangles	Triangular element kernels for constant-strain and scalar diffusion problems.
femlabpy.elements.solids	Three-dimensional solid element kernels for tetrahedra and hexahedra.
femlabpy.postprocess	Small post-processing helpers for assembled FEM results.
femlabpy.plotting	Lightweight Matplotlib plotting helpers for quick FEM inspection.
femlabpy.matlab	Packaged legacy benchmark decks and MATLAB-style convenience wrappers.
femlabpy.io.gmsh	Gmsh mesh import and normalization for femlabpy workflows.