Documentation Resources

This page provides links to additional documentation resources.

Example Files

Example scripts demonstrating esys-escript usage are available for download:

These examples cover topics from the user guide including:

  • Basic PDE solving

  • Diffusion problems

  • Wave equations

  • Visualization with weipa

  • Parallel computing with MPI

User Guide (PDF)

The comprehensive user guide is available as a PDF document:

External Resources

GitHub Repository

Third-Party Tools

Mesh Generation:

  • gmsh - 3D finite element mesh generator

Visualization:

  • VisIt - Interactive visualization tool

  • ParaView - Data analysis and visualization

  • Mayavi - 3D scientific visualization

Solver Libraries:

  • Trilinos - Parallel solver framework

  • p4est - Adaptive mesh refinement

Publications

If you use esys-escript in your research, please consider citing:

  • R Schaa, L Gross, J du Plessis, PDE-based geophysical modelling using finite elements: examples from 3D resistivity and 2D magnetotellurics, Journal of Geophysics and Engineering, Volume 13, Issue 2, April 2016, Pages S59-S73. DOI:10.1088/1742-2132/13/2/S59

  • L. Gross, L. Bourgouin, A.J. Hale, H.-B. Muhlhaus, Interface modeling in incompressible media using level sets in Escript, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, Volume 163, Issues 1-4, 2007, Pages 23-34. DOI:10.1016/j.pepi.2007.04.004