Escript

"Escript is a programming tool for implementing mathematical models in python using the finite element method (FEM). As users do not access the data structures it is very easy to use and scripts can run on desktop computers as well as highly parallel supercomputer without changes. Application areas for escript include earth mantle convection, geophysical inversion, earthquakes, porous media flow, reactive transport, plate subduction, erosion, and tsunamis.

Escript is designed as an easy-to-use environment for implementing mathematical models based on non-linear, coupled, time-dependent partial differential equations. It uses the finite element method (FEM) for spatial discretization and data representation. Escript is used through python and is suitable for rapid prototyping (e.g for a student project or thesis) as well as for large software projects. Scripts are executed in parallel using MPI, OpenMP and hybrid mode processing over 50 million unknowns on several thousand cores on a parallel computer.

Escript now includes the esys.downunder module for 3D inversion of geophysical data sets. The current version supports gravity, magnetic and joint inversion.

Main Features:

        python based user interface
        two- and three-dimensional finite and spectral element simulations
        specialized geophysical inversion module
        support for VTK and SILO file format
        unstructured meshes from gmsh
        parallelization with OpenMP and MPI support
        Flux Controlled Transport solver (FEM-FCT)
        visualization with VisIt
        support for Linux and Mac
        partial support for GPU use

Further documentation including examples and a user guide for the latest release can be found at http://esys.geocomp.uq.edu.au/docs.html."

https://launchpad.net/escript-finley/