A tensorial approach to computational continuum mechanics using object-oriented techniques

@article{Weller1998ATA,
  title={A tensorial approach to computational continuum mechanics using object-oriented techniques},
  author={Henry G. Weller and Gavin R. Tabor and Hrvoje Jasak and Christer Fureby},
  journal={Computers in Physics},
  year={1998},
  volume={12},
  pages={620-631}
}
In this article the principles of the field operation and manipulation (FOAM) C++ class library for continuum mechanics are outlined. [] Key Method Object-orientation techniques enable the creation of data types that closely mimic those of continuum mechanics, and the operator overloading possible in C++ allows normal mathematical symbols to be used for the basic operations. As an example, the implementation of various types of turbulence modeling in a FOAM computational-fluid-dynamics code is discussed, and…
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