Metafor

Metafor is an implicit simulation code written in C++ and python for the modelling of forming processes using the finite element method.

Metafor is able to handle:

• large deformations/rotations,
• non-linear constitutive behaviours of materials,
• contact with rigid/deformable tools or self contact.

Typical applications are:

• metal forming such as roll forming, deep drawing, levelling, extrusion, etc.
• crash/impact (onto metals or composites)
• biomechanics,
• fluid / structure coupling (with the help of CUPyDO).

Metafor was initially the result of the PhD thesis of Prof. Jean-Philippe PONTHOT , my PhD supervisor. In 2000, I decided to entirely rewrite Metafor using C++ with the help my colleagues and the Oofelie toolkit (see Open Engineering).

Now, Metafor is a set of 33 libraries totalling 1400 C++ classes (more than 230k lines of code). The test suite contains more than 3100 finite element models that are verified before each commit.

Links

• Metafor website
• Follow Metafor in Social Networks
• Metafor Youtube Channel
• My Youtube Channel

Examples