FLUX: A general interactive finite elements package for 2D electromagnetic fields

Achievement of finite element methods leads nowadays to the development of general purpose packages. FLUX, developed by the Laboratoire d'Electrotechnique de l'Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble is an interactive system in which graphic facilities are combined with a convenient command language to allow a high level of conversationnal use. FLUX is made of three independant programs : a pre-precessor : ENTREE for geometrical, physical and finite element descriptions of the model, the computation processor RESOL in which equations occuring from finite elements are solved, and, finally EXPLOI, the post-processor for flux plots, field visualisation, forces and torques. FLUX is implemented under the conversationnal system MULTICS on the HB68 computer of the Centre Inter-universitaire de Calcul de Grenoble. It is available in France through TRANSRAC, the french computer network, and in all western EUROPE through EURONET.