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Preface

• Part i of this manual gives an overview of the MODULEF club and the capabilities of the MODULEF library.
• Part ii starts with a general description of the finite element method, after which a detailed account of how to use the MODULEF software is given, specifying which modules to use, and finally, six test examples (benchmarks) are presented to familiarize the user with the available processors and modules.
• Part iii of this manual is devoted to the MODULEF installation procedure on UNIX, as well as non-UNIX machines.
• The appendices corresponding to parts i, ii and iii are found at the end of this user guide, just before the bibliography:
  • Appendix A lists the main modules present in the MODULEF library.
  • Appendix B lists the preprocessors available, in a logical and alphabetical order. The correspondence between the preprocessors and the keywords adopted by the general purpose processor, TOUTXX, is given at the end.
  • Appendix C illustrates how to use the procedure data base to extract information related to the structure and organization of the MODULEF library.
  • Appendix D lists the installation procedure on UNIX machines.
  • Appendix E lists the libraries in the appropriate order for linking.
  • Appendix F contains the list of graphic peripherals available.
  • Appendix G contains a listing of the command file prf_f3d.
  • Appendix H gives examples of files .profile and .cshrc.

• Notation: The notation adopted throughout this user guide, except in the part devoted to the installation on UNIX machines, is as follows : the names of all modules, processors and data structures are written in capitals in order to clarify the text. However, the actual filenames will appear in lower-case in your directories. This distinction is important when working on a UNIX system as it is case-sensitive.