FEM File

FEM file = <file_name>

Description / Usage

This required card specifies the name of the EXODUS II finite element mesh file. Any EXODUS II file name is permissible, as specified below.

<file_name>

A file name of the form prefix.exoII. The prefix portion is any user-specified alpha-numeric string, which can be used as a problem-type descriptor. Preprocessors and postprocessors (like AVS) might require the “.exoII” suffix so it is a required part of the file designation. The maximum length of the file name is 85 characters.

Examples

Following is a sample card:

FEM file = in.exoII

Technical Discussion

This file contains the finite element discretization of the problem domain. Finite element mesh files from other preprocessors may be used with Goma as long as a translator from the preprocessor’s output format to the EXODUS II format is available to the analyst.

References

The EXODUS II format is documented in:

• EXODUS II: A Finite Element Data Model, Schoof, L. A. and V. R. Yarberry, SAND92-2137, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM.