TDF: A compact file format plugin for FEniCS
The Finite Element Method (FEM) is an important numerical method to solve Partial Differential Equations (PDEs). The widely used open source FEM platform — FEniCS, supports Hierarchical Data Format 5 (HDF5), which is very effective at storing and organizing large amounts of simulation data. However,...
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| description | The Finite Element Method (FEM) is an important numerical method to solve Partial Differential Equations (PDEs). The widely used open source FEM platform — FEniCS, supports Hierarchical Data Format 5 (HDF5), which is very effective at storing and organizing large amounts of simulation data. However, HDF5 files can become prohibitively large for certain engineering applications, such as the thermal simulation of CPUs. Thus, this paper introduces a Type-Length-Value data format (TDF) plugin for compact storage of the FEM simulation solutions. Our Type-Length-Value (TLV) encoding implementation can be readily expanded to store more generic mathematical data generated by engineering and scientific applications. The evaluation results indicate that the TDF format could lead to a ≈95% space savings in our illustrated example. Meanwhile, the read/write speed has been improved compared to HDF5 used by FEniCS. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-545d434ae4254c6580dbe30d585101872023-05-27T04:25:42ZengElsevierSoftwareX2352-71102023-05-0122101329TDF: A compact file format plugin for FEniCSAnthony Dowling0Lin Jiang1Ming-Cheng Cheng2Yu Liu3Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, 13699, USADepartment of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, 13699, USADepartment of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, 13699, USACorresponding author.; Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, 13699, USAThe Finite Element Method (FEM) is an important numerical method to solve Partial Differential Equations (PDEs). The widely used open source FEM platform — FEniCS, supports Hierarchical Data Format 5 (HDF5), which is very effective at storing and organizing large amounts of simulation data. However, HDF5 files can become prohibitively large for certain engineering applications, such as the thermal simulation of CPUs. Thus, this paper introduces a Type-Length-Value data format (TDF) plugin for compact storage of the FEM simulation solutions. Our Type-Length-Value (TLV) encoding implementation can be readily expanded to store more generic mathematical data generated by engineering and scientific applications. The evaluation results indicate that the TDF format could lead to a ≈95% space savings in our illustrated example. Meanwhile, the read/write speed has been improved compared to HDF5 used by FEniCS.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352711023000250Hierarchical Data Format 5 (HDF5)Type-Length-Value (TLV)Finite Element Method (FEM)FEniCS |
| spellingShingle | Anthony Dowling Lin Jiang Ming-Cheng Cheng Yu Liu TDF: A compact file format plugin for FEniCS SoftwareX Hierarchical Data Format 5 (HDF5) Type-Length-Value (TLV) Finite Element Method (FEM) FEniCS |
| title | TDF: A compact file format plugin for FEniCS |
| title_full | TDF: A compact file format plugin for FEniCS |
| title_fullStr | TDF: A compact file format plugin for FEniCS |
| title_full_unstemmed | TDF: A compact file format plugin for FEniCS |
| title_short | TDF: A compact file format plugin for FEniCS |
| title_sort | tdf a compact file format plugin for fenics |
| topic | Hierarchical Data Format 5 (HDF5) Type-Length-Value (TLV) Finite Element Method (FEM) FEniCS |
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