Tensors.jl — Tensor Computations in Julia
Tensors.jl is a Julia package that provides efficient computations with symmetric and non-symmetric tensors. The focus is on the kind of tensors commonly used in e.g. continuum mechanics and fluid dynamics. Exploiting Julia’s ability to overload Unicode infix operators and using Unicode in identifie...
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| author | Kristoffer Carlsson Fredrik Ekre |
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| description | Tensors.jl is a Julia package that provides efficient computations with symmetric and non-symmetric tensors. The focus is on the kind of tensors commonly used in e.g. continuum mechanics and fluid dynamics. Exploiting Julia’s ability to overload Unicode infix operators and using Unicode in identifiers, implemented tensor expressions commonly look very similar to their mathematical writing. This possibly reduces the number of bugs in implementations. Operations on tensors are often compiled into the minimum assembly instructions required, and, when beneficial, SIMD-instructions are used. Computations involving symmetric tensors take symmetry into account to reduce computational cost. Automatic differentiation is supported, which means that most functions written in pure Julia can be efficiently differentiated without having to implement the derivative by hand. The package is useful in applications where efficient tensor operations are required, e.g. in the Finite Element Method. Funding statement: Support for this research was provided by the Swedish Research Council (VR), grant no. 621-2013-3901 and grant no. 2015-05422. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bea7829a767c44a2b73c088c04d1c2842022-12-21T22:51:10ZengUbiquity PressJournal of Open Research Software2049-96472019-03-017110.5334/jors.182174Tensors.jl — Tensor Computations in JuliaKristoffer Carlsson0Fredrik Ekre1Department of Industrial and Materials Science, Chalmers University of Technology, GothenburgDepartment of Industrial and Materials Science, Chalmers University of Technology, GothenburgTensors.jl is a Julia package that provides efficient computations with symmetric and non-symmetric tensors. The focus is on the kind of tensors commonly used in e.g. continuum mechanics and fluid dynamics. Exploiting Julia’s ability to overload Unicode infix operators and using Unicode in identifiers, implemented tensor expressions commonly look very similar to their mathematical writing. This possibly reduces the number of bugs in implementations. Operations on tensors are often compiled into the minimum assembly instructions required, and, when beneficial, SIMD-instructions are used. Computations involving symmetric tensors take symmetry into account to reduce computational cost. Automatic differentiation is supported, which means that most functions written in pure Julia can be efficiently differentiated without having to implement the derivative by hand. The package is useful in applications where efficient tensor operations are required, e.g. in the Finite Element Method. Funding statement: Support for this research was provided by the Swedish Research Council (VR), grant no. 621-2013-3901 and grant no. 2015-05422.https://openresearchsoftware.metajnl.com/articles/182tensorscontinuum mechanicsfluid dynamicsconstitutive modelingfinite element method |
| spellingShingle | Kristoffer Carlsson Fredrik Ekre Tensors.jl — Tensor Computations in Julia Journal of Open Research Software tensors continuum mechanics fluid dynamics constitutive modeling finite element method |
| title | Tensors.jl — Tensor Computations in Julia |
| title_full | Tensors.jl — Tensor Computations in Julia |
| title_fullStr | Tensors.jl — Tensor Computations in Julia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tensors.jl — Tensor Computations in Julia |
| title_short | Tensors.jl — Tensor Computations in Julia |
| title_sort | tensors jl tensor computations in julia |
| topic | tensors continuum mechanics fluid dynamics constitutive modeling finite element method |
| url | https://openresearchsoftware.metajnl.com/articles/182 |
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