| Abstract: | There are today as many finite element input languages as there are finite element programs. These input languages were developed to serve one purpose: to provide the analyst with the means to convey the necessary analysis and design criteria to specific finite element programs. They were not developed as general finite element model-definition languages, and as a result their syntax and semantics are often unnatural and contrived. In this work we do not invent a new input language. Instead, we propose and evaluate the Contraint Logic Programming language CLP(?) as a general finite element model-definition and input language. |
