NEA-0531 TAFEST.

TAFEST, 2-D Transient Heat Conduction

NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM, COMPUTER, NATURE OF PHYSICAL PROBLEM SOLVED, METHOD OF SOLUTION, RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM, CPU, FEATURES, AUXILIARIES, STATUS, REFERENCES, MACHINE REQUIREMENTS, LANGUAGE, OPERATING SYSTEM, OTHER RESTRICTIONS, NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORS, MATERIAL, CATEGORIES

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1. NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM: TAFEST.

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2. COMPUTERS

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Program name	Package id	Status	Status date
TAFEST	NEA-0531/01	Tested	01-APR-1979

Machines used:

Package ID	Orig. computer	Test computer
NEA-0531/01	IBM 360 series	IBM 360 series

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3. NATURE OF PHYSICAL PROBLEM SOLVED: Two-dimensional transient heat conduction

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4. METHOD OF SOLUTION

The finite element method in space and time is used as a means of integrating the first order linear differential equations.

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5. RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM

Maximum number of triangular elements  700
Maximum number of nodal points         400
Maximum number of time steps            49

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6. TYPICAL RUNNING TIME

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7. UNUSUAL FEATURES

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8. RELATED OR AUXILIARY PROGRAMS

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9. STATUS

Package ID	Status date	Status
NEA-0531/01	01-APR-1979	Tested at NEADB

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10. REFERENCES

- J.Donea, S.Giuliani:
  'Code TAFEST - Numerical Solution to Transient Heat-Conduction
  Problems Using Finite Elements in Space and Time'
  Report EUR 5049.E (1974).

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11. MACHINE REQUIREMENTS: 200k bytes.

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12. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE(S) USED