Sketch the basic concept with sequence diagrams

[adtzlr]

The idea is to graphically represent the classes which are needed to setup and solve a model. These diagrams could be used in the docs or in a JOSS article. Probably they need to be simplified (e.g. only Field instead of Field, FieldAxisymmetric, ...).

Region and Fields

flowchart LR
    A[Mesh] --> D[Region]
    B[Element] --> D[Region]
    C[Quadrature] --> D[Region]
    D --> E[Field]
    D --> F[FieldAxisymmetric]
    D --> G[FieldPlaneStrain]
    E --> H(list of fields)
    F --> H
    G --> H
    H --> K[FieldContainer]

Degrees of Freedom by Boundary Conditions

flowchart LR
    A[Field] --> B[Boundary 1] --> E(dict of boundaries)
    A --> C[Boundary 2] --> E
    A --> D[Boundary ...] --> E

or

flowchart LR
    A[FieldContainer] --> B(dof.uniaxial, dof.shear, etc.)
    B --> C(dict of boundaries)

Solid Bodies

flowchart LR
    A[FieldContainer] --> C[SolidBody]
    B[ConstitutiveMaterial] --> C
    C --> D(sparse vector/matrix)

Step

flowchart LR
    A[SolidBody 1] --> B[list of items]
    F[SolidBody 2] --> B
    G[SolidBody ...] --> B
    B --> C[Step]
    D(dict of boundaries) --> C
    E(dict of ramped items and boundaries) ---> C

Job

flowchart LR
    A[Step 1] --> B(list of steps)
    E[Step 2] --> B
    F[Step ...] --> B
    B --> C[Job]
    C[Job] -.-> D[time-series XDMF result file]

[tkoyama010]

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[adtzlr]

Thanks for pointing that out @tkoyama010! I opened a pre-submission issue https://github.com/pyOpenSci/software-submission/issues/211.

[tkoyama010]

Awesome! I cannot wait to read your JOSS paper.