Elastica Documentation

Elastica is a free and open-source software project for the simulation of assemblies of slender, one-dimensional structures using Cosserat Rod theory.

More information about Elastica is available at the project website

Implementations

There are currently two implementations of Elastica.

PyElastica

PyElastica is the python implementation of Elastica. The easiest way to install PyElastica is with PIP:

$ pip install pyelastica

Or download the source code from the GitHub repo

Elastica++

Elastica++ is a C++ implementation of Elastica that is still under development

Elastica Overview:

• About
• Installation
  • PyElastica
  • Elastica++
• Getting Started
  • PyElastica Overview
  • Tutorials
  • Visualization

Documentation:

• PyElastica
  • Rods
  • Boundary Conditions
  • Multiple Rod Connections
  • Callback Functions
  • Time steppers
  • Wrappers
• Elastica++

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Indices and tables

• Index
• Module Index
• Search Page