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SfePy vs Fenics

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Hi everyone,
Does anybody know what is pro and cons of using Fenics vs SfePy(http://sfepy.org)?
I want to solve a problem that includes mass diffusion in a thermal and stress fields at a crack tip and the crack propagation caused by that process. The material property is a function of both temperature, composition and other predefined field variables. I know other people use extended finite element to model the crack, and there are fully coupled and semi coupled approach for the diffusional thermomechanical process.
I know not much of finite element method. Please give me some advice on which project to go with?
Thank you very much!

asked May 28, 2014 by hitfq FEniCS Novice (150 points)

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This is a forum for FEniCS technical Q&A. It's not the right forum for discussing comparisons of projects.

answered Jun 23, 2014 by Garth N. Wells FEniCS Expert (35,930 points)
selected Jun 23, 2014 by hitfq

Thank you for your reply. But I think we might learn somthing from comparing with other projects, technically. The difference from what I have read is that Sfepy is written in python and c, it is much smaller so probably better for beginner to grasp during learning finite element. FEniCS is more complex and can solve real problems. Many beginners will appreciate if anyone here could provide more technically detailed comparison, as there is no place else can I find this kind of information.
Anyway, thank you all for this interesting project.

commented Jun 24, 2014 by hitfq FEniCS Novice (150 points)

Easy/difficult, simple/complex are very subjective questions and are not technical in nature.
Anyway, a better place to ask technical comparison questions is

http://scicomp.stackexchange.com

commented Jun 25, 2014 by praveen FEniCS User (2,760 points)
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