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3. The Reasons for Choosing Python  Python is free  It is object-oriented  It is interpreted  It is operating-system independent  It has an excellent optimization module  It offers modern COM modules for interfacing with Solids Works  Python is free  It is object-oriented  It is interpreted  It is operating-system independent  It has an excellent optimization module  It offers modern COM modules for interfacing with Solids Works

4. Getting Started with Python  Python(x,y) package from http://code.google.com/p/pythonxy The Python(x,y) package comes with all numerical and scientific Python modules. Python(x,y) is a free scientific and engineering development software for numerical computations, data analysis and data visualization based on Python programming language. Spyder is excellent integrated development environment (IDE). Index for some packages related to python http://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=index  SfePy is a software for solving systems of coupled partial differential equations (PDEs) by the finite element method in 2D and 3D http://stepy.org http://plateformesn-m2p.ensam.eu/SphinxDoc/cnem/index.html http://femhub.org/  Python(x,y) package from http://code.google.com/p/pythonxy The Python(x,y) package comes with all numerical and scientific Python modules. Python(x,y) is a free scientific and engineering development software for numerical computations, data analysis and data visualization based on Python programming language. Spyder is excellent integrated development environment (IDE). Index for some packages related to python http://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=index  SfePy is a software for solving systems of coupled partial differential equations (PDEs) by the finite element method in 2D and 3D http://stepy.org http://plateformesn-m2p.ensam.eu/SphinxDoc/cnem/index.html http://femhub.org/

5. Since Python is an object-oriented language, everything one creates in Python is an object, including integers, float, strings, arrays, etc. >>> i=4 >>> x=3.56 >>> a=“hello” Examples Associated with objects are methods that act on these objects. By Typing a ‘dot’ after the object variable name, we can access a list of methods associated with it. Examples >>> a=“hello” >>> a.capitalize() ‘Hello’ Basic Objects

6. For integers and floats, it is interpreted as the usual addition; for strings it is interpreted in Python as a concatenation. We can reassign the variables. >>> i=1+2 >>> i 3 >>>a=“hello”+“world!” >>>a “hello world!” >>>a=“hello” >>>b=a >>>print a,b hello >>>b=“world!” >>>print a,b hello world! Examples Basic Objects

7. A list is a collection of other Python objects. Lists can contain a variety of objects (integers, strings, etc). They can contain other list objects as in b= [3,a]. Addition of lists leads to a concatenation as in c=a+a. There is an access to individual elements of a list is through the [] operator (as In a[2]). The indexing of individual elements f a list starts from 0. >>> a=[1, 2, “srt”] >>> b=[3,a] >>> c=a+a >>> print a,b,c [1, 2, “str”][3, [1, 2, “str”]][1, 2, “str”,1, 2, “str”] >>> b=a >>>b[2]=3 >>>print a [1, 2, 3] >>> range(5) [0, 1, 2, 3, 4] Examples Lists

8. Simple Python program in the Editor (e.g. within Spyder). You can give a name, e.g. PythonObjects.py, ‘py’ extension refers to a Python file. # Floats and integers print 2**10 #2 to the power 10 x=0.5 print 2.5*x/3 # Strings s=“Hello World!” print 3*s # implies concatenation # Lists a=[0,1,2,3] # list, not an array or vector b=range(4) # list, with the same contents as a print a,b print 3*a # implies concatenation Python Scripts File Edit Format Run Options Windows Help PythonObjects.py-…

9. The following output appears in the Console window after running the code PythonObjects.py 1024 0.416666666667 Hello World!Hello World!Hello World! [0, 1, 2, 3] [0, 1, 2, 3, 0, 1, 2, 3, 0, 1, 2, 3] Output

10. The following example illustrates the use of ‘for’, ‘if’ and ‘while’ commands in Python. # Flow control in Python for i in range(10): # does not include 10 if i<=4: print i, i**2 elif i<=7: print i,i**2+1 else: print i,i**2+2 s='-' while len(s)<25: s+='-' print s Flow Control File Edit Format Run Options Windows Help FControl.py-…

11. The following output appears in the Console window after running the code FControl.py 0 1 2 4 3 9 4 16 5 26 6 37 7 50 8 66 9 83 ------------------------- Output

12. Python provides two commands, namely ‘raw_input’ and ‘input’ for user. The first command returns the user input as a string, while the second Command will interpret and evaluate the input, and return the interpreted value if the evaluation is meaningful. >>> a=raw_input(“Enter data:”) Enter data: 3*4-5 >>> a '3*4-5' >>> a=input(“Enter data:”) Enter data: 3*4-5 >>> a 7 User Input

13. There are numerical objects (arrays, dot product, etc) and methods that are not part of the core Python language, but are part of the numpy and scipy libraries/modules. They are installed when we install Python. However, in order to access them in a script file we must import them. # Using Pylab import pylab as py #(or e.g. import numpy as py) x=py.array([0,1,2,3]) # creates an array from a list y=x+x # this is now an addition not concatenation print y a=py.pi # the number 3.1415926535897931 theta=py.arange(-a,a,0.1) # sample from -pi to +pi using arange z=py.sin(theta) # compute sin(theta) for all samples print sz.max() # find the maximum value Numerical Python File Edit Format Run Options Windows Help UsingPylab.py-…

14. The resulting output in the Console window is shown [0 2 4 6] 0.999923257564 Output

15. >>> a=3+4j >>> a**2 ‘(-7+24j)' >>> sqrt(a) # it is needed to import Numerical Python before ‘(2+1j) Complex Numbers Examples

16. There are numerical objects (arrays, dot product, etc) and methods that are not part of the core Python language, but are part of the numpy and scipy libraries/modules. They are installed when we install Python. However, in order to access them in a script file we must import them. # Linear Algebra import pylab as py #(or e.g. import numpy as py) A=py.array([[2,-1],[-1,2]]) # creates an array from a list B=py.array([1,1]) x=py.solve(A,b) print “Solution for 2x2 problem is” +str(x) Linear Algebra File Edit Format Run Options Windows Help LinearAlgebra.py-…

17. # Linear Algebra (continuation) Lambda, V=py.eig(A) print “Eigenvalues of matrix are” +str(Lambda) Print “Eigenvectors of matrix are \n” +str(V) A=py.rand(50,50) xIn=py.rand(50,1) B=py.dot(A,xIn) xOut=py.solve(A,b) Err=py.norm(xIn-xOut) print “Error for a random matrix solve is “ +str(err) Linear Algebra (cont.) File Edit Format Run Options Windows Help LinearAlgebra.py-…

18. Pylab supports 2D and 3D plotting via matlibplot (http://matplot.souceforge.net) package that can behttp://matplot.souceforge.net Accessed through pylab. Plots MatLibPlot.py-… File Edit Format Run Options Windows Help # 2-D plots using Python/Pylab import pylab as py pi=py.pi x=py.arrange(0,2*pi,pi/50) y=py.sin(x) Z=py.cos(x) py.plot(x,y) py.plot(x,z) py.xlabel(“x”) py.ylabel(“sin(x)&cos(x)”) py.legend(“sin(x)’,’cos(x)”)) py.savefig(“Fig2.png”) py.show()

19. The resulting output in the Console window is shown Plots

20. One can include multiple functions within a single Python file, and Access each one of them individually (a distinct advantage over Matlab). Modules Example: a file containing multiple functions SampleFunctions.py-… File Edit Format Run Options Windows Help # Module consists of 1-D functions, and derivatives of some of these funcs. import pylab as py def f1(x): f=-x*py.exp(-x**2) # returns -x*exp(-x**2) return f def f1_gradient(x): g=-py.exp(x**2)+2*x*x*py.exp(-x**2) # returns the derivative of f return g def f2_hessian(x): h=6*x*py.exp(x**2)-4*x**3*py.exp(-x**2) # return the second derivative of f

21. The resulting output in the Console window is shown below >>> import SimpleFunctions >>> SimpleFunctions.f1(2) -0.036631277777468357 Modules

22. Python offers a rich set language features for passing arguments into Functions. We consider the function f1 (together with a testing script) Function Arguments FunctionsArguments.py-… File Edit Format Run Options Windows Help # Example to illustrate function arguments def f1(x, a=4, s=‘hello’): print x, a, s if __name__==“__main__”: f1(0.3) f1(x=0.4) f1(x=0.5,a=5) f1(0.5, a=5) f1(x=0.6,s=“world”) f1(0.6,s=“world”) f1(s=“world”,a=7,x=0.7)

23. The resulting output in the Console window is shown below 0.3 4 hello 0.4 4 hello 0.5 5 hello 0.6 4 world 0.7 7 world Function Arguments

24. There are a few Python ‘quirks’ that one must keep in mind Python Quirks Examples

25. An important concept “class”, in object oriented languages such Python, Is a collection of objects and methods that are closely related. import pylab as py class Polynomial: def __init__ (self,aIn): self.a=py.array(aIn) Python Class def evaluate(x): #v=a[0]+a[1]*x+a[2]*x**2+... v,temp=0.0,1.0 for coeff in a: v+=coeff*temp temp*=x return v if __name__=="__main__": p=Polynomial([1,-1,2]) a=p.a print a st=__str__(); print st p1=evaluate(2.0) print p1 import PolynomialClass from PolynomialClass import Polynomial def __str__(): string=str(a[0]) for i, coeff in enumerate(a[1:]): if coeff == 0.0: continue elif (coeff<0): sign=' - ' else: sign=' + ' string+=sign+str(abs(coeff))+’*x^’+str(i+1) return string PolynomialClass.py

26. SfePy - software for solving PDEs in Python  SfePy is a software for solving systems of coupled partial differential equations (PDEs) by the finite element method in 2D and 3D  SfePy can use many terms to build systems of partial differential equations (PDEs) to be solved  SfePy comes with a number of examples that can get you started  Sources :http://sfepy.org, http://femhub.org/ http://plateformesn- m2p.ensam.eu/SphinxDoc/cnem/index.html  SfePy is a software for solving systems of coupled partial differential equations (PDEs) by the finite element method in 2D and 3D  SfePy can use many terms to build systems of partial differential equations (PDEs) to be solved  SfePy comes with a number of examples that can get you started  Sources :http://sfepy.org, http://femhub.org/ http://plateformesn- m2p.ensam.eu/SphinxDoc/cnem/index.html

27. Biot problem - deformable porous mediumm With using modules/lib.: numpy, sfepy

28. Biot problem - deformable porous medium with the no- penetration boundary condition on boundary region With using modules/libraries: sfepy.linalg, sfepy.mechanics.matcoefs

29. Linear viscoelasticity with pressure traction load on surface and constrained to one-dimensional motion. The fading memory terms require an unloaded initial configuration, so the load starts in the second time step. With using modules/libraries sfepy.base.base sfepy.mechanics.matcoefs sfepy.homogenization.utils

30. References  Mark Lutz & David Ascher, Learning Python, O’Reilly, 1999 (Help for Programmers)  Mark Lutz, Programming Python, O’Reilly, 2001 (Solutions for Python Programmers)  Documentations from internet sources  Mark Lutz & David Ascher, Learning Python, O’Reilly, 1999 (Help for Programmers)  Mark Lutz, Programming Python, O’Reilly, 2001 (Solutions for Python Programmers)  Documentations from internet sources