life: A flexible, high performance library for the numerical solution of complex finite element problems
Pasquale Claudio Africa · SoftwareX · 2022
Numerical simulations are ubiquitous in mathematics and computational science. Several industrial and clinical applications entail modeling complex multiphysics systems that evolve over a variety of spatial and temporal scales. This study introduces the design and capabilities of life x , an open source C++ library for high performance finite element simulations of multiphysics, multiscale, and multidomain problems. life x meets the emerging need for versatile, efficient computational tools that are easily accessed by users and developers. We showcase its flexibility and effectiveness on a number of illustrative examples and advanced applications of use and demonstrate its parallel performance up to thousands of cores.