Tag Archives: sparse solvers

Installing PyPardiso and speed of Scipy spsolve

I recently upgraded to Python 3.10, and because of some problems with my previous installation I decided to do a complete new installation using pip, which required installation of all the libraries needed for my various programs. For my linear … Continue reading

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Making Finite Element Analysis go faster – Update and PyPardiso

The previous post on this topic looked at the performance of alternative Scipy sparse equation solvers. This post updates those results with the current Scipy version (1.7.1), with very different results. It also compares the Scipy solver performance with the … Continue reading

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Non-linear frame analysis; moment curvature and self-weight

The Python/Fortran/Excel frame analysis program (previous version here) now has several new features added to the 2D-solver routines: The beam bending behaviour may now be specified with moment-curvature tables, rather than the linear-plastic behaviour required in the previous version. Beam … Continue reading

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Non-linear Frame Analysis – Scipy solvers

The frame analysis spreadsheet presented in the previous post has been updated to use the solvers included in the Scipy package.  There is now an option to use either the Cholesky solver, or an iterative sparse solver.  The main advantages of … Continue reading

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xlSciPy 1.01

The xlSciPy spreadsheet, introduced here, has been updated with many new functions.  The new version, including full open source code (VBA and Python) can be downloaded from: xlSciPy.zip The spreadsheet requires Python to be installed, including NumPy and SciPy.  It … Continue reading

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