NGSolve

High-order elements; strong for electromagnetics, acoustics and wave problems.

Install

pip install ngsolve

Installs in seconds into openPASO's own .venv.

Then check that openPASO sees it:

python check_install.py

What openPASO knows for NGSolve

21 kinds of problem. Ask for any of them in plain words; the names below are what the model uses internally.

Physics	Description	Dimensions	Templates
contact	Unilateral contact / obstacle problem via penalty method on elastic domain	2-D	2d
convection_diffusion	Convection-diffusion with DG upwind stabilization	2-D	2d_dg
dg_methods	Interior-penalty DG (SIPG) for advection-diffusion using L2 dglagrange space	2-D	2d
eigenvalue	Eigenvalue problems (Laplace, elasticity) via ArnoldiSolver	2-D	2d
hdivdiv	HDivDiv Hellan-Herrmann-Johnson for Kirchhoff plate bending / biharmonic	2-D	2d
heat	Heat conduction (steady and transient with implicit Euler)	2-D, 3-D	2d, 2d_steady, 2d_transient
helmholtz	Helmholtz equation with PML (complex-valued)	2-D	2d
hyperelasticity	Nonlinear hyperelasticity (Neo-Hookean) via SymbolicEnergy	2-D, 3-D	2d, 3d
linear_elasticity	Linear elasticity (plane strain / 3D) with VectorH1	2-D, 3-D	2d, 3d
maxwell	Maxwell's equations with HCurl (Nedelec) elements	3-D	3d_magnetostatics
mhd	Magnetohydrodynamics: coupled NS + Maxwell, 2.5-D low-Rm Hartmann problem	2-D	2d
mixed_poisson	Mixed Poisson with H(div)/L2 (flux recovery)	2-D	2d
navier_stokes	Incompressible Navier-Stokes (IMEX time-stepping)	2-D	2d
nonlinear_elasticity	Large-deformation Neo-Hookean hyperelasticity with load stepping and Cauchy stress output	2-D, 3-D	2d, 3d
phase_field	Phase-field: Allen-Cahn (interface motion) and fracture (Bourdin staggered scheme)	2-D	2d, fracture_2d
plasticity	Elasto-plasticity with isotropic hardening (J2/von Mises)	2-D	2d
poisson	Poisson equation -Δu = f with arbitrary-order H1 elements	2-D, 3-D	2d, 3d
stokes	Stokes flow with Taylor-Hood P2/P1 or HDG	2-D, 3-D	2d, 2d_hdg
surface_pde	PDE on curved surface manifold (Laplace-Beltrami)	3-D	3d
thermal_structural	Coupled thermal-structural (heat -> elasticity with thermal strain)	2-D	2d
time_dependent_ns	Transient incompressible Navier-Stokes with IMEX splitting (full channel/cavity)	2-D	2d