Uma base de dados em formato neutro e uma estrutura de dados orientada por objetos para o pré-processador de um sistema de cálculo de campos eletromagnéticos baseado no método de elementos finitos.

Abstract

A data storage restructuring for an electromagnetic field computation program preprocessor based on the Finite Element Method is presented. The system structure is divided in an external part, represented by a Data Base for the storage of all data used in the program, and an internal part, represented by the data structure organization of the preprocessor program. In the first part, a Neutral Format Data Base for the communication between such programs is proposed, searching for a standardization of data transfering formats of the several programs developed by the Brasilian electromagnetic fields research groups. In the second part, a data structure for the preprocessor of these programs is presented, using Object-Oriented Programming techniques, searching for a better structure organization. Using these Object-Oriented techniques we try to improve the engineering software quality, giving code the desirable characteristics to a higher reuse when faced with any specification change.