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a free and open electromagnetic field solver
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About openEMS
- openEMS is a free and open-source electromagnetic field solver using the FDTD method
- fully 3D Cartesian and cylindrical coordinates graded mesh
- Matlab (or Octave) is used as an easy and flexible scripting interface
- Multi-threading, SIMD (SSE) and MPI support for high speed FDTD
For a more extensive list of features have a look at the openEMS features
Cylindrical EC-FDTD Demonstration: Tutorial: 2D Cylindrical Wave
News
- 19.01.2012: openEMS release of v0.0.26! Now with full Octave support! (release notes)
- 09.12.2011: New antenna tutorials: Horn Antenna, Conical Horn Antenna
- 01.12.2011: openEMS release v0.0.25 (release notes)
Installation & Tutorials
- Use the installation guide to install openEMS
- Have a look at the Matlab Tutorials.
Documentation
EC-FDTD:
License & Reference
- openEMS is licensed under the GNU General Public License, Version 3 or later
- CSXCAD is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License, Version 3 or later
- We kindly ask you to reference openEMS in any publication that you were using openEMS for.
Contact
For questions, problems, bug-reports, support, ideas etc. regarding openEMS have a look at the openEMS-Forum, write an email or contact me on Google+.
For general questions regarding numerical simulations, electromagnetic problems etc. you may have a look at the Laboratory for General and Theoretical Electrical Engineering (ATE) website.

