Water Resources Applications Software

MODFE

Modular finite-element model for areal and axisymmetric ground-water flow problems

Information

Summary of MODFE

Version history

UNIX installation instructions (README file)

How to order U.S. Geological Survey printed documentation

How to register to receive software update and enhancement notices

Software

Selection of the following options preceded by a binary icon retrieves a compressed UNIX tar file. A README file containing installation instructions is included with each of the software distribution files.

The Free Software Foundation's gunzip is necessary to uncompress the UNIX tar files available below. However, some World Wide Web browsers automatically uncompress retrieved files. Thus, running gunzip as stated in the installation instructions may be unnecessary.

MODFE compiled for...

Data General AViiON (1.3MB)

Sun SPARCstation (Solaris) (774K)

MODFE source code for compilation under...

UNIX (88K)

The above software can also be accessed via anonymous FTP from water.usgs.gov in the /pub/software/ground_water/modfe directory.

Documentation

How to order U.S. Geological Survey printed documentation

Torak, L.J., 1993a, A MODular Finite-Element model (MODFE) for areal and axisymmetric ground-water-flow problems, part 1--model description and user's manual: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, book 6, chap. A3.

Cooley, R.L., 1992, A MODular Finite-Element model (MODFE) for areal and axisymmetric ground-water-flow problems, part 2--derivation of finite-element equations and comparisons with analytical solutions: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, book 6, chap. A4.

Torak, L.J., 1993b, A MODular Finite-Element model (MODFE) for areal and axisymmetric ground-water-flow problems, part 3--design philosophy and programming details: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, book 6, chap. A5.

Point of contact for MODFE -- Lynn Torak:

(electronic mail: ljtorak@usgs.gov)