Summary: The goal of this work is the development of a parallel software-platform for solving partial differential equation problems. State-of-the-art numerical methods have been developed and implemented for the efficient and comfortable solution of real-world application problems. Emphasis is laid on the following topics: distributed unstructured grids, adaptive grid refinement derefinement/coarsening, robust parallel multigrid methods, various finite element and finite volume discretizations, dynamic load balancing, mapping and grid partitioning. Some important application examples will be presented including structural mechanics, two-phase flow in porous media, Navier-Stokes problems and density-driven groundwater flow.
For the entire collection see [Zbl 0908.00025].