Goma Finite Element Program

What Is Goma?

Goma is an open-source, parallel, and scalable multiphysics software package for modeling and simulation of physical processes. It solves problems in all branches of mechanics, including fluids, solids, and thermal analysis. Goma employs advanced numerical methods for solving problems with coupled phenomena for manufacturing and performance applications. It also provides a flexible software development environment for specialty physics.

Goma is being used to reduce process-development time, understand fundamental processes, and to educate the next generation of computational mechanics experts.

Purpose and Goals

Goma has a unique feature for those who need to add new physics, equations, and material models to evaluate their process or product. Unlike commercial codes, Goma's source code is available allowing easy exploration of new algorithms, physics, and verification. Additionally, Goma takes advantage of parallel processing architectures without extra licensing fees assessed per processor, which is often standard practice in commercial codes.