What kind of geometries can the CUDOS MOF Utilities deal with?
This first public release of the CUDOS MOF Utilities can deal with inclusions with circular cross-sections in a homogeneous, isotropic matrix surrounded by an optional cladding and jacket. Elliptic holes, hexagonal cores, or other non-circular inclusions can not be simulated. Another requirement is that holes do not intersect or touch each other. This may sound a bit restrictive knowing that state of the art hollow core photonic crystal fibres often have honeycomb structures and cores which are far from being circular. There is, however, still a lot of research to be done exploring all possible configurations of MOFs with circular inclusions.
