pulse: A python package based on FEniCS for solving problems in cardiac mechanics

pulse is a software package based on FEniCS that aims to solve problems in cardiac mechanics (but is easily extended to solve more general problems in continuum mechanics). pulse is a result of the author’s PhD thesis, where most of the relevant background for the code can be found. While FEniCS offers a general framework for solving PDEs, pulse specifically targets problems in continuum mechanics. Therefore, most of the code for applying compatible boundary conditions, formulating the governing equations, choosing appropriate spaces for the solutions and applying iterative strategies, etc., are already implemented, so that the user can focus on the actual problem he/she wants to solve rather tha