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COMMERCIAL FINITE ELEMENT SOFTWARE

ABAQUS
Suite of general-purpose nonlinear finite element analysis (FEA) programs for mechanical, structural, civil, biomedical, and related engineering applications.

ADINA Finite Element System
Provides software program package for linear and nonlinear finite element analysis of structures, CFD, and fluid flows with fluid-structure interactions.

ANSYS, Inc.
Provides Computer-aided engineering technology and engineering design analysis software products.

ANSYS Info and Tips
Finite element analysis with ANSYS - information, experience, and tips.

ANSYS Users' Web Resource
Resource for ANSYS Users. Tips and tricks, mailing list, newsletter and a collection of tools and utilities.

Algor, Inc.
Finite element analysis and mechanical event simulation software for virtual prototyping.

Altair Engineering
Developers of the HyperWorks family of products, including Hypermesh, HyperGraph and OptiStruct. Also offers consulting.

CAEFEM
A Windows-based finite element analysis system used to perform both linear and nonlinear structural and thermal analyses of design models and assemblies.

COSMOS
A subsidiary of Solidworks, which develops the Cosmos range of design analysis software products for the computer aided engineering market. Applicable to mechanical, thermal and electromagnetic systems.

Engineering MechanicsResearch Corporation
Develops and distributes NISA/DISPLAY - a suite of General Purpose Finite Element programs for PCs, Workstations and Supercomputers. Description of company, software downloads and support information. Linux versions available.

FELIPE Finite Element Learning Package
A low-cost fem package for PC's, providing Fortran source code for a range of 2D engineering applications, plus powerful pre- and post-processors.

Livermore Software Technology Corporation
Development source for the LS-DYNA non-linear finite element analysis software program.

LUSAS - Civil, Structural, Bridge, Composite, and General
LUSAS finite element analysis software products can solve all types of linear and nonlinear stress, dynamics, composite and thermal engineering analysis.

MSC Softwares
Provider of Simulation software products for physical phenomena, including MSC.Nastran, MSC.Patran, MSC.MARC, MSC.Dytran and MSC.Working Model.

NE/Nastran
Provides a version of Nastran for the PC, including analysis for linear static, buckling, prestress, modal, dynamics, nonlinear, and steady state..

Radioss
An explicit Finite Element software using lagrangian or Arbitrary Lagrange Euler coordinate modes. The element and material libraries, together with highly efficient contact computations allow the modelization of virtually any mechanical engineering problem.

Fedem
Finite element analysis software capable of modeling both structural and dynamic properties simultaneously.

FEMdesigner
A general purpose 2D/3D finite element solver for Windows, with integrated meshers and results viewer.

FREE FINITE ELEMENT SOFTWARE

3D hp Adaptive Finite Element Environment
This free software implements one- two- and three-dimensional adaptive finite elements using object oriented programming in C++

ALADDIN
Aladdin is a computational toolkit for the interactive matrix and finite element analysis of large engineering structures, particularly building and highway bridge structures.

CalculiX
A free finite element program for three-dimensional linear and nonlinear structural calculations. It includes (an)isotropic linear elastic, hyperelastic and viscoplastic material models for static, frequency, buckling and implicit/explicit dynamic calculations.

Computer Aided analysis of structures using the Finite Element Method
Free FEA software developed by students of BIST which can be used for analysis of structures like beams, trusses and Plates.

deal.II
C++ library for the finite element solution of PDE, supporting adaptivity, error estimators, different elements, 1d, 2d, and 3d.

FElt
A free system for finite-element analysis.

Impact
An open source explicit finite time stepping element program suitable for simulation of dynamic events. Impact has several types of elements including shell elements and is easy to extend. Impact works well GID pre- and postprocessor and is programmed in Java.

KFEM and FreeFEM
Provide a KDE2 graphical interface for Finite Element Codes.

LISA
Multi-Physics FEA software for analyses: Static, Dynamic (Eigenvalue), Dynamic Response, Steady and Transient Thermal, Fluid (Including Navier Stokes Equations), Seepage, Acoustic, and Electro-magnetic. Software provides Active-X Port for individual use.

UNA - Finite Element Analysis Program
A free FEM computer program for analysis of complex structural models. Performs static, modal, buckling, transient and frequency response, aeroelastic gust response, sub-structuring. User & Verification manual available.

pdnmesh
Is a free opensource finite element solver suitable for field problems. It can use DXF files as input and will generate encapsulated postscript and screen output.

FINITE ELEMENT SOFTWARE FOR SPECIALIZED APPLICATIONS

AMaze - 3D Finite-element Software for Electromagnetics
Conformal mesh generator and solution programs for electrostatics, magnetostatics and charged-particle devices. Programme description with examples.

Fem2K
General purpose, low cost, interactive graphic finite element program for structural, thermal, fluid and electrical problem.

ThermoAnalytics, Inc.
Thermal modeling and analysis sofware available for download and evaluation. Performs thermal simulations and infrared signature analysis. FURTHER INFORMATION ONLINE

Internet Finite Element Resources
This document describes and provides access to finite element analysis software via the Internet.

NAFEMS
National Agency for Finite Element Methods and Standards dedicated to providing independent information on engineering analysis and simulation.

Links to various other Free, Shareware and low-cost FE programs