I often read that free programs for FEA are good, but not for shell calculations. That’s where you need a proven, paid solver. In this article I want to check this, “Are open source programs (Code Aster and Calculix) suitable for shell calculations?”. Shell elements Shell elements are a type of finite element used in…
Salome or Salome Meca? Or maybe Code Aster? I often see mistakes in understanding the names of these programmes, so today I will try to explain this. The article is a repeat of the knowledge included in two already published articles (1 and 2) but here I will present it in a broader form. You…
Hi, today is the second part of the article about open source solutions in FEM. In part one, I presented the most important free programs that are individual parts of FEA systems (geometry, mesh, solvers, postprocessor). In this article, I will describe programs that are whole FEM packages. Salome-Meca The first program is Salome-Meca. It…
Hi, Tom here. The first article on this site will be an overview of available open-source (free) finite element analysis software. In the article about me, where I described what I will be doing on the blog, I tried to explain what an open-source license type is using definitions. I quickly noticed that I am…