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CalculiX
Simulation (FEA & CFD)Free three-dimensional structural finite-element program
- Licence
- GPL-2.0
- Status
- Open source
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code_aster
Structural and thermomechanical FEA solver developed by EDF
code_aster is a finite-element solver developed by the French utility EDF for structural mechanics, thermal analysis, fatigue and fracture. It is often used through the salome_meca platform.
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